Need Some Help with Selecting HP Lovecraft stories
Hey, Recently I've been reading the works of HP Lovecraft and while being a bit confused at times (my friend wasnt kidding when he said he liked Adjectives :lol:) I've been throughly enjoying the...
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Only the first two stories on your list are generally considered among his best. Some good ones that aren't too long include THE RATS IN THE WALL, THE DUNWICH HORROR, THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN, IN THE...
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Putting aside his longest works (At the Mountains of Madness & The Case of Charles Dexter Ward -- both excellent), I'd recommend: The Dunwich Horror Cool Air Pickman's Model The Lurking Fear...
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The story that always gets me is The Shadow Over Innsmouth. The backstory from the town drunk and the hero's exit from the town are great.
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I'd say "Rats in the Walls," "The Call of Cthulhu," and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." If she doesn't like those, she's not going to like any of his other stuff.
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Quote:...and the one about the crab-like fungus-beings from Pluto, the title of which escapes me at the moment. Is that "The Colour Out of Space"? "The Lurking Fear" is the first one I read--still my...
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Thanks for the recs guys Small little update I asked Jess if she thought Dagon was good and she said it was and liked the way HPL used language said it reminded her of a Russian author named Googol. I...
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"Cthulhu" isn't really that long and is more or less definitive in introducing the themes most people associate with HPL. It's like the expanded and perfected version of "Dagon." That Pluto story is...
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As an avid Lovecraft fan, I love the all of these stories in particular The Music of Eric Zann and Pickman's Model, rats inthe wall is another great one. I think that Dreams in the Witch house is...
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My all-time favourite is The Whisperer In Darkness. I must have read it at least five times by now. Professor Von X
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