Lovecraft Thread

Recently finished reading The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, and wondered what /lit's opinion on Lovecraft is, and your favourite of Lovecraft's novellas

My opinion is unspeakable and cannot be expressed in words.

Why don't you start telling us your opinions and favorite work so we can have a discussion?

Ok, well I personally I enjoyed The Doom that came to Sarnath and Beyond the Wall of Sleep the most, perhaps quite controversially. Despite some of the stories being a little hard to follow, it was genuinely interesting to see Lovecraft's synthesis of his xenophobic tenancies with the disgusting creatures he describes. My only gripe is that,as previously mentioned, it seems like a bit of a cop out to just say that whatever he was trying to describe was indescribable and the narrative of a piss scared academic in fear for his life got a bit old after 60 something stories.

Is that edition good or is it just a meme? Looks a bit garish, but also kinda cool...

I think it's a fine edition. The only real problem I had with it is that Lovecraft's stories were meant to be read as short stories in a monthly magazine, not compiled together, so I tended to get a bit burnt out after too many similar stories. Other than that, I'd say it's worth the money.

Beyond the Wall Of Sleep is top tier

It's been a while since I've read him but I'm still going through that exact edition of the book, albeit in a semi random order. I've been thoroughly enjoying his stories in which cats play a large role: The Rats in the Walls and The Cats of Ulthar were both great stories in my opinion. Very little in the way or "unspeakable horrors" (at least until the end of Walls) and I felt that they both gave off that legitimately creepy vibe that one expects of lovecraft. When he actually puts his mind to describing something I find it quite breathtaking. The imagery of the cats circling the cat hating house in Ulthar was burned into my mind for a good few days, and I can still picture it. If I was a draw fag I would draw it, and if I was dumb rich I would have commissioned a painting on the spot.

Love craft is rated perfectly. Not overrated, not underrated.

Dagon does not care about your 3 paragraphs worth of scripture, all he wants is your submission

oh mother hydra will summit to father dagon all right hehe

when Azathoth awakes he will blink us from existence and we will be no more, once again there will only be Azathoth

Reference within a reference... within another reference!

Can't wait really

I have literally everything ever published by him (including something he wrote in elementary school or something) on my Kindl.
I'll by a proper book later on.

But tbqh, I really enjoy the audio narrations of his stories.
They give you that perfect old timey "horror radio show" feel.
So you can enjoy it twice.

I read his complete works at age 16, was tired of seeing references to it by age 18.
>Why vote for the lesser evil?
Fuck off already.

Yeah, the references get a bit much.
I guess building a fictional mythos/universe will always invite nerdish fandom.

The B&N edition has a lot of typos.

I have some issues with this edition. The outside of the slipcase is definitely a bit garish, but the spine looks alright when it's on your shelf. The copy I purchased from Chapters had a piece of paper glued to the back with the barcode and author blurbs, and it looks a lot better when that is removed.

My main issue is that it's a pretty large volume, and the quality is pretty low. It has a glued binding, and the text block on my edition has already sagged considerably after a year. The paper stock is a little flimsy and it's not on archival quality paper, so don't expect the book to last, even just sitting on your shelf.

Franklin Library and the Folio Society both have nicer past editions that you can find on the used market for less than this edition costs new.

i have that exact book, read 90 percent of it, the only regret being charles dexter ward.

Alchemist, at the Mountains of Madness, Azathoth, Beast in the Cave, Call of Cthulhu, Celephaïs, Colour out of Space, Dagon, Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, Dreams in the Witch House, Dunwich Horror, Herbert West Reanimator, History of the Necronomicon, Horror at Red Hook, Haunter of the Dark, Hypnos, Ibid, Music of Erich Zann, Other Gods, Outsider, Pickman’s Model, Picture in the House, Quest of Iranon, Rats in the Walls, Shadow out of Time, Shadow over Innsmouth, Silver Key, Temple, Tomb, Under the Pyramids, Whisperer in Darkness

The horror could not be described in words but I'll give it a try.

I agree, and I handled this by reading a chunk in between other books when I wasn't feeling it anymore.

This is usually a pretty good bet for "collected works" anthologies.