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is he worth checking out? if so is there a particular order?

>> No.20594835
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>>20594829
Start with this. Then move on to his letters. Then check demographic statistics of the city he lived in.

>> No.20594837

>>20594829
I prefer The Dunwich Horror, but read in whatever order you like. Controversial opinion: his poetry isn't that bad so you could always start with Dagon or Fungi from Yuggoth

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>>20594829
grab this and have a browse, it's a good collection

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>>20594829
Start by reading his job application.

>> No.20595923

>>20594829
>is he worth checking out?
Yes
>is there a particular order?
You can read the stories in any order. The ones most people start with are The Shadow Over Innsmouth, At The Mountains Of Madness, The Dunwich Horror, The Call of Cthulhu, The Colour Out of Space.
After you read the most popular stories, the Dream Cycle and his prose poems are also worth checking out.

>> No.20596431

>>20594829
Literally who?

>> No.20596664

>>20594829
great world building, terrible dialog.

>> No.20598358

>>20594829
I only read few his stories, order doesnt matter and out of ones I read I recommend
Thr Dunwich Horror
The Dreams in Witch House
The Thing on Doorstep
Outsider

>> No.20599126

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is his best work and noone can tell me otherwise

>> No.20599147

>ctrl-f
>no dream quest of unknown kadath
You plebs never fail to disappoint me

>> No.20599158

>>20594829
Ive read a number of his stories ~5 years ago and i can’t remember a single thing. They didn’t leave an impression. Maybe a slight exception for the music one. Something with Zahn in the title?

>> No.20599753

>>20595150
lmao this is pure gold

>> No.20599809

>>20594829
Read Shadow over Innsmouth. Kino story

>> No.20599814

>>20599147
Overrated work, far from Lovecraft's best. Honestly his earlier work doesn't hold up.

>> No.20599843

>>20599158
The Music of Eric Zann was one of the stories Lovecraft was most proud of.

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20600646

Cosmic horror is great if you want what you're reading to give you the same existential dread that normal life does. Personally, I find it very cathartic to read something that looks at human life at the scale of uncaring gods and incomprehensible aliens that make no sense to the human mind. It puts things in perspective

Some of my favorites of his are his shorter works like "Nyarlathotep" and "Till A' The Seas" (which may have been written by R.H. Barlow, but Lovecraft definitely edited and contributed).