Foo - HP Lovecraft: Cthulhu stories

I've heard great things about these stories. I don't really know much about them. From the info on Wikipedia, I gather they are a bunch of related short stories rather than novels.

I was looking at my local library online to try to get an anthology, but it's a vicious labyrinth to find a good anthology. Some look like they might have "fan fiction" from other authors, and other craziness.

Can anybody point me to a good source of what books/stories there are, what order they should be read (if it matters), or a good anthology that has them compiled well?

I can't help with an anthology, but a decent book that I own is "The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre" ISBN 0-345-35080-4. Hope this helps.

I can't help with an anthology, but a decent book that I own is "The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre" ISBN 0-345-35080-4. Hope this helps.

Found it at my local library and placed hold. Thanks. :thumb:

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!

I've heard great things about these stories. I don't really know much about them. From the info on Wikipedia, I gather they are a bunch of related short stories rather than novels.

I was looking at my local library online to try to get an anthology, but it's a vicious labyrinth to find a good anthology. Some look like they might have "fan fiction" from other authors, and other craziness.

Can anybody point me to a good source of what books/stories there are, what order they should be read (if it matters), or a good anthology that has them compiled well?

from what I'm told it's some sweet ****, a good family friend is all about the HP Lovecraft and the Cthulhu thing.

I borrow all my stuff from Miskatonic U.

The Old Ones are not amused.

Anything by Lovecraft is worth reading

I've read all of them. Some are good, some are horrible.

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Please, please, someone make that into a jersey.

Just a little too weird for this old D&Ders taste. Maybe my resistance is due to my attitude that psionics is total rubbish.

Just a little too weird for this old D&Ders taste. Maybe my resistance is due to my attitude that psionics is total rubbish.

Do you also think its cheating to use iron blades against stone-age opponents? Those were the good old days, let me tell you.

j

I haven't read any Lovecraft since I checked out the Necronomican from the Innesmouth public library.

Great stuff, read some of Kings works and you see he owes more than a small
debt to H.P.

marty

Do you also think its cheating to use iron blades against stone-age opponents? Those were the good old days, let me tell you.

j

Nah. The Stone Agers had the audacity to intrude where they had no business being - so a Meteor Shower seemed a fitting welcome present.

I haven't read any Lovecraft since I checked out the Necronomican from the Innesmouth public library.

Great stuff, read some of Kings works and you see he owes more than a small
debt to H.P.

marty



Brian Lumley owes a HUGE debt to HPL. I really like his stuff though. And Lovecraft is just the master..

Actually most American horror writers owe much to Lovecraft. read the Necroscope series
a long time ago, might have to revist those.

marty

From HP Lovecraft Wikipedia reference:


"the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."

Not that I consider "Stephen King" a ringing endorsement, but still, he's big enough a name that its nice to see the credit given.

For the record, part of the reason I've gotten interested is not only because I've heard how great he is, but he is often compared with EA Poe. EA Poe is one of my favorite all-time authors.

From HP Lovecraft Wikipedia reference:



Not that I consider "Stephen King" a ringing endorsement, but still, he's big enough a name that its nice to see the credit given.
...

Makes perfect sense. I don't care for King either. :lol:

Makes perfect sense. I don't care for King either. :lol:
I'll join you in that club. :thumb:

Let's see how Cthulhu stands up to a BFG-9000. Wimp.

I've heard great things about these stories. I don't really know much about them. From the info on Wikipedia, I gather they are a bunch of related short stories rather than novels.

I was looking at my local library online to try to get an anthology, but it's a vicious labyrinth to find a good anthology. Some look like they might have "fan fiction" from other authors, and other craziness.

Can anybody point me to a good source of what books/stories there are, what order they should be read (if it matters), or a good anthology that has them compiled well?

i did too. when i was in high school.

Some good info:http://io9.com/5391563/lovecraft-101-get-to-know-the-master-of-scifi+horror

I can't help with an anthology, but a decent book that I own is "The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre" ISBN 0-345-35080-4. Hope this helps.

LM3K....took this advice and found this book at the public library. It seems to be a good anthology that is all Lovecraft and not half fan stories from other authors. I've been reading it on and off. Read about 5 stories so far. A nice way to end the day just before going to bed. :twitchy: ;)

Glad to help, I might have to read it again myself (it's been a few years).

I read an anthology this summer, was fun but more in an archeological way. Next time the mood strikes, I'm going straight for the real thing. (http://www.online-literature.com/poe/)

Cthulhu For Kids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOHJUrcVdJ

You know how Hollywood will cook up a pretty good looking monster for a film, then ruin the whole thing by putting the thing in broad daylight and giving it an hour of on-screen time? Of course you do, lots of bad horror movies have monsters you can see the zipper running up it's back even if the movie cost tens of millions of dollars. Now take a movie like Blair Witch or The Ring where you hardly saw anything, but your imagination does all the work. That was Lovecraft's genius. You only got a peek, but it drove you mad....

No argument here! :thumb:

What got me wanting to read Lovecraft was going through my Poe anthology again. I was looking up Poe on Wikipedia and stumbled across Lovecraft again and thought, "Oh yeah....he was supposed to good too".

Poe might be my favorite author of all-time. If not, he's easily in the top 5.



I read an anthology this summer, was fun but more in an archeological way. Next time the mood strikes, I'm going straight for the real thing. (http://www.online-literature.com/poe/)