Ich kann diese hier noch sehr empfehlen:
"Queen of K'n-Yan" von Ken Asamatsu
Es ist jetzt nicht 100pro eine lovecraft'sche Sache, aber atmet schon sehr den Spirit Die Story an sich bewegt sich ganz grob in Richtung "The Thing" mit etwas Action a la "Aliens" und hat - naheliegend bzgl. The Thing - eben solch ähnliche lovecraft'schen Einflüssen. So also jetzt erstmal nichts Weltbewegendes. Aber das Buch hat mich offenbar in der richtigen Stimmung erwischt und mich beschlich beim Lesen immer wieder ein seltsam verstörendes, ungutes Gefühl. Das habe ich eigentlich sonst wirklich kaum bei Büchern (bei Gruselfilmen bin ich aber voll die Pussy ;D ). Ja, ich glaube fiebrig-verstörend ist der richtige Ausdruck für manche der Ereignisse. Fand' ich auf jeden Fall sehr stark!
Worum es geht? Hier:
"The mummy of a beautiful young girl from Shang Dynasty China is found in an ornate and astonishingly large underground tomb. Preliminary research shows that her cells contain reptilian DNA, and a Japanese research lab is asked to investigate further…
Working under the stern Dr. Li, molecular biologist Morishita Anri begins to probe the mysteries locked in the mummy’s genetic code, while experiencing strange hallucinations of being a young girl imprisoned in one of the infamous experimental facilities established in China by Japanese Unit 731 for biological warfare.
As Dr. Li hints at prehuman intelligences and huge caverns under the earth, Anri begins to wonder why uniformed soldiers of the PRC Liberation Army are present in the research center in Tokyo. Hallucinations and reality fuse as innocents begin to die in both realities…"
Und vom gleichen Autor gibts noch das herrlich pulpige "Kthulhu Reich". Wer was mit Weird War Themen anfangen kann, der ist hier genau richtig:
"World War II was a world-spanning conflict that engulfed dozens of countries, a maelstrom that dragged nations and religions and millions of people to their deaths. But it was fought with more than merely guns and machines...Even before the War was begun in earnest, Nazi Germany had sent expeditions to the darkest hiding places of the world: to shadowed Africa, to the towering peaks of Tibet, and even to the frigid wastes of Antarctica. Their goal was to locate occult weaponry and "aid" for the glory of the Third Reich.
And they were successful.
But were those they sought truly allies? Or were they the old Gods themselves, waiting for their chance to remold the world of Man in their own image once again? This collection of related stories is another masterpiece of the War, the Cthulhu Mythos, and humanity trapped in the middle."
