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The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe has spoiled me for works that follow from Lovecraft's original writings. Lumley in comparison has created a tale of pure adventure, stripping the Dunsanian influences and rendering the mythic styling down to a breezy contemporary style more in line with Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. There's no introspection into the originals and no consideration about what the Dreamlands actually _are_, other than a place available to some special real-worlders.
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