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H.P. Lovecraft Book Club * 1
    #23549909 - 08/17/16 01:01 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Hello friends, I'm going to be organizing a H.P. Lovecraft book club!

If you haven't heard his name by now, you've certainly heard of his works.
H.P. Lovecraft was a short story writer best known for his comprehensive "Cthulhu Mythos," and for pioneering the literary genre "Cosmic Horror" also known as "Lovecraftian Horror."
Over the years Lovecraft has developed an enormous cult following so much so you can't even go into your local comic shop anymore without running into a Cthulhu plush toy.

As a short story writer I figured Lovecraft would be the perfect focus for our book group because not only can most his stories be read in a short 10-20 minutes, but his literature primarily focuses on fear of the unknowable so each story would all be able to generate lively debate and discussion.

I figured each week we would vote for a different short story, read it, then simply discuss it with one another, simple as that!
I thought this would be a nice fun way to bring people together and hopefully get some of you reading again.

Depending on intrest I was planning on starting things off next Monday with "The Beast in the Cave." H.P. Lovecrafts first stort, written when he was only 14!

The sub-forum for this book club can be found here.
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/postlist.php/Board/302

Please comment with intrest!

PS: If you are afraid of reading I will also be providing audiobooks of each story chosen, so no excuses!
PPS: All Lovecrafts work is available for free online for those who aren't afraid of reading.

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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23549923 - 08/17/16 01:09 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I keep selling copies of Necronomicons all the time and I still haven't read his stuff even though everybody says it's amazing.

I guess I'm in!


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: Patlal]
    #23549943 - 08/17/16 01:16 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

It's all public domain now so you can get his work for free.  I have it on my phone Kindle app.

At The Mountains of Madness is a really fucking good novella.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23549957 - 08/17/16 01:21 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Would be up for dusting off the ole Necronomicon.

Maybe Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family would be a good follow up. 

Just kidding, maybe The Colour Out of Space


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: idiotek]
    #23549970 - 08/17/16 01:23 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I'll read them shits.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: clock_of_omens]
    #23549994 - 08/17/16 01:33 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Awesome! I wasn't too sure what intrest would be like so this is great to see! Thanks guys!

@Patal
You sell the Necronomicon but you've never read Lovecraft? :lol:

@Geoff
ATMoM is amazing, but Everytime I think about it I get sad Guillermo Del Toro reconsidered against adapting it into a movie.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23550011 - 08/17/16 01:39 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I felt that way at first but I'm sort of glad it hasn't been brought into the mainstream recently.  It's nice to find an old gem like that which hasn't been exploited by shitty Hollywood screen adaptations. 

His writing style was so very unique and he had a very solid grasp of the concepts of suspense and horror.  Sometimes, though, he can get a little bit too verbose and esoteric.  Kind of like akira_akuma thinks he is.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23550042 - 08/17/16 01:52 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I adore Howard Phillips lovecraft and his numerous excellent books and stories .

I plan to buy his complete works anthology.

So many great great stories , so unique, so trippy and so influential.

Wonderful stuff, highly recommend.

I can't really choose a favorite there was one about Christmas called like "Yule tide" or something and it was Awesome, so many great works.

Not just scary but fun, interesting and bizarre, with deeply intriguing concepts and ideas.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23550050 - 08/17/16 01:59 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I may be interested in this, I love Lovecraft.  It's been years since I've read anything by him, so it'd be nice to get back into his stories.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: Burke Dennings] * 1
    #23550068 - 08/17/16 02:06 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Never have read lovecraft but Sara is like Oprah except I'd actually follow Sara's book recs


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: Seriously_trippin]
    #23550115 - 08/17/16 02:21 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

A couple years ago I started reading his stories chronologically and got about a couple dozen in. The Picture in the House was probably my favorite.

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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: idiotek]
    #23550120 - 08/17/16 02:25 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Quote:

Geoff Peterson said:
At The Mountains of Madness is a really fucking good novella.




It is also a song by a band called HP Lovecraft:


Anyways count me in, Lovecraft is easily one of my top 5 favorite authors right along PK Dick and Poe.

I second The Color Out Of Space, also what is the story about the winged aliens? I only vaguely remember it but it starts as letters back and forth from two people that slowly get stranger and more alarming til one travels to go check in on the other. Don't want to give away the crazy twist I vaguely remember but that is a eerie story!

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Geoff Peterson said:
I felt that way at first but I'm sort of glad it hasn't been brought into the mainstream recently.  It's nice to find an old gem like that which hasn't been exploited by shitty Hollywood screen adaptations. 





Have any of you watched the black and white silent Cthulu film adaption? So fucking weird :tongue2: its been years since I watched it though.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: Seriously_trippin]
    #23550132 - 08/17/16 02:30 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Damn, well if Burke's in I better close registration now before his harem of fan girls show up and start swooning. :lol:


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23550785 - 08/17/16 06:30 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

I've set up a first draft of the sub-forum, I'll do more work on it tomorrow.

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/postlist.php/Board/302


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23553204 - 08/18/16 12:22 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Bump for awareness.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23586480 - 08/28/16 10:45 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Week ones story "The Beast in the Cave" has been posted here:

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/23586465

Discussion will start tonight at midnight MST.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23586485 - 08/28/16 10:46 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Oh shit. I completely forgot about this! Thanks for the remeinder. I'll rea it today.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: Patlal]
    #23586522 - 08/28/16 11:02 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Like his work, have his complete writings.
One of the best mythos created by writer.


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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: LeningradCowboy]
    #23586923 - 08/28/16 01:12 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

My favorite is the Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

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Re: H.P. Lovecraft Book Club [Re: SARAtonin]
    #23586949 - 08/28/16 01:19 PM (7 years, 5 months ago)

hp lovecraft was a boring autistic shut in who was afraid of black people and you have a penis


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