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Old 03-05-2012, 01:10 PM   #61
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I've just finished "The call of Cthulhu" - had to find out why it's well-known (and popular?) - and I don't think I've come nearer an answer
It never really grabbed me, he keeps telling us how terrible and horrible and hideous things are, and it's just... boring. I'm glad it was short. I guess I maybe could enjoy it as a piece of kitch
I felt the same way when I read it for the first time.

But then, I started reading other Lovecraft stories, some of them are interconnected, so building the Cthulhu Mythos. After all, I became a fan of Lovecraft. "The Call of Cthulhu" alone really have nothing in special.
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Old 03-05-2012, 01:40 PM   #62
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Shadow Over Innsmouth will always be my favorite. The book on tape at Audible is AWESOME.
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Old 03-05-2012, 02:14 PM   #63
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For me it'll always be At the Mountains of Madness. Pretty much nothing tangible ever happens or is seen, but still I've seldom had as strong chills running down my back as those provided by that story.
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the producers of the Call of Cthulhu movie have a new Lovecraft film out. this one is a talkie -

http://www.amazon.com/The-Whisperer-...0843288&sr=8-1




i really wish i could get into the early horror authors. they just don't suck me in the way lovecraft did. i should love robert e. howards stuff too but i just can't get into it.
It is very well done also.
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Old 03-07-2012, 12:46 AM   #65
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I like Poe better. lol. Although the fungi from yuggoth by lovecraft is one of the best poems I've ever read. It peters out a bit towards the end but you can't expect someone to sustain that kind of creativity forever.
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Old 03-07-2012, 01:01 AM   #66
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i just did a count and i have 2 lovecraft omnibuses (B&N hardcover, library of congress hardcover), 6 separate collections (4 hardcovers from arkham house, 2 separate B&N trades), 2 ebook compilations and a trade edition of the case of charles dexter ward. i think i'm a tad obsessive lol.
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