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Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:08 AM
There's a really cool Bruce Sterling story - whose name escapes me at this precise moment in time - which has Lovecraftian creatures being used as weapons by the superpowers during an alternate version of the Cold War. It's in the collection Globalhead, I remember that much - which contains lots of other fairly interesting short stories, including one from the POV of a Muslim AI iirc.
For a very modern treatment of Cosmic Horror you could read Charles Stross' Bob Howard books. They read a little as if Neal Stephenson were writing The Dresden Files. There's two of them at the moment; The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue. They're a bit of a mash-up between Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror, Clancy-esque Technothiller and classic British spy fiction in the mould of Len Deighton (in the case of the first) and Ian Fleming (in the case of the second).
For a very modern treatment of Cosmic Horror you could read Charles Stross' Bob Howard books. They read a little as if Neal Stephenson were writing The Dresden Files. There's two of them at the moment; The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue. They're a bit of a mash-up between Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror, Clancy-esque Technothiller and classic British spy fiction in the mould of Len Deighton (in the case of the first) and Ian Fleming (in the case of the second).
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Posted 23 July 2008 - 06:45 PM
stone monkey;354208 said:
There's a really cool Bruce Sterling story - whose name escapes me at this precise moment in time - which has Lovecraftian creatures being used as weapons by the superpowers during an alternate version of the Cold War. ...
I think the stort you're refing isn't Sterling, it's Charlie Stross - you can find it here:
http://www.infinityp...s/colderwar.htm
As for HPL's work, i agree, a lot of it, a LOT, is sheer dull grinding bore, before hitting a high note. Some of it is great tho'.
I'd say there's really no need to read them in order. But hit the Stross and other stories after at least skimming the originals for the good ones. It's worth it.
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Posted 23 July 2008 - 10:44 PM
Heh, I recently heard of a roleplaying game called Cthulutech - basically, it's humanity fighting the Migo/u with either giant robots, giant freaky flesh beings (Evangelion ripoffs, essentially) or as normal human dudes, while everything goes to hell. For instance, Hastur himself owns most of Asia already. It's a rather strange concept.
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Posted 24 July 2008 - 02:04 PM
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... For instance, Hastur himself owns most of Asia already. It's a rather strange concept.
...i can't even begin to explain why this is funny in so many ways.
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Posted 24 July 2008 - 02:31 PM
@ Abyss - Nah, it's definitely a Sterling story. As I said, it's in his collection Globalhead; in fact, a quick google shows me it's called "The Unthinkable." Thanks for the heads up on that Charles Stross novella, I'll definitely be giving that some attention.
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