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Poe or Lovecraft?

>> No.1663605

Poe all day erry day

>> No.1663611
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1663611

Oh Poe puns.

>> No.1663616

Well, Poe was a drunk who married his first cousin.

That being said, I'd choose Poe anyday.

>> No.1663621
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Some book porn. God, I love the Barnes and Noble leatherbound classic series.

>> No.1663625
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They might not be the classiest looking books but they sure are fucking interesting.

>> No.1663627
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Hmmm Sea food or crow? Depends on what you're in the mood for.

>> No.1663642

Lovecraft. Poe was decent adventure/thriller, but Lovecraft was good at true horror and depicting an uncaring universe.

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Gotta go with Lovecraft.

>> No.1663684

Man who was an alcoholic, married his cousin, and effectively ended his career when she died, or man who died a virgin out of personal preference?

That's tough, man.

>> No.1663687

Poe was far and away a better writer of prose. Lovecraft did a better job of plotting, and was quite good at atmosphere, though not to the extent that Poe was. Overall, I'd say Poe, just from a technical standpoint.

>> No.1663699
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lovecraft > poe

>> No.1663700

>>1663684
>Implying their personal life matters.

Even if Ayn Rand wasn't a worthless bitch of a "looter" and a hypocrite, Atlas Shrugged would still suck horse cock.

>> No.1663709

>>1663700
Well, you have to understand I was being partly sarcastic- but still, in Poe's case all his life shows in his works, more often than not. And Lovecraft's neurosis is obvious in even the abstract subject of his stories (I use the term loosely).

>> No.1663708

requesting more of those poe memes if any...

>> No.1664356
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Poe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Lovecraft

>> No.1664371

Poe. Poe. A thousand times Poe. Any day of the week, Poe.

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Now all my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance in the cosmos-at-large. To me there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and the local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds or other universes. To achieve the essence of real externality, whether of time or space or dimension, one must forget that such things as organic life, good and evil, love and hate, and all such local attributes of a negligible and temporary race called mankind, have any existence at all. Only the human scenes and characters must have human qualities. These must be handled with unsparing realism, (not catch-penny romanticism) but when we cross the line to the boundless and hideous unknown – the shadow-haunted Outside – we must remember to leave our humanity and terrestrialism at the threshold.

>> No.1664399

>>1664396

But you made it up, ya dummy. Remember?

>> No.1664460

>>1664396
huh. gonna have to go with lovecraft.

>> No.1664578

I enjoy Lovecraft myself, but Poe was the OG.

>> No.1664587

I'm a sci-fi-lovin', mytharc followin', easter egg huntin' sonbitch, so Lovecraft is my pick. However when I find an author I trace back their lineage of influence, and I can see Poe's influence on Lovecraft more than any two authors ever.

Except Pratchett on Rowling, but screw it.

>> No.1664594

>>1664587
Haven't you heard? Rowling wasn't even writing in the fantasy genre:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1083935,00.html

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>Going through a dark forest at 03:00 listening to the Call of Cthulu.

Lovecraft.

>> No.1664622

Personally, I think Poe was a better writer, whereas Lovecraft was a better storyteller.

>> No.1664626

Clark Ashton Smith is better than both. but nobody ever listens.

>> No.1664642

>>1664626
I'm listening. I'm listening so hard that I DONE WENT AND SAID THAT SHIT ALREADY BRAJH

Lovecraft. Poe ain't got shit on my boy.

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>>1664642
>Clark Ashton Smith is ok, so are Lovecraft, Howard, and Derleth
>but Poe is the true source