Posted by Phil Tidey on February 16, 1999 at 12:31:41:
In Reply to: Clark Ashton Smith posted by Tim Stretton on January 27, 1999 at 07:38:00:
: I have recently come across the writings of Clark Ashton Smith, who, as far as I can make out, was a US writer of fantasy and horror in the 1940s. His prose style is curious, ornate and compelling, and reminds me in some ways of Vance's. There is a much anthologised short story, "The Weird of Avoosl Wuthqqan" which would not be out of place in "The Dying Earth".: Does anyone out there agree with me? And can anyone tell me any Pout Clark Ashton Smith?CAS was published in the UK in the seventies- I discovered him then and have eight collections of his- varying from Lovecraftian horror to pure Vancian fantasy- One collection (Tales of Science and sorcery) includes 'Clark Ashton Smith: A memoir' by E.Hoffman Price, an account of visits to CAS's home in California in 1934. He was also a painter and sculptor of repute- his work must be on display somewhere?:Phil