Posted by Rodger Whitlock on August 06, 1997 at 13:31:08:
In Reply to: C.A. Smith's ZOTHIQUE posted by Mike Berro on September 25, 1996 at 14:53:57:
: As a lover of Vance, should I read [Zothique by Clark Aston Smith]?
The problem with Clark Ashton Smith, rather like H P Lovecraft, is that he thinks using a word denoting "horror" gives his writing a "horrifying" aspect.
The results are mildly risible period pieces today.
For a startling contrast from a near-contemporary of CAS, try "The Boats of the Glen Carrig" by William Hope Hodgson. Very, very scary.