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What is the best lovecraftian novel?

Must be a novel, must be standalone.

>> No.1823136
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>> No.1823140

Lovecraft never wrote any novels.

>> No.1823144

at the mountains of madness

>> No.1823150

The shadow over innsmouth. Its a short novel and its awesome.

>> No.1823172

>>1823140

What about:

The Shadow out of Time
The Whisper in the Darkness
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

>> No.1823275

>>1823172
Those are called short stories.

>> No.1823314

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

One of my favorite stories ever.

itt: pedantric faggotry over what constitutes a novel and what doesn't

>> No.1823338

>>1823275

The Shadow out of Time, 102 pages
The Whisper in the Darkness, 104 pages
At the Mountains of Madness, 124 pages
The Shadow over Innsmouth, 108 pages
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, 176 pages
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, 156 pages

Not short stories.

>> No.1823346

>>1823338

Novellas.

>> No.1823366

>>1823346
well, some people consider novellas to be novels, or at least some of them. Take Animal Farm for instance. I don't think I've never heard it referred to as a novella and yet the edition I read was barely over 100 pages.

>> No.1823375

>>1823366
It's definitely a novella.

>> No.1823397

Eh, a novella is just a short novel.

>> No.1823409

Oh, for fuck's sake:

Vignette -- less than 500 words
Short-Short -- 500-2000
Short Story -- 2,000-7,500
Novelette -- 7,500-17,500
Novella -- 17,500-40,000
Novel -- 40,000+

Work it out for yourselves!

>> No.1823424

>>1823409
Every asshole has a different definition. There is no standard. Deal with it.

>> No.1823425

Radiant Dawn and Ravenous Dusk by Cody Goodfellow - Lovecraftian in spirit - insane in execution - super horror novel

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>>1823424

>There is no standard.

There is, amongst professionals, and just posted it.

Deal with it.

Asshole.

>> No.1823447

>>1823433
Seriously, there isn't. What you posted is how The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define novels, short stories and novellas.. Many define them differently.

>> No.1823530

Idk if it's the best (haven't read all of his main works), but I thought At the Mountains of Madness was very good.