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“This one is a lesser-known Lovecraft. Most people who know Lovecraft probably encounter his horror stories and the Cthulhu Mythos. But he also functioned in a fantasy framework, and he has a lot of fiction that was influenced by the Anglo-Irish author Lord Dunsany, who developed these fantasy excursions into other worlds – less horrific, and more fantasy fiction. The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath functions very much in that register. You have a character named Randolph Carter who, through a process of dreaming, enters what Lovecraft calls the Dreamlands. He sojourns through this world, encountering different kinds of monsters and obstacles, things to overcome before ultimately returning to the waking world. It has a sense of whimsy to it that I think is really enjoyable, and differentiates it from his Cthulhu mythos stories, which primarily operate in a horror register.” Read more...
Jeffrey Weinstock, Literary Scholar
