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22602555 No.22602555 [Reply] [Original]

what do I need to start with to get into spookyman?

>> No.22602562

>>22602555
Dagon. The Call of Cthulhu if you’re adventurous.

>> No.22602563
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>>22602555
Just get the big complete collection book from Barnes and Nobles

>> No.22602568

Shadow Over Innsmouth, Call of Cthulhu, and Mountains of Madness are literally the only ones you ever need to read

>> No.22602618

Start with the classics then you could read The Festival or the Temple

>> No.22602731

>>22602555
There’s some really good narrations free on YouTube, and a complete works you can get on libgen.

>> No.22602830

>>22602555
>the horror is... LE UNIMAGINABLE!
just saved you the hassle

>> No.22602863

>>22602555
he is shite

>> No.22603002

>>22602555
Start with the Dream Cycle, it's probably his most accessible work (not that he's especially inaccessible though) and it's fabulously comfy besides, perfect for the approaching autumn season.

>> No.22603012

I wondered this at the start until I realized every single thing he ever wrote fits into one short book.
He just writes 5-10 page short stories.
Just buy the normal length book of everything he ever did.

Also dont read it front to back, just read a few stories a week. It will get samey if you just read every short story in a row as they follow a similar formula. Its not as bad as conan as its different characters and setting every time.

>> No.22603059

>Names his cat "Handsome and successful African American gentleman"
>Does not elaborate
>Dies penniless, in obscurity

>> No.22603205

M P Shiel did it better.

>> No.22603213

>>22602555
Houellebecq’s quasi biography/psych profile. Also, don’t bother if you’re not a deeply racist shut-in or Japanese. You won’t get it.

>> No.22603230

You could always try to read one of his short stories to see if you like him. I was introduced to Lovecraft one night when I was a kid via watching Night Gallery's adaptation of his story "Pickman's Model" at 3 AM.

After you read his works (and not before, Anon!), you can sit back and enjoy the following from the golden lips of Wayne June:

https://youtu.be/N0RvgIkotPM?si=SBE9-QnoCnvR2_tp

>> No.22603272

>>22602555
I have 4 books of his collected stories, i think its all of them. enjoyable, would like to read more

>> No.22603278

>>22602830
It’s unironically very profound.