HP Lovecraft

Unknown Soldier · 06-06-2010, 02:40 AM

I`ve been wanting to get into Lovecraft for quite a few years now, can anyone suggest a couple of books to get me started ?

LoathsomePete · 06-06-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I`ve been wanting to get into Lovecraft for quite a few years now, can anyone suggest a couple of books to get me started ?

Most of his stuff was short stories so you're only going to get collections now, with the off chance that you might find a rare single copy of Shadow Over Innsmouth or At the Mountain of Madness. My first collection was a Penguin Classics entitled The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories that is small enough to be manageable, but still contains most of his best stories.

Unknown Soldier · 06-07-2010, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Most of his stuff was short stories so you're only going to get collections now, with the off chance that you might find a rare single copy of Shadow Over Innsmouth or At the Mountain of Madness. My first collection was a Penguin Classics entitled The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories that is small enough to be manageable, but still contains most of his best stories.

Have seen that most are short stories and will try and get the penguin classic you have suggested. Thanks for the pointer.

The Fascinating Turnip · 06-08-2010, 07:30 AM

I don't know exactly how this happened, but I read Lovecraft's The Nameless City once, and it was a fantastic read.
It really created an atmosphere and made me focus completely on every word he wrote.
I suppose I should by a book.

Davey Moore · 07-09-2010, 09:24 PM

I got high and visited his grave. My friend and I wrote poems about elder gods and rested them at the tombstone. Best writer Rhode Island will ever have. A huge influence who is underrated and relatively unknown by the larger populace.

Guybrush · 07-10-2010, 05:17 AM

Underrated, a bit maybe. Often when I mention him, people don't know who he is and I always find that a bit strange because I know he has a rather large following. It just seems the people who like him are evenly distributed or in other words, fairly spaced apart in time as well as space

I don't often find people who like Terry Pratchett either and he's one of the top selling authors in the world.

bannister · 07-10-2010, 06:45 AM

Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

GravitySlips · 07-10-2010, 07:05 AM

I've been meaning to read his stuff for a bit. A wee library visit might be in order tomorrow, think I'll go for The Call of Cthulhu first.

ElephantSack · 07-11-2010, 03:21 PM

After everything I've heard about "The Call of Cthulu", it's one of the few Lovecraft stories that I haven't read. I have two collections of his, "The Road to Madness" and "Dreams of Terror and Death". There's another compendium released by the same company, but I'm hesitant to go get it, because I'm not in a rush to read his entire repertoire. I like leaving some stuff out there that I don't know, although I will read it eventually.

Some of my favorites are "At the Mountains of Madness", "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", "The Quest of Iranon", "Pickman's Model", and of course "The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath". I like all the stories regarding Randolph Carter. I was even tempted to start a band named after him, and I did use some text from "At the Mountains of Madness" as lyrics in one of my band's songs.

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Davey Moore The Great Disappearer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: URI Campus and Coventry, both in RI Posts: 462	I got high and visited his grave. My friend and I wrote poems about elder gods and rested them at the tombstone. Best writer Rhode Island will ever have. A huge influence who is underrated and relatively unknown by the larger populace. __________________ The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Underrated, a bit maybe. Often when I mention him, people don't know who he is and I always find that a bit strange because I know he has a rather large following. It just seems the people who like him are evenly distributed or in other words, fairly spaced apart in time as well as space I don't often find people who like Terry Pratchett either and he's one of the top selling authors in the world. __________________ Something Completely Different

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ElephantSack Man vs. Wild Turkey Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ATX Posts: 948	After everything I've heard about "The Call of Cthulu", it's one of the few Lovecraft stories that I haven't read. I have two collections of his, "The Road to Madness" and "Dreams of Terror and Death". There's another compendium released by the same company, but I'm hesitant to go get it, because I'm not in a rush to read his entire repertoire. I like leaving some stuff out there that I don't know, although I will read it eventually. Some of my favorites are "At the Mountains of Madness", "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", "The Quest of Iranon", "Pickman's Model", and of course "The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath". I like all the stories regarding Randolph Carter. I was even tempted to start a band named after him, and I did use some text from "At the Mountains of Madness" as lyrics in one of my band's songs. __________________ OF THE SUN

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Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	I`ve been wanting to get into Lovecraft for quite a few years now, can anyone suggest a couple of books to get me started ?

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The Fascinating Turnip Moper Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 510	I don't know exactly how this happened, but I read Lovecraft's The Nameless City once, and it was a fantastic read. It really created an atmosphere and made me focus completely on every word he wrote. I suppose I should by a book.

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GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,578	I've been meaning to read his stuff for a bit. A wee library visit might be in order tomorrow, think I'll go for The Call of Cthulhu first.