The Survivor and Others

The Survivor and Others is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer August Derleth.

knew very well what he was doing when he left the outlines uncompleted,"with the exception of "The Lamp of Alhazred," in which, according to him, "with a flash of inspiration" Derleth introduced Lovecraft as a character and produced "a warmly moving tribute.

"[2] Floyd C. Gale of Galaxy Science Fiction said that except for "The Shadow Out of Space" "Derleth generates unintended humor in most of his reconstructions", and that "Alhazred" "might aptly have been titled 'Eulogy' ... an idealized version of what Lovecraft's life and death should have been".

[3] Avram Davidson concluded that Derleth "does his best to conjure up the late master's prose from its essential salts, but he doesn't make it [...] because he is as sane as they come, and Lovecraft was as nutty as a five-dollar fruitcake.

"[4] Everett F. Bleiler, noting that several of these pastiches were modeled on published Lovecraft stories, found all were "routine" except the "much more interesting 'The Lamp of Alhazred'".