24th February 2006, 3:20 PM
Quote:I suppose he's responsible for the "dark terrible god" genre then.
I don't think any of his stories are like that. The Elder Gods and The Great Ones are very abstract, rarely seen, and no attempt is made to explain what their purpose is or what motivates their actions. They are beyond human compresion and this is reflected in the works that they appear in.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.