2013-06-09, that he was won over after reading Campbell's story in a re-release of Astounding Science-Fiction maangize. Another theory is that Campbell's own story is a retelling or simplification of Lovecraft's Mountains of Madness. Campbell's story was published 2 years after Lovecraft's, for the same publication group, both are set in Antarctica, where aliens are buried beneath the ice, and both have a similar feel and tone. However, I do not believe this is the case. Antarctica was only discovered at the turn of the century and then only truly explored in the late 1920s. It was still shrouded in mystery, so undoubtedly it would be (and was) inspiration for numerous stories through the 1930s and 40s. Both men were American science fiction / horror writers in the 1930s, writing and presumably reading the same publications, therefore, it's stand to reason that there would be some similarities in there works. I suspect that Campbell’s story was in works before(if) he even read Lovecraft’s Mountains of Madness. Lovecraft was relatively unsuccessful and unknown until after his death in 1937. There seems to be a fashionable tendency in horror fiction (and even more recently horror films) to trace everything back to the works of Lovecraft.I'm fairly well versed on Horror & sci-fi movies of the 50 s a consequence of watch excessive amounts of horror movies over twenty years. Although I'm afraid I'm technically too young to have seen the release of either of these films, thanks for the comment tho old timer Wow Glad I got that off my chest ha! If you made it this far through this reply well done! I probably should have just done a new post, but I aim to keep all my reviews under 300 words
2013-06-09, that he was won over after reading Campbell's story in a re-release of Astounding Science-Fiction maangize. Another theory is that Campbell's own story is a retelling or simplification of Lovecraft's Mountains of Madness. Campbell's story was published 2 years after Lovecraft's, for the same publication group, both are set in Antarctica, where aliens are buried beneath the ice, and both have a similar feel and tone. However, I do not believe this is the case. Antarctica was only discovered at the turn of the century and then only truly explored in the late 1920s. It was still shrouded in mystery, so undoubtedly it would be (and was) inspiration for numerous stories through the 1930s and 40s. Both men were American science fiction / horror writers in the 1930s, writing and presumably reading the same publications, therefore, it's stand to reason that there would be some similarities in there works. I suspect that Campbell’s story was in works before(if) he even read Lovecraft’s Mountains of Madness. Lovecraft was relatively unsuccessful and unknown until after his death in 1937. There seems to be a fashionable tendency in horror fiction (and even more recently horror films) to trace everything back to the works of Lovecraft.I'm fairly well versed on Horror & sci-fi movies of the 50 s a consequence of watch excessive amounts of horror movies over twenty years. Although I'm afraid I'm technically too young to have seen the release of either of these films, thanks for the comment tho old timer Wow Glad I got that off my chest ha! If you made it this far through this reply well done! I probably should have just done a new post, but I aim to keep all my reviews under 300 words
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