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Scroll of Thoth: Simon Magus and the Great Old Ones- Twelve Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

Richard L. Tierney,

Robert M. Price (Editor)

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Apr 10, 2022 S.E. Lindberg rated it it was amazing

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Review posted on Black Gate April 10th, 2022
https://www.blackgate.com/2022/04/03/...

Greg Mele recently paid tribute to Richard L. Tierney at Black Gate. That memorial post covers the author’s life and bibliography very well, so check that out
https://www.blackgate.com/2022/02/06/...

Tierney co-authored books with David C. Smith will be echoed here. The Goodreads S&S group is hosting a two-month group read of his work presently (March-April 2022), which spurred me to read The Scroll of Thoth: Simo ...more

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Jan 30, 2013 Periklis marked it as to-read

Shelves: on-hold, sword-n-sorcery, horror, anthologies-collections

From the two "Simon of Gitta" stories I've read (presented in the S.A.D. series), I'm expecting Tierney's Sword-and-Sorcery anti-hero pitted against dark gods, while hunting ancient relics.

So far, Robert M. Price's introduction is not only informative on the Simon Magus stories' significance within the Cthulhu Mythos, restoring "Lovecraft's fearful nihilism". It also offers a scholarly, Gnostic, interpretation of the persons and events surrounding the "esoteric legend".

As a side note, Tierney wa ...more

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