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18181742 No.18181742 [Reply] [Original]

>*ruins Fiction forever*

>> No.18181810

>blasphemous mountains
>decadent sculptures
>cyclopean architecture

>> No.18181820

>>18181742
Honestly believe cosmic horror could’ve been really interesting had writers developed on his ideas. But they all just use muh old ancient gods so ancient and cool and epic as an excuse for lazy writing

>> No.18181927

It struck me this morning that Lovecraft combines an archaic sensibility with cutting edge science fiction. He was probably the first to set a horror story aboard a submarine for example. People often single-out the old-timey language, but this was a deliberate affection--even in his day no one talked like that--and combines it with a manifest awareness of the very latest scientific discoveries. It's quite striking.

>> No.18181935

not his fault he's incredibly original and everyone who copied him are not

>> No.18181942

>>18181927
I mean 20000 leagues under the sea is kind of sort of a horror story.

>> No.18181945

>>18181742
The ancient ones will kill you for insulting him

>> No.18182020

His cat was cute though, what was its name again?

>> No.18182024

>>18182020
N

>> No.18182085
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18182085

My cat is orange and his name is Gingerman.

>> No.18182180

>>18182085
excellent cat

>> No.18182186

>>18181927
>He was probably the first to set a horror story aboard a submarine for example.
Which story is this?

>> No.18182219

>>18182186
The Temple. It has the best German officer in fiction.

>> No.18182231

I ruined your mom forever

>> No.18182240

>>18181742
N

>> No.18182246

>>18182240
I

>> No.18182251

>>18182219
Thanks :*

>> No.18182547

>>18181742
Weird fiction as a genre is a billion times better than cosmic horror. No one since Lovecraft has done "cosmic horror" that has been worthy of the name while simultaneusly completely forgetting about weird fiction. Tragic

>> No.18182580
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>>18181820
Absolutely all weird fiction authors are terrible. They go beyond lovecraft pastiche into the realm of shitty plagiarism. Lovecraft's fine but he's not a very effective horror writer.

Definitely doesn't compare with greats such as M.R. James (who incidentally did the horrible tentacle monster thing before Lovecraft to genuinely terrifying effect)

>> No.18182605

>>18182246
G

>> No.18183207

But cthluhu and the Necronomicon are so frequently referenced. How can he be so horrible and at the same time a terrible author.

>> No.18183215

>>18182580
Ligotti disproves this by being far better than Lovecraft ever was.

>> No.18183417

>>18182605
G

>> No.18183424

Are there any fantasy similar to his dreamworld stuff?

>> No.18183428

>>18181742
Every reddit creepypasta tries to ape him. And no, I don't go to reddit, I listen to creepypasta because it helps me go to sleep.

>> No.18183536

h.p. minecraft
to me, he means nothing

>> No.18183542

>>18183428
>I don't go to reddit
yes you do queer
GTFO

>> No.18183590

Lovecraft is only remembered because he published most of his stuff right before Mickey Mouse was created and Disney would later bribe generations of Congress to freeze copyrights from that point on.

Most of Lovecraft is in the public domain and free to reprint and adapt into sequels, games, etc. He's popular because his work is proto scifi and fantasy.

There are probably hundreds of better writers in the genre from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s who are completely obscure no one wants to risk being sued to reprint or adapt.

>> No.18183618

>>18183417
A

>> No.18183645

>>18181742
that dude had a hell of an under bite

>> No.18183670

>>18181742
Counterpoint: Houellebecq

>>18181820
With the sole exception of the 1988 Transformers movie, which I think really captured what Lovecraft is all about.

>> No.18183698

>>18181820
What about in mouth of madness and to the extant solaris. Sure, their movies but still in the genre called cosmic horror.
>>18182580
What about fishhead by irvin s cobb and William Hope Hodgson?

>> No.18185016

>>18183698