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Greetings, /lit/.
I just ordered this book.
What am I in for?

>> No.2418273

bump

>> No.2418275

>>2418266
A tract on the commonwealth of man and a systematic defense of private property.

>> No.2418276

Lovecraft stories.

Dumbass.

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>>2418276

>> No.2418297

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.

>> No.2418298

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>> No.2418306

What's a good collection of all of Lovecraft's tales? Or am I going to have to just get them on a kindle or something

>> No.2418315

One good short horror story called The Rats In The Walls and a tonne of badly written crap that doesn't do justice to the ideas behind it.

Lovecraft had great ideas, but couldn't execute them for shit.

>> No.2418320

>>2418315
Then what do you suggest?

>> No.2418338

>>2418320
Read it anyway. He is right, he was not a great writer, but the stories are good. Then go on to Borges.

>> No.2418343

>>2418320
Infinite Jest

>> No.2418345

I was thinking of ordering the exact same edition. It seems like a steal for the price, plus it's a nice looking hardcover that would look good on any shelf.

>> No.2418346

>>2418320
Well, you might like them I did, but I would read some of them free online before buying an expensive collection like the one in the OP. Edgar Allan Poe wrote quite similar stories to Lovecraft's (though more gothic horror than Lovecraft's cosmic) and was a considerably better writer.

>> No.2418352

>>2418315
>The Music of Eric Zann
>Cool Air
>The shadow over Innsmouth
>implying these are shit

Nigga you gay.

>> No.2418353

The Mountains of Madness is a great story.

>> No.2418359

>Not getting the Barnes and Noble edition which has all the stories.

Enjoy missing out on some of Lovecraft's early work.

>> No.2418402

>>2418359
Hm, didn't know about that one.
Luckily, i can cancel my order and order that one

>> No.2418413

>>2418402
Alright, ordered the Barnes and Noble lovecraft collection AND the Edgar Allan Poe.

>> No.2418463

>>2418413
Good

>> No.2418470

Shadow Over Innsmouth or Rats in the Walls....i still have similar nightmares