Packet L: Tossup 20

A publishing house for this author’s work was co-founded by Donald Wandrei and August Derleth, whose (10[2])falling out is discussed in a study (10[1])of this author (10[1])subtitled Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq (10[1])(“well-BECK”). A genre whose “Big Three” consisted of this author, Robert E. Howard, (10[1])and Clark Ashton Smith (10[1])inspired M. (10[1])John Harrison (10[1])to theorize a modern genre (-5[1])exemplified by the work of Jeff VanderMeer and China Miéville. (-5[1])A story by this author is narrated by a professor (10[2])who discovers amoeba-like (10[2])“shoggoths” (10[1]-5[1])while (10[1])on an expedition (10[5])to Antarctica (10[3])from Miskatonic (10[3])University. (10[2]-5[1])In a (10[1])story (10[1])by this author, (10[4])the sunken (10[1])city R’lyeh (10[5])(“rill-YEH”) imprisons (10[1])a “Great Old One” (10[2])that resembles a giant octopus. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])what (10[1])author of (10[1])At the Mountains of Madness created the Cthulhu Mythos? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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