Round 10: Tossup 20

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

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