Anything out there similar to this series, mainly in terms of

youll have to explain the ambience first

what's it like

>>9457958
Gothic scenery, somber, foreboding, sleepy, entropic, yet comforting.

>>9457924
Not that I've found. He pretty much carved out his own niche within a niche the way Herbert did with Dune. Also he was fucking insane so not too many can emulate that.

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also this can just be a general Gormenghast thread since I haven't seen one lately

>>9457924
Never heard of this should i check it out?

>>9457924
Book of the New Sun doesn't share themes, but both have simar atmospheres of decay.

China Melville even had homage to Peake in the way of describing the city first few paragraphs in Perdido Street Station. His prose and themes doesn't compete, thpugh. He feels like a cheap version of Peake having purple prose instead of intoxicating mastery of Peake's prose.