Influence The Great God Pan

paul-jean toulet translated great god pan french (le grand dieu pan, paris, 1901), , major influence on first novel, monsieur du paur, homme public.

the great god pan highly influential on circle of writers around h. p. lovecraft. story s depiction of monstrous half-human hybrid inspired plot of lovecraft’s dunwich horror (1928), refers name machen’s story. according lovecraft scholar robert m. price, dunwich horror in every sense homage machen , pastiche. there little in lovecraft s wonderful story not come directly out of machen s fiction.

clark ashton smith inspired great god pan write story nameless offspring (1931), features monstrous child born of human , supernatural entity.

it has been suggested michael arlen s novel hell! said duchess (1934) alludes great god pan (arlen influenced machen s work).

it inspired peter straub s novel ghost story (1979).

stephen king wrote in endnotes story collection after sunset (2008) newly published novella n. influenced machen s piece, noted, surmounts rather clumsy prose , works way relentlessly reader s terror-zone. how many sleepless nights has caused? god knows, few of them mine. think pan close horror genre comes great white whale. in self-interview stated n.: not lovecraft; it’s riff on arthur machen’s great god pan, 1 of best horror stories ever written. maybe best in english language. mine isn’t anywhere near good, loved chance put neurotic behavior—obsessive/compulsive disorder—together idea of monster-filled macroverse. king has cited machen s piece influence on many of other works, such novel revival (2014).

this story quoted sporadically throughout rachel klein s moth diaries (2002), main character reads novel during school year , takes great interest in meaning in relevance vampirism , own experiences.

the novella helen s story (2013) rosanne rabinowitz retells story of great god pan helen vaughan s point of view.