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Are there any books Lovercraft style?

I just started to get into him and i love the stories but its kinda annoying how everything is so short, is there something close to his level that is a actually of decent lenght?

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Phyl-Undhu desu

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>>9155642
Who Goes There by John W. Campbell inspired the thing and goes a similar way to the movie. If you haven't seen it, an antarctic research crew carves out an ancient alien specimen from the ice and take it back to camp. The researchers set out to thaw the alien but things get ugly very quickly when they discover that the alien is still very much alive and is mimicking one of the crew...
There isn't a thick prose like lovecraft is famous for, it's actually very easy to read, and does a better job at setting the mood than John carpenter's adaptation. It has pretty strong elements of lovecraft's fiction but I wouldn't call it strictly lovecraftian.

Also if this thread doesn't take off you should lurk more. This question is always getting asked, Lovecraft is the greatest modern influence on horror and is very popular with the "Geeks" if you catch my feeling :^)

>> No.9155775

>>9155642
Have you read Howard's Solomon Kane stuff?

>> No.9155778

>>9155642
Have you read At the Mountains of Madness? Or Charles Dexter Ward? They're both quite long.

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>>9155778
>>9155642
This tbh.
Randolph Carter series is pretty in depth and spans several stories. IIRC:
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Silver Key
Through the Gate of the Silver Key
Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

The last being pretty long, >80 pages I believe.

>> No.9156783

there's a story called "A Colder War" in Charles Stross' collection "Toast". it was a good mix of Lovecraft and modern technological warfare. i thought it was pretty fucking chilling.

>> No.9156824

>>9155642
Check out Laird Barron and John Langan if you're interested in modern weird fiction.

>> No.9157296

>>9155642
There's an extended Universe a fan works, some of it professionally published. How could you complain about being out of Lovecraft material?

>> No.9157665

>>9155642
China Miéville's Perdido Street Station has a fetid atmosphere, weird creatures and ornate language, if those are what you're after.

>> No.9157681

>>9157665
good lord did that book drag on forever.