Campbell, Ramsey - Peter Cannon (essay date 1985)
Peter Cannon (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: A review of Cold Print, in Crypt of Cthulhu, Vol. 4, No. 8, Lammas, 1985, pp. 42-3.
[In the following excerpt from a review of the retrospective collection Cold Print, Cannon expresses a preference for Campbell's later stories over his earlier ones, finding them more effective and characteristic of the author.]
Britisher Ramsey Campbell stands today as one of those rare horror writers (of which T. E. D. Klein is perhaps the leading American exponent) who follow in the classic tradition of H. P. Lovecraft, not by adapting the superficial trappings of the Mythos, but by focusing on the creation of mood and atmosphere, through the use of a meticulous, subtle style and careful structure. [Cold Print, a] collection of fifteen "Mythos Cthulhu" tales (as the line on the jacket back puts it), arranged in approximate chronological order, demonstrates Campbell's development from immature imitator...
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