No.10318
Does anyone have any suggestions for good Lovecraft or lovecraftian themed books? I have a thirst
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No.10475
>>10318
chtuluh mithos?
but i guess you already know about that.
40k novels are heavily indebted to lovecraft.
maybe a little too much, as some thing seems to be lifted straight from the call of chtuluh.
but it's a good setting if cosmic horror is what you are looking for.
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No.10477
Deus Machina Demonbane
:^)
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No.10479
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No.10481
>>10477
what the fuck did i just watch?
>>10318
also OP, it should be noted that lovecraft did not write only cosmic horror kind of stuff, like some pretty good spoopy stories.
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No.10482
>>10477
…
Japan is an unusual country
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No.10486
>>10477
the moment when he transformed into a girl, I lost it.
Made me remember those anons who wanted to be a 12/f/Cali.
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No.10491
>>10318
The Rats in the Walls is possibly the best story he ever wrote. It's not even part of the misnamed "Cthulhu Mythos", it's gothic horror with a decidedly Lovecraftian spin.
Call of Cthulhu is a great story, but massively overrated. It has a problem Lovecraft's fictions sometimes do, with other wordily horrors being setup and then too easily defeated/forestalled.
The Dunwich Horror gets recommended a lot, it's a great story, but again, perhaps the cosmic horror is a little too easily thwarted.
I especially recommend The Haunter of the Dark, The Shadow Out of Time, The Dreams in the Witch House, The Whisperer in Darkness, and The Thing on the Doorstep. Then you'd be ready to tackle At the Mountains of Madness.
The Dreamland stories I'd recommend, they often get overlooked by the large bulk of Lovecraft fans who came to his literature via Chaosium and only focus on his cosmic horror stories.
I'd recommend Celephais, the White Ship, The Silver Key (but not Through the Gates of the Silver Key), leading up to The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath a short novel that Lovecraft only finished a draft of. Dream-Quest is my favorite work by him.
Some of Lovecraft's lesser stories also make a good read. The Doom that Came to Sarnath, The Temple, From Beyond, Polaris, while not as great as some of his more well known, longer stories, are still worth a read.
Much of his lesser known stories have their redeeming qualities, and most of it is fairly short. He also wrote some poetry, too: I'd recommend starting with "Nemesis".
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No.10497
>>10486
>the moment when he transformed into a girl, I lost it.
he didn't transform. she was inside of him.
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No.10498
>>10491
not op, but i'm grateful for the suggestions.
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No.10512
Some anon on /v/ suggested this book. I have such a backlog of books, but I'd still get it if I was in the mood for a story or two of his.
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No.10513
>>10491
>poetry
On the creation of niggers
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No.10516
>>10491
>>10491
>(but not Through the Gates of the Silver Key)
Hey nigger, that's pretty decent too. It may as well be read so long as he's reading the whole series.
The Dream Quest is also my favorite of his stories.
mfw LENG
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No.10580
>>10491
It goes The Colour Out of Space > Rats in the Walls > Music of Erich Zahn > The Shadow Over Innsmouth > At The Mountains of Madness > The Shadow Out of Time and then so forth.
Although, I'm delighted to see that you included The Thing On The Doorstep and The Doom that Came to Sarnath.
If you want babby's first lovecraft though, I'd read Dagon and The Doom That Came to Sarnath. They're very good at introducing his main themes.
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No.10628
>Music of Erich Zahn
Can't believe I forgot that one. More than any of his stories, I think it hammers home that feeling of weirdness. It puts the weird in weird fiction.
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No.10656
>>10491
The whole being stuck possessing an alien wizard part was great in Through the Gate.
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No.14190
>>10477
Tell me! Why does she wear the helmet?
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No.14193
>>10491
Dream-Quest is garbage, though. It is his worst work. I don't know why I'm responding to a two-year old post, but oh well.
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No.14195
>>10491
>The Rats in the Walls is possibly the best story he ever wrote.
Really? I thought it all fell apart after he goes into the cellar. It's too goofy.
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No.14202
>>10318
The Whistling Room, and other stories in the "Carnacki the Ghost Hunter" series (can't remember the author's name ATM).
Also the short story "The House on the Borderlands". In some ways it seems more Lovecraftian than HPL himself.
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No.14252
>>10491
>The Temple
I wish Lovecraft took this one more seriously when writing it. The Prussian Officer maintaining discipline in the face of reality breaking down was an interesting concept, one of the few times Lovecraft's protagonist was more fearsome than the critters of the unknown.
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No.14290
Just started reading Lovecraft, going through the shorter non-Cthulhu mythos stories first. So far, I think Pickman's Model was my favorite; while you can see the end twist coming a mile away, the build up is fantastic. Rats in the Walls is also pretty good and also liked The Moon Bog even if it's a bit too similar to the later.
Anyway, dunno if this is the right place but I actually got a question about Ch6 of The Horror at Red Hook:
The protagonist is tossed into a demonic nightmare world and he sees Suydam's corpse being brought. After a ceremony where Lilith parades said corpse, Suydam comes back to life (kinda) then starts running with the intent to tackle the golden pedestal Lilith was perched on, which he succeeds, ending the whole thing. I don't get why he does that, I feel there's some really important thing I'm missing here.
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No.14291
>>14290
Isn't it obvious? He reconverted back to Islam from Yazidism and allahuakbared the infidel demon. But honestly, I'm not sure. Maybe he figured mistakes had been made and tried to do his best to fix it.
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No.14296
>>14291
Only plausible thing that crosses my mind is that he got scared shitless once he was up and close with the things he was doing business with and from what I understand, it was Lilith who killed him and his bride.
Just feels a bit anti-climatic.
Meanwhile, just finished Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. Lovecraft apparently admitted he went overboard on all the stuff he put in and I'm inclined to agree but the world building is interesting, I like how the world's denizens have their own traditions as well as alliances or hostilities and I also liked the fact that Carter took detours to help those who had helped him.
Again, something near the end left me a bit confused, from what I understood Carter seemed to have become as powerful as Kuranes, maybe more because the city he created was taken over by the dream gods who then barred him access. In the end, he had to give it up to save his ass from Nyarlathotep's set up.
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No.14297
>>14296
I like the Dream-Quest, but it sure could have used a rewrite or two. Having two large battle scenes between weird critters (zoogs vs. cats, nightgaunts+ghouls vs. moon-frogs and leng-negros. I liked both, but it seems too much for one story novella) is rather exhausting and it's pretty abrupt when the nightgaunts just decide to take Carter to his destination when the story is desperately running out of steam.
>something near the end left me a bit confused, from what I understood
Nodens saved Carter by waking him up, propably to mess with Nyarlathotep after hearing about the happenings from nightgaunts. It seems Carter only gave up the dream city after he realized it was based on the sight of his home town at dawn. Lovecraft really loved his Providence.
I wish Lovecraft had written more weird fantasy stories. The alien-wizard part of Through the Gates of the Silver Key is awesome (rest of the story not so much) and his setting building for the alien cultures is the highlight of many of his sci-fi stories. Out of all his hack friends (of many he helped) he definitely should have written a proper collaboration with Robert E. Howard. Their brief part in The Challenge from Beyond is a glimpse of something that turned out to be too good for this world.
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No.14298
>>14297
>battles
I felt the big battle between the ghouls/gaunts and moon-beasts was too much, they should have moved after saving the ghouls. Likewise, the whole entourage that went to Kadath felt unnecessary. Ghouls had no reason to go and wouldn't be of any help since, if anything, they were dead weight hindering the gaunts.
>story is desperately running out of steam.
The obstacles become absurdly unsurmountable and then the bit where Carter is dragged to the monastery adds more backtracking.
>Nodens saved Carter
Yeah, I see that now. I only managed to get a hold of a translated version and sometimes I compare passages of the original on Wikipedia. It was the same with Pickman's Model, the translation almost lost the implication that Pickman was himself a ghoul (something that is evident in this story).
>Lovecraft really loved his Providence.
Red Hook not so much. Good thing is not here to see the shitshow going on in almost every part of the Western world, he'd beg for a appointment with Azathoth.
>Out of all his hack friends
That's another thing I need to look into. There's a lot donut steel shit going on. I noticed Clark Ashton Smith got name-dropped in Pickman's Model.
Anyway, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is next on my last and then I'd like to go through the classics - Mountains of Madness, Dunwich Horror, Innsmouth, Whisperer in Darkness, Witch House and Lurking Fear.
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No.14300
WUB A LUB A DUB DUB CTHUUUULU RICK! *burp*
seriously faggots ya'll disappoint me, the fag op was asking for Lovecraftian suggestions not for you fucks to measure dicks on that racist one note fuckers shit writing. but don't worry OP I got your back. Read these authors for GOOD supernatural horror
M.R James, Robert W. Chambers, Thomas Ligotti, Clark Ashton Smith, Angela Carter
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No.14303
>>14298
>I noticed Clark Ashton Smith got name-dropped in Pickman's Model
I don't really get the references to CAS. As far as I've seen Clark appears to have been an amateurish painter, while he was already a somewhat renowned poet and talented writer at the time. References to his paintings in Lovecraft's works seem like some weird inside joke. Maybe he had a secret gallery for the truly spooky stuff.
I like CAS's fiction, definitely up there at the top as far as fantasy authors go, but I find his straight horror stories mostly bland.
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No.14358
>>14300
>racist
>implying that's a bad thing
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No.14423
>>14300
>racism is bad!
>le epic reddit rick!! XD
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No.14435
>>14300
Not that any of these are bad, but you don't pick up a James story when you're in the mood for a Lovecraft. The focus of the horror is way too different.
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No.14443
>>14300
When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove's fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th'Olympian host conceiv'd a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Nigger.
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No.14473
The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories that were a big influence to Lovecrafts work
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No.14976
>>14300
you are forgetting Brian Lumley
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No.14977
>>10318
If you speak german go on youtube and search for "lovecraft hörbuch" and you will be flooded with really good audiobooks. From mountains of madness to the silver key there is almost every single piece written by Lovecraft
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