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Originally Posted by Severian
This made me laugh out loud for reasons I can’t explain
Do you really think Lovecraft’s prose is bad? I guess it’s been a while since I read any of his stuff, but I always liked it. Certainly the ideas are the bigger picture, but I think the writing itself is quite good.
Oh well. Gonna read “The Call of Cthulhu” now. Tell me what you think is shitty and I’ll look out for it. 4 srsly.
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By modern standards his writing is very florid - although 'Cthulhu' is pretty restrained compared with some of his other stories.
Schlocky themes though? (symbol's point) On the surface maybe but they were underpinned by a worldview that other (arguably better) writers could take in a quite sophisticated direction, philosophically speaking. So I agree that people read Lovecraft now for his ideas far more than his style (and probably always have).