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And only 66000 miles on the clock...
Saapanael
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I have always been interested in Lovecraft but have never read him. Do you know where one should begin?
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
I just submitted a paper to a journal.
JudasMyGuide
Ancient Mariner
Pick pretty much any short story collection you find, just avoid his earliest works (i. e. before 1920) - those are much worse than the rest, IMHO.
Also don't start with At the Mountains of Madness, although I agree with many people it's one of his best - it's quite long, so for a new reader not familiar with his style it could be somewhat contraproductive, I believe.
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MrKnickerbocker
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Here's hoping you get it published, Wiz!
I would say pick up a book of his short stories and try to stick to the simpler, horror stuff. Lovecraft has two distinct periods of his writing - one full of macabre, bizarre horror stories and one more science-fiction oriented (with some overlap between the two of course).
Best course of option is to probably start with The Call of Cthulhu - it's his most famous work and is pretty representative of Lovecraft's overall writing style. If you enjoy it or are intrigued, check out some shorter and simpler ones like The Music of Erich Zann, Rats in the Walls, or The Outsider before delving into Shadow Over Innsmouth or The Dunwich Horror.
Very much agree. When starting in Lovecraft, I'd personally recommend staying away from At The Mountains of Madness, The Colour Out of Space, or any of the Dream Cycle stories - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Cycle
Some good stuff in there, but could be confusing or offputting without a crash course in more basic Lovecraft material.
Saapanael
Ancient Mariner
Now that's a cute monster.
MrKnickerbocker
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I have one of those, but black.Reminds me that I used to have this as my MSN picture when it was still a thing:
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
MrKnickerbocker
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MrKnickerbocker
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I was also shocked to find zero Maiden. Fear of the Dark, AMOLAD, BNW, and Somewhere in Time would be especially cool.
I was briefly worried that Death - Leprosy was going to be a flasher.
Travis The Dragon
AFTERGLOW!!!
Well, it only makes sense for the Illuminati to keep the masses out there thinking people like me are nutcases and are wrong about our theories because they don't want everyone waking up to what they're really about or everyone would stand up and fight them and put an end to everything they do.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
I highly doubt that!Here's to the hope of a favourable review (i.e. "minor revisions")
If you blindly believe conspiracy theories without evidence, doesn't that make you just as sheepish as the people who are brainwashed by the Illuminati? By your logic it sounds to me like you're just as brainwashed as we are, just by different people.
The Flash
Dennis Wilcock did 9/11
I'll be honest, conspiracy theories are designed for people who aren't terribly bright or knowledgeable to feel better about themselves and see themselves above people who actually are intelligent and knowledgeable. Which makes it not just annoying, but poisonous. It keeps people from actually studying, researching and educating themselves and they stay proud of ignorance.
This is something I say quite often: There's nothing more poisonous on earth than ignorance that takes pride in itself.
This is something I say quite often: There's nothing more poisonous on earth than ignorance that takes pride in itself.
This is no longer ignorance, but stupidity.
I was really fascinated by conspiracy theories late Middle School/early High School and thought they were really fun to read about, but was instantly turned off by them when I started to realize people legitimately believe in that stuff. That just blew my mind.