/lit/ - Literature

His cat's name
Out loud, in public

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, followed by The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories, topped off with The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories

>>12847743
>paying for public domain works

>>12847706
Dagon

>>12847706

Start with 'On the Creation of Niggers'.

>>12847741
I lol'd

>>12847706
Nicomachean Ethics, then Metaphysics and later on, Politics.

>>12847706
Pic related is actually reasonably decent.


>>12847869
Not him, but the penguin ones are heavily annotated and have good introductions by ST Joshi.

>>12847706
Every weird tale he wrote + his Supernatural Horror in Literature essay (warning: it's full of spoilers. He summarizes the plots of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Frankenstein, Melmoth the Wanderer, The Great God Pan, and other horror classics) + his comedic tales (he wrote 4 of them). Go in chronological order. If you don't want to go in chronological order, then start off with The Call of Cthulhu, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and The Rats in the Walls.

>>12848150
>starting with Nicomachean Ethics

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Metaphysics is what you start with. And even then, you should read The Categories beforehand

>>12848172
Nigga

>>12848167
That chart fails to mention that you shouldn't read The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath until you've read all of the dream cycle stories that precede it.

>>12847706

At the Mountains of Madness.

Is that mueller

>>12848172
>t. brainlet

>>12847706
I'd recommend his novellas. Especially The Colour Out Of Space, At The Mountains Of Madness, and Dream Quest Of Unknown Kadath.

I haven't read him for very long but I remember I loved the story of Arthur Jermyn.
Is it actually good or does it only stick out as one of the most simple therefore rememberable stories?

>>12847706
The stuff posted in this thread and pretty much nothing else. Definitely don’t get memed into trying to read his complete works because they’re mostly mediocre

>>12847706
His undisputed masterpieces are:
The Call of Cthulhu
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Rats in the Walls
The Dunwich Horror
The Colour Out of Space
The Music of Erich Zann
The Shadow Out of Time
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Haunter of the Dark

Although that doesn't cover all of his worthwhile work. Along with the masterpieces, you should check out:
All of the Dream Cycle stories (a guide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Cycle))
All of the Randolph Carter stories (a guide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Carter#Stories))
Dagon
The Festival
The Shunned House
The Lurking Fear
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Dreams in the Witchhouse
Pickman's Model
Cool Air
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
From Beyond
The Outsider

Here are his best revisions/collaborations:
The Mound (Lovecraft's greatest revision/collaboration)
The Curse of Yig
Out of the Aeons
The Horror in the Museum

And here are a few curiosities that may interest you:
The Horror at Red Hook (one of Lovecraft's most racist and over the top stories. It's worth a read if you're amused by Lovecraft's xenophobic views)
Herbert West–Reanimator (it's intentionally ridiculous schlock that Lovecraft wrote for money. However, it's a lot of fun)
Sweet Ermengarde (a parody of romance schlock. It's surprisingly funny)

>>12850706
Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath is not a masterpiece in any sense of the word. It’s an insult to Lovecraft’s good work say so.

>>12850743
Fine, relegate it to the "worthwhile work" pile. I really like it though. It undeniably lacks polish, but I'm able to overlook its flaws since it's the closest Lovecraft ever came to writing a fantasy epic.

>>12847706
the cthulhu guy? google his cats name YIKES!!!! he was super racist YIKES!!!! incel YIKES!!!!

Bought this recently, should I just read it from start to finish or in a particular order. I'd like to get real spooked, no idea what I'm getting into.
https://www.fruugo.nl/hp-lovecraft-de-volledige-fictie-barnes-nobele-leatherbound-classics-barnes-nobele-leatherbound-classic-collectie-door-h-p-lovecraft-hardcover/p-11288948-23288321?ac=google&gclid=CjwKCAjwp_zkBRBBEiwAndwD9cpaBW-Txnp0YY1ifQM7rz8sXALwFBVCA3LO_6KZg7CS8MH-LHkTwhoCuZoQAvD_BwE