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>You named your cat WHAT?!?!

>> No.14085508

Notice how he's the only one in that era who gets shit for it, only because he's ideas are part of popular culture. And misunderstood at that many times.

>> No.14085550

I've almost finished Whisper in the Darkness - I had to stop prematurely last night because I couldn't get comfortable - and I think it might end up being my favourite Lovecraft story yet.

>> No.14085587

>>14085446
Everyone from academic philosophers to fringe occultists always reference this guy annd have nothing but good things to say about him. Is he really that good?
Did he actually have esoteric knowledge about reality and disseminate it through allegorical horror-tales?

>> No.14085603

>>14085587

>bro

>BRO

>reality exists apart from human interests

>> No.14085607

>>14085587
>Did he actually have esoteric knowledge about reality and disseminate it through allegorical horror-tales?
No, they're just good stories.

>> No.14085624

I only read At the mountains of madness.
Didn't like it. I was bored with the exception of some parts when they discover the story of the elder things, but not for much.

I also felt the book was filled with unnecessary descriptions.

>> No.14085631

>>14085446
Minority person

>> No.14085648

N-

yarlathotep

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>>14085624
Funny that's actually my fav though i think I'm in the vast minority

>> No.14085814

>>14085733
At the Mountains of Madness is his capstone work, but only if you've read most of his other works first to establish the setting. Reading it first spoils the shit out of most of the other stories.

>> No.14086076

>>14085550
The end is creepy as fuck

>> No.14087477

>>14085624
>>14085733
>>14085814
That was the first of his I read and I enjoyed it. I thought it was real neat how the book transitioned from a chronological scientific account to something bizarre.

>> No.14087504

>>14085587
Most people are too cowardly to confront the latent horror of the human condition. Lovecraft does so nicely, and with strong, well selected literary influences.

>> No.14087520

>>14085624
if you don't like lengthy descriptions, lovecraft is hard to enjoy without reading a good portion of his stories or otherwise learning his mythos

>> No.14087623

>>14085550
One of my faves!

>> No.14087871

>>14085446
the best part about this meme is that he didn't even name the cat, it was his family's pet

>> No.14087934

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger_(dog)

>> No.14087935

>>14085446
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."- HP Lovecraft

How true is this ?

>> No.14087963

>>14087934
In the UK nigger was a common name for black cats and dogs right up to the 1960s

>> No.14087985

Favourite short story? For me it's Polaris

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Is it any good? It’s also Shadow over Insmouth

>> No.14088725

I actually just read that story yesterday and got a good laugh out of it. I'm starting to love Lovecraft.

>> No.14088748

>>14085508
He was obsessed. I've read many books from that era and he's the only one ranting about nigger every two seconds. Even Sarmiento, Borges and Stoker were less racist than Lovecraft.

>> No.14088872

>>14085733
You're not alone, I read it just last week and it's my favourite one yet.

>> No.14089710

>>14085587
He's an existentialist which is popular but it ultimately comes down to him being a good story teller.

>> No.14089749

>>14085446
Hey NIGGER! Fuck you. Quit spamming the fucking board with the same shit thread over and over like anybody gives a shit you hinting at a naughty word
Are you out of your fucking diapers yet?

>> No.14089769

>>14085587
>esoteric knowledge
Lovecraft was the most down to earth person imaginable. He took the science of his day and wrapped it up as Gothic horror stories. People will believe in and worship anything
Just ask all the Christtards shitting up the board

>> No.14089776

What's the correct order to read Lovecraft?

>> No.14089799

>>14089776
There's no order, just find an anthology of some of his stories and dive in.