/lit/ - Literature

Does Lovecraft belong in the Western Canon?

How can I get into lovecraft?

I want to read horror that will change my perception of reality.

>I-is that a-an Irishman i see?
>AAAAAAAARGH!!! MY MIND!!!!!
>This prehistoric ape-like creature! This wild, reckless, indolent, uncertain and superstitious race, that have no sympathy with the English character. Their twisted ideal of human felicity is an alternation of clannish broils and coarse idolatry. Their history describes naught but an unbroken circle of bigotry and blood!!!

Who are the best authors that hated niggers?

OH MY GOD IS THAT A BIG FISH WITH ARMS AND LEGS? AAAAAAAAAHHHH I'M GOING INSAAAAAAAAAANE! HELP ME NIGGERMAN!

Ok so whats the big deal here? All he ever does is calling something indescribable, unearthly, beyond comprehension and so on. I mean sure world building and all but every character makes worst decisions possible.

Today marks the 83rd anniversary of the death of H.P. Lovecraft. Share any or feelings.

What are some of the spookiest books ever written?

DON'T GOOGLE H.P. LOVECRAFT'S CAT'S NAME o_O

Is that a... a... a... SQUID?!?!?

NOOOOOO AAAAAHHHHHHH I'M GOING MAD AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH IT'S A SQUID WITH A TENTACLE NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NIGGERMAN PLEASE HELP ME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHBBBBBLLLLUUUUHHHHBLLUUUHHHHHBLUHBLUHBLUHBLUHBLUHBLUH

>i-is that a... a.... Welshman? >SAVE ME NIGGERMAN I'M GOING INSAAAANNNEEEEEEE

>see a swarthy italian
>vomit

"Lovecraft was never able to provide for even basic expenses by selling stories and doing paid literary work for others. He lived frugally, subsisting on an inheritance that was nearly depleted by the time he died. He sometimes went without food to be able to pay the cost of mailing letters."

Imagine dying of cancer and malnutrition eating cans of beans and stale bread, writing on scraps because you can't afford paper

>In 1924 Lovecraft moved to New York to marry Sonia Greene. Though initially infatuated with the city, Lovecraft's attitude soon soured in large part due to his virulent xenophobia. "Whenever we found ourselves in the racially mixed crowds which characterize New York, Howard would become livid with rage," Greene later wrote. "He seemed almost to lose his mind."
Name a more based pulpeteer

I want to get into lovecraft because I'm told he's one of the best horror writers of all time. Are there any books that collect his best writings in an uncensored form you guys would recommend?

The best American writer

IS THAT UH, NO, NOOO THATS IMPOSSIBLE! ITS A SQUID! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NOOOOOOOOOOOOO NO IM GOING MAD NOOOOOOOOOO. NOOOOOOOOOOO NIGGERMAN HELP ME *meuw* YOU USELESS FUCKING NIGGER, YOU ARE JUST LIKE THE REST OF THEM OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEE IIIINSAAAANIIIITYYYY OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

do far lefties invent their own genres?

AGHHHHHHHHHHHH NOT THE FISHIES ANYTHING BUT THE FISHES YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME PLEASE NO I BEG YOU TAKE IT THE FISHIES NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOO AGGGH FISHIES MY BRAIN MY BRAIN MY BRAINNNNNN OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH IM LOSIN IT

What's the "submitting stories to pulp magazines" of the 21st century? Is it really posting fiction to your blog and hyping it on Twitter?

Unfathomable.

>it's so terrible, it uhh, cant be described with words!
Is this the biggest cop out?

>AND THEN THEN I SAW THEM... SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT "GABAGOOL" IN THEIR CURSED TONGUE... I AM GOING INSAAAAAANE!!

How was Lovecraft talking about opening the pineal gland to see higher reality and interdimensional beings? Was he initiated into something?