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Hey /lit/, I think you should be able to help me out.
I want to start reading Lovecraft's stories about the Cthulu-Myth and now I'm asking you with which stories I should start.

I just know a bit about the whole myth, so it would be nice to start with stories, which still explain it.

>> No.3815646

shadow over innsmouth was my first one and i think its very good for an introduction to lovecraft

sinister and unwelcoming atmosphere, moody introduction into the whole myth, also some action

so it offers a good mix to get to know lovecraft

>> No.3815673

>>3815646
I agree with this. Coming from somebody who read all of them in a few months in high school, here are a few recommendations:

>Pickman's Model
>The Rats in the Walls
>The Music of Erich Zann
>The Dunwich Horror

I wouldn't recommend getting into something longer like At the Mountains of Madness until you know you like the writing, otherwise it will really turn you off.

>> No.3815681

Under the Pyramids

:3

>> No.3815704

>>3815646
>>3815673
>>3815681

thanks, already found and ordered some of them on amazon.

>> No.3815714

>>3815704
wasted your money then, Lovecraft is in the public domain

>> No.3815724

>>3815714
>reading literature online
pleb

>> No.3815730

>>3815724
you're reading lovecraft, man

you don't get to throw that term around

>> No.3815731

The Complete Fiction of Lovecraft is about 18 bucks at Barnes and Noble.

Just a heads up

>> No.3815735

>>3815704
why not just order the Complete Lovecraft?

>> No.3815775

>>3815731
That edition is bad--it's littered with poor formatting and typos.

>> No.3815784

>>3815724

LOL it's lovecraft, you're a fag either way

>> No.3815793

>>3815646
thanks from me 2. i wanted to read Lovecraft, but since none of his books are in a series or timeline i couldn't decide where to start. u made it easy

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3815867

Get this, it's cherry picked but who reads an authors entire compendium anyway.

>> No.3815944

Dagon is what the Penguin edition starts with... and I'd recommend that edition, if just for the cover, which makes me smile every time I see it. Dagon's a good place to start an introduction to the horror.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419bpo54fFL._SL500_.jpg

>> No.3815995

>>3815867
>>3815731
as usually /lit/ demonstrates in shit-tier taste in editions.

Sage for the utter-stupidity.

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