Talk:Clark Ashton Smith

CAS

I like CAS.

Cthulu?

Can someone cite a source for Klarkash-Ton writing deliberately in the "Cthulu Mythos"? I seem to have read that the Mythos was retroactively created by August Derleth writing stories that referenced elements in Lovecraft, Smith and Howard's stories. From the biographical materials about Smith and Lovecraft I've read, I can recall no evidence that they deliberately wrote in a shared world. -- Jim Henry

The introduction to one of his Hyperborea stories makes reference to both Cthulhu and Yog-Sothoth, while I believe another one makes reference to the Necronomicon. I'm positive on the first one, and not so sure on the second. Furthermore, I know that one of Lovecraft's stories refers to The Book of Eibon (which was first mentioned in the CAS story "The Coming of the White Worm", and also shows up in at least one other Hyperborea story) I'll check and provide quotes/citations when I get a chance later this weekend. 198.164.41.86 8 July 2005 18:49 (UTC)

Here we go: "Ubbo-Sathla"

Before the coming of Zhothaqquah or Yok-Zothoth or Kthulhut from the stars, Ubbo-Sathla dwelt in the steaming fens of the newmade Earth: a mass without head or members, spawning the grey, formless efts of the prime and the grisly prototypes of terrene life.

The important parts of that being Yok-Zothoth and Kthulhut. The same story goes on to mention the Necronomicon and Abdul Alhazred. (Which means that it wasn't another story, as I had previously thought.) First published in Weird Tales, July 1933. While I can't say anything for certain about his other stories, I'd say that it's safe to assume that at least some of the Hyperborea tales are deliberately written to include creations of Lovecraft's. (In addition to the Hyperborea tales, I own the 1970s Zothique and Poseidonis collections. I'm pretty sure that the first makes no mention of any creations of Lovecraft's, and I can't remember on the second.) g026r 06:08, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Painting

Someone more knowledgable should include mention of his paintings and drawings.

Refering to Paintings and Drawings By Clark Ashton Smith

—That and sculpture. A good collection for reference is In the Realms of Mystery and Wonder.—Ant 222 (talk) 12:19, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Death

Theres no mention about the place where he died,and the reason for his death. New Babylon 15:14, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Poetry

Did CAS write poetry until 1961 (i.e. all his life), as the section header states, or up until an earlier date? I found the header a little vague, as it suggests he simply wrote poetry his whole life, rather than through a particular period, as the previous section indicates.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Humphreyswill (talk • contribs) 00:20, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

"Until 1961" was in the heading as a result of this edit by an anon who seems to have misunderstood the article's periodization of CAS's work. I've changed it back to "Until 1925." Deor (talk) 01:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

What's so important about "periodization"? The way the article was previously written made it seem as if Smith stopped writing poetry around 1925 when, in fact, he wrote poetry, on and off, right up until June 1961 (per S. T. Joshi.) And why pick the year 1925? What was esp. significant about that year? Smith published "Nero and Other Poems" in 1937. 2601:84:8A00:2860:F41D:17A5:2783:7AF1 (talk) 19:05, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

External link to Starship Sofa

This link simply links to the main page for this podcast. It needs to link to the specific edition which relates to the subject. I attempted to search the site for "Clark Ashton Smith", but no specific podcast was turned up. This will need to be removed if it cannot be pointed to the specific podcast in question. Yworo (talk) 16:31, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

(7) Some notation should be made regarding Smith's story, The Venus of Azombeii. It parallels the Koma People of Adamawa in Cameroon very closely. Wikipedia states that the Koma of the Atlantika Mountains weren't discovered until 1980; details from Smith's story are uncannily accurate, suggesting that he had access to knowledge that most others did not, and calling into question the known information about the Koma.Ooze2b (talk) 23:38, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

LaVeyan Satanism

I noticed the infobox for LaVeyan Satanism is included on the page, and he's included as an associated figure in the infobox, but the association is mentioned nowhere in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ganondox (talk • contribs) 01:09, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Strange sentence

The text at Clark_Ashton_Smith#Weird_fiction:_1926-1935 says "Smith wrote most of his weird fiction and Cthulhu Mythos stories, inspired by H. P. Lovecraft." This makes no sense. If the comma is deleted, it makes sense, but is it true? I hope someone who knows Smith's writings can fix this. Zaslav (talk) 06:22, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

The Cthulhu mythos stories were of course set in HP Lovecraft's universe. Probably the result of some awkard editing in the past. AnonMoos (talk) 08:25, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

In its orginal form, the sentence read: "It was during this period that Smith wrote most of his weird fiction stories, possibly inspired by H. P. Lovecraft." AnonMoos (talk) 08:33, 18 July 2023 (UTC)