/lit/ - Literature

I bought some 4 volume collection of Lovecraft's for the Kindle and so far have only managed to make it through the first volume. I started the second last night. So far I haven't hit too much of his Cthulu stuff, and I did read his first mention of the Necronomicon which was an extremely short and utterly shit story which didn't even come close to being scary.

I think this compilation is in chronoligically published order, but I'm not sure and so far it's poor fare. If I didn't really want to experience his Cthulu/Old Gods mythos personally I would have given up.

It really is pulpy and it's shallow and sometimes drudgery to finish. I'm hoping it picks up, but I feel like it won't.

You're just going to have to try him out on your own.