Topic: Are you a Lovecraft fan?
Anonymous A started this discussion 3 weeks ago #125,850
Does Cthulhu scare you?Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc joined in and replied with this 3 weeks ago, 3 hours later[^] [v] #1,362,828
He's an odd one. He's responsible for some of the worst stories ever written in any genre (The Street - basically 8 pages of pure racism) but he's also written somewhere between 12 and 15 of the greatest horror stories ever written.
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Yes, I liked his views on non whites.
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@1,362,849 (Erik !saAqdaazn2)
He only liked British people, he was racist against other types of white people.
He only liked British people, he was racist against other types of white people.
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https://youtube.com/shorts/7sNx86h-KOA
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Ireland GDP per capita: 103,887.80 USD (2023)
United States GDP per capita: 82,769.41 USD (2023)
UK GDP per capita: 49,463.86 USD (2023)
United States GDP per capita: 82,769.41 USD (2023)
UK GDP per capita: 49,463.86 USD (2023)
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@previous (dw !p9hU6ckyqw)
If American tech companies want to build their AI data centers in Ireland, it is what it is.
If American tech companies want to build their AI data centers in Ireland, it is what it is.
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Anonymous G replied with this 3 weeks ago, 15 seconds later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,362,908
But if you sincerely want an answer, it’s because Anglo Saxon nationalists can’t stand Ireland, because it’s humiliating for historical reasons.
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 3 weeks ago, 10 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,362,911
Anonymous G replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,362,912
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
So where is Erik from? Is he an Australian that identifies as an Anglo Saxon?
So where is Erik from? Is he an Australian that identifies as an Anglo Saxon?
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 3 weeks ago, 5 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,362,914
@previous (G)
Erik is British but you weren't talking to Erik
You were talking to DW
Erik is British but you weren't talking to Erik
You were talking to DW
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@previous (G)
Youre a bad communicator and it wasn't obvious because the person you were referring to wasn't British
Youre a bad communicator and it wasn't obvious because the person you were referring to wasn't British
Anonymous G replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,362,922
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
That’s where you’re wrong. You’re making a mistake but I’ll let you figure it out yourself.
That’s where you’re wrong. You’re making a mistake but I’ll let you figure it out yourself.
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Anonymous G double-posted this 3 weeks ago, 2 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,362,923
Either dw was oblivious or he was picking sides. I just assumed he wasn’t being dumb.
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Anonymous G replied with this 3 weeks ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,362,925
Erik knows exactly what I was talking about, you don’t.
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You could just ask Erik.
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It’s intentional.
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@1,362,828 (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
> He's an odd one. He's responsible for some of the worst stories ever written in any genre (The Street - basically 8 pages of pure racism) but he's also written somewhere between 12 and 15 of the greatest horror stories ever written.
So I just looked up the YouTube video I made some years back on my channel (the real one, not the guitar virtuoso guy playing Eric Johnson) where I gave my opinion of THE essential Lovecraft stories and this was the list:
The Call of Cthulhu
The Dunwich Horror
At The Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shadow out of Time
The Color out of Space
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Haunter of the Dark
The Rats in the Walls
The Thing on the Doorstep
Dagon
The Outsider
Herbert West - Reanimator
The Lurking Fear* (underrated as FUCK!)
Pickman's Model
The Music of Erich Zan
*adapted into a minor gem of a B-movie starring Lovecraft stalwart Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) and Ashley Lawrence (Kirsty from Hellraiser).
> He's an odd one. He's responsible for some of the worst stories ever written in any genre (The Street - basically 8 pages of pure racism) but he's also written somewhere between 12 and 15 of the greatest horror stories ever written.
So I just looked up the YouTube video I made some years back on my channel (the real one, not the guitar virtuoso guy playing Eric Johnson) where I gave my opinion of THE essential Lovecraft stories and this was the list:
The Call of Cthulhu
The Dunwich Horror
At The Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Shadow out of Time
The Color out of Space
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Haunter of the Dark
The Rats in the Walls
The Thing on the Doorstep
Dagon
The Outsider
Herbert West - Reanimator
The Lurking Fear* (underrated as FUCK!)
Pickman's Model
The Music of Erich Zan
*adapted into a minor gem of a B-movie starring Lovecraft stalwart Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) and Ashley Lawrence (Kirsty from Hellraiser).
boof replied with this 2 weeks ago, 1 day later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,363,208
This lady did fine on Mastermind, having studied Lovecraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAoWbJY0FE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFAoWbJY0FE
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Green !!bO/s3MBcD joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 17 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,363,437
I actually picked up the set of his books for cheap! Are they easy to get into?
Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc replied with this 2 weeks ago, 3 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,363,439
@previous (Green !!bO/s3MBcD)
> I actually picked up the set of his books for cheap! Are they easy to get into?
Basically no, he had an extremely verbose style and it takes some time to get used to. Always the best place to start with Lovecraft is his very short story Dagon (arguably the birth of the Cthulu Mythos) and then work your own way out from there.
> I actually picked up the set of his books for cheap! Are they easy to get into?
Basically no, he had an extremely verbose style and it takes some time to get used to. Always the best place to start with Lovecraft is his very short story Dagon (arguably the birth of the Cthulu Mythos) and then work your own way out from there.
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Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc replied with this 1 week ago, 23 hours later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,364,420
@previous (J)
> Dunwich Horror is great. Favorite Lovecraft.
If I had to pick a single favourite I'd probably go with The Shadow Over Innsmouth, on the strength of the hotel scene. Lovecraft doubted his own ability to describe action which is why his stories rarely have it, but that sequence is just so fucking tense and even legitimately frightening.
> Dunwich Horror is great. Favorite Lovecraft.
If I had to pick a single favourite I'd probably go with The Shadow Over Innsmouth, on the strength of the hotel scene. Lovecraft doubted his own ability to describe action which is why his stories rarely have it, but that sequence is just so fucking tense and even legitimately frightening.
Erik !saAqdaazn2 replied with this 1 week ago, 33 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,364,428
Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc replied with this 1 week ago, 37 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,364,434
@previous (Erik !saAqdaazn2)
The Street (short story). Although the above-mentioned Shadow Over Innsmouth has plenty of warnings to offer the reader about the dangers of producing "simian-visaged children" with their "brachiate" (look it up, I had to) movements if white folk interbreed with subhuman races.
The Street (short story). Although the above-mentioned Shadow Over Innsmouth has plenty of warnings to offer the reader about the dangers of producing "simian-visaged children" with their "brachiate" (look it up, I had to) movements if white folk interbreed with subhuman races.
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@1,364,428 (Erik !saAqdaazn2)
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, Call of Cthulhu, and maybe the horror at red hook
@previous (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
> The Street
Not actually racist. Jingoistic maybe, but thats not actually that bad in moderation. Try actually reading it instead of buying into the opinions ofthe trannies trying to posthumously cancel him.
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, Call of Cthulhu, and maybe the horror at red hook
@previous (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
> The Street
Not actually racist. Jingoistic maybe, but thats not actually that bad in moderation. Try actually reading it instead of buying into the opinions ofthe trannies trying to posthumously cancel him.
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@previous (K)
But you claimed it was something new and done by trans people
But you claimed it was something new and done by trans people
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Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc replied with this 1 week ago, 34 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,364,535
@1,364,428 (Erik !saAqdaazn2)> Which of his books is the most racist? I'll start from there.
I just gave Herbert West - Reanimator (filmed as 'Reanimator') a re-read, remembering it as one of the less racist of his major works, but he still manages to get a couple of digs in. Here he is describing deceased boxer "The Harlem Smoke" (!).
Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc double-posted this 1 week ago, 3 minutes later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,364,538
@1,364,530 (K)
> The opinions of the meaningless are as numerous they are worthless.
Nice self-awareness 😉
> The opinions of the meaningless are as numerous they are worthless.
Nice self-awareness 😉
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 2 days later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #1,364,775
Everything scares me
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My favorite story by him is The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, which is his longest story. At The Mountains of Madness is my second favorite. I never got around to reading many stories in the Dream Cycle, I'd really like to read the Dream Quest story at some point.