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H.P. Lovecraft
I read some of his shortstories, and I absolutly love his writing. Any fans?
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i only read some of his short stories
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Yeah, I like his style. Have you read The Thing On The Doorstep, that one is really creepy.
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I love all of his work. HIs whole style, from his use of language, to the plots and the immersion in a single mythos is something that I find absolutely captivating.
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I am a TOTAL geek for that stuff.
Some favorites: At The Mountains Of Madness The Colour Out Of Space The Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath I also love stories by his collaborators and friends, such as August Derleth and Clark Ashton Smith. I even wrote a song that was basically a musical adaptation of "Ubbo-Sathla" by C.A. Smith last year. I visited Lovecraft's grave when I was in Providence last month, even. My nerd-ness has reached an alltime high (or low) at this point. |
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That's great man, did you ever hear that song the Vaselines dedicated to him? |
No, but I wouldn't mind hearing it.
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At The Mountains of Madness is a breathtaking piece of work, and The Shadow Over Innsmouth reaches a similar high.
The short novel, The Lurker at the Threshold, is fanatastic. To be honest, his whole body of work is awesome. |
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Did you get any pictures? That's a good place to visit. |
The Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath
going to read that next a friend of mine and me wanted to programm a computer game based on The Shadow out of Time but we never started great book/story btw |
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I would upload it for you, but I have a crappy PC. It's called Lovecraft, you'll find it on The Way Of The Vaselines - A Complete History (Sub pop 1992) |
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Lovecraft's gravestone:  At the Lovecraft family monolith:  |
oooh i have never read a book by this man but for some reason i am jealous!!
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Oh, you should try his work out, LAila, without question. Of the three volumes of stories usually available, the second - Dagon and Other Tales - is the best overall I think.
A link - hurrah! - to The H.P. Lovecraft Archive. A decent site. Savage Clone: that was most obliging. The two parts of the USA I've always wanted to see are the Lovecraft region (if I may call it that, and I think I may!) and New Orleans for the jazz. I'm a bit jealous. Thanks for the photographs. |
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Mr. Clone -Are these pictures taken of you this year ?/ What was the date ? |
That was on April 21st, just a few weeks ago.
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This coming Sunday, on BBC Radio Three:
Sunday Feature Weird Tales: The Strange Life of H P Lovecraft Sunday 3 December 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3) Geoff Ward examines the strange life and terrifying world of the man hailed as America's greatest horror writer since Poe. During his life Lovecraft's work was confined to lurid pulp magazines and he died in penury in 1937. Today, however, his writings are considered modern classics and published in prestigious editions. Among the writers considering his legacy are Neil Gaiman, S T Joshi, Kelly Link, Peter Straub and China Mieville. Duration: 45 minutes http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/sundayfeature/pip/t8iz3/ |
Maybe it's good for Halloween acid trips, to have someone narrating some Lovecraft. I have one distinct memory of just such an occurence. Until one buys a Poe Anthology or checks out all his works from a library, they have no business futzing with H.P. though.
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I eat this stuff up like unholy candy (screw you and your Lovecraft poo-pooing, !@#$%!). Love it so very much.
At The Mountains Of Madness is probably my favorite, but it is hard to choose. There are so many good ones. Film-wise, "Dagon" comes the closest to depicting Lovecraft's world of all the films I have seen that are inspired by his work. |
yes, I have read lots of loecrafdt overe the years. good stuff. a few of his stories are dull, but most are very creepy and fantastic
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