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May I please have some recommendations for H.P. Lovecraft stories?

I've already read "The Call of the Chthulhu", "At the Mountains of Madness", The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" and many others.

>> No.3214010

>and many others

so we're supposed to guess which one's you already read?

>> No.3214024

>>3214010
Sorry, but it's true. Of the stories I have read, are they more or less as good as it gets? If you list some others that are worth noting, then I'll see if I've read them or not.

I've also read "The Outsider" which was for awhile one of his more favorite stories.

For all I know, a lot of what may get posted here I may have already read. So don't just guess, just tell of one's with high recognition. Please?

>> No.3214035

"The Colour Out Of Space" is his best.

>> No.3214047

>>3214035
Damn. I read that one. I personally thought "The Rats in the Walls" was pretty good; along with "The Temple." I know they were German, but still.

>> No.3214256

>>3214035
I just finished that one, loved it but I'd like to know what it is about it that makes it so popular around here?

>> No.3214266

Herbert West - Reanimator was basically a better Frankenstein.

>> No.3214277

>>3214266
One thing that bugged me, and I just read it once, but in the first segment of the story he ends it being saying, and then west disappeared... but then there were 6 more parts to the story that kept alluding to his eventual disappearance and in the end it is clear he didn't disappear.

Did he just write himself into a corner and say fuck it?

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3214278

>two lovecraft threads on the front page
we tumblr now

>> No.3214288

>none

>> No.3214610

>>3214266
I read that, too. Thank you for the suggestion.

>>3214035
Same to you, too.

>>3214277
It's at all possible that he just forgot.

>>3214278
>>3214288
Sorry, but I have had a long time interest in the Chthulhu mythos and have brought myself to read an extensive collection of his works. I don't ever really come on here, so I just thought for once I'd ask if I've read the best he's got to offer.

>>3214256
I'm curious about that too now. I thought it was all right. I didn't think it was that great. I mean, the monster was original, but it was just such a weird and sad story. But I guess the real horror is the fact that that it left an offspring and it is slowly encroaching the land. I wish someone would answer though.

>> No.3214663

The Shadow Over Innsmouth is my favorite to be honest. It's a great story.

>> No.3214673

>>3214663
Thank you, and I read that, too. I liked it as well.

I suppose I should also mention that I read "The Dunwich Horror" to get that out of the way.

>> No.3214679

my favourite was Celephais

dreams and shit yo thats wack

>> No.3214680

>>3214266
I should have also mentioned I read this as well. Thanks.

>> No.3214697

okay.

Which ones HAVENT you read?

Christ man

>> No.3214705

>>3214679
I liked that, too. It was like his only fantasy story. Thank you.

>>3214697
"The Silver Key," "The Dream in the Witch House," "Beyond the gates of the Silver key," "The Tomb."

>> No.3214707

>>3214705
More than that of course.

>> No.3214742

have you considered just getting some of the short story collections?

>> No.3214755

>>3214742
More often than not I get exactly that when ordering them from my local library. In fact, I've been reading "THe Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft." I had just finished "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath" yesterday.

>> No.3214782

How was at the mountain of madness?
I remember seeing the movie in the mouth of madness as a teen and loving it.

>> No.3214785

>>3214278
/mu/ stop trying to fit in because you are doing a terrible job of it.

>> No.3214853

>>3214782
It was good. It really went on about the city of the star-headed creatures and their degeneration. I just found it messed up that one of the explorers eventually felt sympathy for those star-headed creatures for being killed by the shaggoths when they were the ones who created them. Even though those star-headed creatures had killed some of his fellow explorers. The whole thing is more or less Lovecraft's take on society and their working class and how much disdain he has for them.