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I find there is not much real horror in Lovecraft anyway. Or at least his stories don't inspire much horror in me. Ok, there's the occasional twinge. But anyway, I prefer him when he manages to unite his Dunsanian excesses with his Poe-induced existential weird. My favourite story is probably The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. Best read after a warmup of The Statement of Randol Carter, The Cats of Ulthar, The Other Gods, Pickman's Model (not directly related, but has ghouls), The Silver Key (takes place after the Dream-Quest, but can be read first). And then just don't read Through the Gates of the Silver Key. At all. What a dreadful collaboration that was!
Leni wrote: "I find there is not much real horror in Lovecraft anyway. Or at least his stories don't inspire much horror in me. Ok, there's the occasional twinge. But anyway, I prefer him when he manages to uni..."
Good choices! And you are right ... the Silver Key is bad!
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Sep 07, 2017 05:02AM
I find there is not much real horror in Lovecraft anyway. Or at least his stories don't inspire much horror in me. Ok, there's the occasional twinge. But anyway, I prefer him when he manages to unite his Dunsanian excesses with his Poe-induced existential weird. My favourite story is probably The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. Best read after a warmup of The Statement of Randol Carter, The Cats of Ulthar, The Other Gods, Pickman's Model (not directly related, but has ghouls), The Silver Key (takes place after the Dream-Quest, but can be read first). And then just don't read Through the Gates of the Silver Key. At all. What a dreadful collaboration that was!
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Leni wrote: "I find there is not much real horror in Lovecraft anyway. Or at least his stories don't inspire much horror in me. Ok, there's the occasional twinge. But anyway, I prefer him when he manages to uni..."Good choices! And you are right ... the Silver Key is bad!
