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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
The Publishers Weekly article in my previous post as this to say about his influences.
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That’s an interesting article. Thanks for sharing it. The reason I think the passage I quoted is a nod to Lovecraft is because Gaiman is interested in him and contributes stories to anthologies which feature stories inspired by the Lovecraft Mythos. For instance, his contribution to
Acolytes of Cthulhu was “Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar.”
The passage seems a clear pastiche of a Lovecraftian scene. However, Gaiman is a far better writer than Lovecraft.