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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 18:42
And Beyond the Wall of Sleep , what's your opinion?  (Raff and Toaster)

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 18:36
At the Mountains of Madness is much more overtly science-fictiony than his other stories, probably because the main characters are natural scientists, which makes it a bit of an oddity but I don't mind that even though it's a bit "drier" than something like The Colour out of Space. Yeah, I guess it ends up being more exposition than storytelling which is actually what makes a lot of sci-fi not work that well as literature, so maybe my affection for it as a favourite is kinda silly! Then again, Lovecraft was generally better at big ideas than his writing. I mean, if his prose was any more purple it'd be full of Ritchie Blackmore guitar solos. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 18:10
Personally, I think At the Mountains of Madness is weaker than other shorter stories by Lovecraft, but I know other people who absolutely love it. I would rather recommend you get a good collection of his short stories, possibly placed in chronological order.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 18:04
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Alberto, many of those books named after "The Myths of Cthulhu" are in fact collections of stories written by other authors as a tribute to Lovecraft after his death. I have read a few of them, and in a few cases the stories were quite good, though not on a par with the originals. However, I suggest you look at the table of contents before you buy anything, and make sure the stories are by Lovecraft himself.  If you want to know more about the author, here's his Wikipedia entry in English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

 
Ok Raff i will check the link you provided to me thanks!
 
BTW perhaps i will start with the mountains of madness, what's your opinion about?
 




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 18:00
Alberto, many of those books named after "The Myths of Cthulhu" are in fact collections of stories written by other authors as a tribute to Lovecraft after his death. I have read a few of them, and in a few cases the stories were quite good, though not on a par with the originals. However, I suggest you look at the table of contents before you buy anything, and make sure the stories are by Lovecraft himself.  If you want to know more about the author, here's his Wikipedia entry in English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 17:49
Raff:  Thanks! that work that you cited: The Call of Cthulhu here in México is found on a thick book called "The Myths of Cthulhu", did you suggest that i could start in this?
 
And what's your opinion about this: "Beyond the wall of Sleep"




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 17:47
Toaster thanks for your answer, i read somkething about The Mountains of Madness and looks interesting, might even buy that, what your opinion?
 
 




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:36
I am a big fan of HPL, and have read all his works. As TM said in the above post, he was a writer of short stories rather than novels - much like his spiritual mentor, Edgar Allan Poe. Personally, I find his shorter works better than his longer ones, with the exception of the stunningly beautiful The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. My favourite work of his, however, is the terrifying "The Call of Cthulhu", one of the best horror stories ever written - I remember that, after reading it, I had trouble falling asleep at night, and that without having to resort to gore and other such nastiness.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:29
His work is mostly available in compilations I think because it's short stories. The only works of his that are novel-length are The Shadow out of Time, At the Mountains of Madness, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath. The last one is great, but I might warn that it's quirky fantasy rather than his usual horror/sci-fi stuff even if it's set in the same "verse".
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2009 at 14:32
Hello PA members,
 
I have read the Wiki Biography of Lovecraft so will start to read some books of him, but i have a question:
 
¿Which book do i have to start?
 
Thanks for your helpWink




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