tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post8863546150620127646..comments2024-03-28T15:30:09.903-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: The Vaults of Yoh-VombisJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2460264223834567182010-06-09T12:31:16.510-04:002010-06-09T12:31:16.510-04:00This is a pretty cool story... thanks to Xoth for ...This is a pretty cool story... thanks to Xoth for posting the link!Duglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952607750940479779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10563491442866604182010-06-07T22:29:31.658-04:002010-06-07T22:29:31.658-04:00How I long for the 5th and final volume of the Nig...How I long for the 5th and final volume of the Nightshade hardbacks collecting all CAS's fiction. Thank you, James, for your continued and unfailing extolment of the greatest pulp fiction writer. It is much appreciated.Lord Ghul of Hyperboreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08924190253360060613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-26491631300518630062010-06-07T17:22:30.998-04:002010-06-07T17:22:30.998-04:00I read it in a Chaosium compilation some months ag...I read it in a Chaosium compilation some months ago, and I enjoy it very much. I loved his ability to create a weird atmosphere and his writing style. Smith was a marvelous pulp writer, it's a fact.José Joaquín Rodríguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05419481758371621113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-53320801793932912932010-06-07T17:05:32.079-04:002010-06-07T17:05:32.079-04:00The remarkable thing about this story is that it m...The remarkable thing about this story is that it manages to pack such a punch even though the ending is "telegraphed" to a great extent.<br /><br />I second the praise for "The Dweller in The Gulf", it's truly a fiendish tale- it works as an allegory for addiction, as well as a horror tale.Scallop Skulled Skaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614954870582728737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55560243420880212832010-06-07T13:29:08.320-04:002010-06-07T13:29:08.320-04:00This story is one of my absolute favorites of all ...This story is one of my absolute favorites of all of Smith's writing. The atmosphere of terror is simply amazing.<br /><br />I would recommend reading the original first:<br /><br />http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/231<br /><br />But there is a nice graphic adaptation here:<br /><br />http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/258/the-vaults-of-yoh-vombis-%28adaption-by-richard-corben%29<br /><br />I would also like to mention that I made a little homage to CAS and this story in my conversion of S4, "The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth", when I reimagined it for use with the Conan d20 RPG system. It is available as "The Lost Caverns of Acheron" from this page:<br /><br />http://hyboria.xoth.net/adventures/index.htm<br /><br />From my foreword: "... since<br />the original cavern complex is (at least in my opinion) a rather mixed bag of monster-filled<br />caverns with little internal consistency, I have re-stocked the caverns with a more appropriate<br />menagerie. Inspired by "The Witch Queen of Acheron" comic book by Marvel, I have changed<br />Drelnza to an Acheronean vampiress named Xaltana, and, in a nod to the master of weird horror,<br />Clark Ashton Smith, filled the lost caverns with monsters inspired by the classic tale "The Vaults of<br />Yoh-Vombis". In my own humble opinion, the final result is a most satisfying amalgamation."<br /><br />When I ran my own group through this converted scenario, one of the PCs fell victim to one of the vampiric leeches almost exactly as it happened in the original tale! A great gaming moment, and one which really freaked out the players! :-)<br /><br />- thulsa<br /><br />The Spider-God's Bride and Other Tales of Sword and Sorcery<br /><br />http://xoth.net/publishing/xp1/index.htmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514925169052667175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-72334458124622211592010-06-07T13:04:05.687-04:002010-06-07T13:04:05.687-04:00Of CAS' Martian stories my personal preference...Of CAS' Martian stories my personal preference is for "The Dweller in The Gulf" - especially the unexpurgated version. That's a story whose horrors really stick in the mind.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34904104667154954792010-06-07T12:46:43.144-04:002010-06-07T12:46:43.144-04:00Most of CAS's stuff is public domain these day...Most of CAS's stuff is public domain these days, and can be found on the web with a little use of Google-Fu.<br /><br />It's hard to argue with you about "Yoh-Vombis," though. I have it in a paperback anthology somewhere, and it scared the bejeebers out of me when I was a kid... around the same time the movie "Alien" came out... a film that owes something to "Yoh-Vombis," if you ask me.Tom O'Bedlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821487402927475042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-76395044657109131252010-06-07T12:09:20.079-04:002010-06-07T12:09:20.079-04:00I love this story! From an old school gaming persp...I love this story! From an old school gaming perspective it's also a perfect yarn because of the whole party-exploring-an-underground-labyrinth/crypt scenario. This story could easily be turned into a gnarly game session (I won't give away the ending either).Bob Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073807225519106277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30846520924415760292010-06-07T11:01:04.806-04:002010-06-07T11:01:04.806-04:00I had the good fortune to pick up several CAS anth...I had the good fortune to pick up several CAS anthologies, I will have to see if this particular story appears in one of them. Your retrospective has me intrigued!Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.com