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Hodgson's world view is profoundly Pagan and Stoic: Wolfe's is Catholic.   It may be that this sharp divergence obscures my appreciation of an influence.  

I'd be intrested to know of any comments by Wolfe on WHH.   

My website also hosts Wolfe's "The Best Introduction to the Mountains" and in passing while negotiating payment for it I did ask W if he would consider writing a Night land story for me: but he did not respond at all.


    hartshorn

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel Petersen 
  Yes.  Frankly, Wolfe's horror 'tone' strikes me as much closer to Hodgson than Lovecraft, even though Wolfe perhaps deals more explicitly with Lovecraftian themes.  There is a strange animal terror connected to the more cosmic and numinous horror and awe in Hodgy that I don't so much find in Lovey but do find echoed in Wolfe, his Solar monsters especially perhaps - notules, alzabo, devil fish on spongey island, leatherskin, etc.  I have heard WHH referenced in at least one review of Wolfe.





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