HP Lovecraft

[ejt1127]

Anyone else a fan?

I only wish he had wrote more over his carrer.

My favorite stories that he wrote were "The Lurking Fear" or maybe one whose name escapes me at the moment... (about a horrid spectre ghost spookable type... thing. :D it "lived" in an attic next to where the narrator and his friend were setting. anyone know the name of this story?)

[TheSanSooStorm]

A very good writer "That is not dead which may eternally lie, for after strange aeons even death may die." a quote that is well rehearsed and well known. Sadly I haven`t read alot of his work, but alot of the work of those inspired by him. I strangely am more knowledgeable about H.P. Lovecraft THE MAN, and the vast impact he has had on other writters, movies, and society in general, considering cults have formed due to the beliefe in, and obsession with his stories.

Whats funny is Edgar Allen Poe mainly considered himself a short story writer, yet most know him as a "poet." And while Poe inspired Lovecraft, with Lovecraft it was actually the other way around. Lovecraft reguarded himself mostly as a poet, yet is almost dominantly known for his short stories. Interesting?

[ejt1127]

Whats funny is Edgar Allen Poe mainly considered himself a short story writer, yet most know him as a "poet." And while Poe inspired Lovecraft, with Lovecraft it was actually the other way around. Lovecraft reguarded himself mostly as a poet, yet is almost dominantly known for his short stories. Interesting?


Indeed it is quite interesting. I've never read any poetry written by him other than what he slipped into his stories. Although, I forget which critic said it of him, I belive that he was 100% correct when he said something to the effect that HPL was too well read and it was hard to distingush between what was purely his and what were ideas other authors had and unwittingly slipped into his stories. Lord Dunsany, the Irish Author (other than E. A. Poe his biggest inspiration) seems to have had the greatest impact on his work.

[TheSanSooStorm]

Yes its very interesting how people of different professions (in this case writting) influence eachother. I seem to recall reading (but could be miss-remembering) something on H.P. Lovecrafts site that all of his short stories were displayed in sci-fi magazines and none were published in actual books untill after his death. But like I said I might be wrong, but I`m pretty sure I read that somewhere at http://hplovecraft.com

When relating his life to what little of his works I have read, I can`t help but think that his gloomy, depressing, and painful life probably gave him a very understanding insite into the horrors that he wrote of, or expressed in his weird tales.

[Guizzy]

Anyone else a fan?/me raises hand

Biggest HPL fan you can find short of "convention material".

Read about everything the man wrote, some of it in english and most of it in french.

I have to say my favorite stories are "At the Mountains of Madness", "The Colour Out of Space" and "The Call of Cthulhu".

What is most interesting about Lovecraft's stories is how they create an intricate universe piece by piece, with each new story you read adding a layer of complexity to the overall scheme; and always letting the reader feel that whatever piece of knowledge they have learned in the story is so little in comparison to what is truly out there.

Oh, and the story you're talking of might be The Shunned House. Any other details?

[ejt1127]

Yeah, I belive that all of his works were published in what they call "Pulp Fiction" magazines, though I recall reading that one of his more famous stories, the Lurking Fear", was published in a "gentleman's" magizine. And was one of the few that was illustrated. Being in a 'gentleman's' mag though, the trees were drawn in the shape of male and female genetalia as well as breast. (all though its been quite sometime since I read that one, so i may be thinking of something entirely different anyone else hear of this?)


I belive you're right about that story, it sounds familiar enough, though I was thinking it was named "The Namless Fear".


Oh and a quick question, does anyone happen to know if there is a HPL museum, or big monument in Providence or elsewhere? A good friend of mine is going to Boston and Providence this coming summer and was asking.

[WeeMonkeySparky]

I was introduced to HPL by a friend who started a campaign of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu RPG.

[RobP]

"Oh and a quick question, does anyone happen to know if there is a HPL museum, or big monument in Providence or elsewhere? A good friend of mine is going to Boston and Providence this coming summer and was asking."

I'll be in New England myself later this year and was looking for the same thing. There doesn't seem to be a museum as such (unlike Robert E Howard's house in Texas) but I did find this, Lovecraftian New England:

http://baharna.com/cmythos/newengl.htm

ia!

Rob

[JuJitsuJoe]

I am a big fan and have read most of his books. I have even sculpted a few statues for friends who played the LARP before.

[ap Oweyn]

Big fan. Have been since college about 12 years ago. I'm also a fan of some of his contemporaries. Clark Ashton Smith and RE Howard (Conan) for example. Several of them write in a very similar vein to Lovecraft. And all three were friends in real life.

[Zevi]

Rawr, the guy who's influenced my writing only slightly more than 8-bit theater!
I dig him muchly, so much so that I got an elder sign on nearly all of my possessions >.<