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Old 11-18-2008, 06:28 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by DixieGal View Post
Don't shoot me, but I've never read any Lovecraft. Is there a reading order?
No, you can read them in any order. It's only when you've read nine or ten and begin making the connections between them that the Awful Truth dawns upon you and you start to go mad...

Actually, I'd not bother with his earliest stories, which are a bit weak. The story "Call of Cthulhu" is pretty representative and will tell you whether you like his style or not.
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