I still don't get why people hate on the dream cycle, especially Kadath. It's one of the better pre-Tolkien fantasy yarns and just plain fun.
Why would you want Lovecraft's "thought"? He's hardly a philosopher, the whole cosmicism meme has really been oversold.
best? Hard to say.
casual readers and critics would probably argue that his "best" (AKA most well-known) stories are, in no particular order: >The Call of Cthulhu >The Colour out of Space >Shadow Over Innsmouth >The Dunwich Horror >Dagon >Nyarlathotep >Azathoth
But here are some of my favorites, for Reals homies Only (in descending order): >The Whisperer in Darkness (i could sperg about how much i love this one but i wont. the final reveal is so fricking good. so much good imagery. my absolute favorite) >The Doom that Came to Sarnath (close second for first place. absolutely epic, i love stories about fallen civilizations) >The Nameless City (Sarnath and Nameless City are sister-stories and i would pair them together) >Beyond the Wall of Sleep >Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
(these last two are also sister-stories)
Is that the one where the narrator returns to his ancestral home and sees the bizarre celebration? That came to mind when I attended an Old Order mennonite church
Dreams in the Witch House for me, along with The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The Colour Out of Space, The Doom That Came to Sarnath, and The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Necronomicon. Just kidding, I threw it in the trash.
Bone-chilling, local lore-based, spine-tingling New England КИHO
>tfw read half of this in Providence's Prospect Park, overlooking half the city
The Music of Erich Zann.
Rats in the walls
Redhook
Polaris
Dagon
Dream quest of unknown Kadath
>Redhook
homie, even Lovecraft said it was shit.
>Dream quest of unknown Kadath
Nonsense.
Most of his stories are good but Call of Cthulhu is his most famous for a reason. Synthesizes basically all his thought into a few dozen pages.
I still don't get why people hate on the dream cycle, especially Kadath. It's one of the better pre-Tolkien fantasy yarns and just plain fun.
Why would you want Lovecraft's "thought"? He's hardly a philosopher, the whole cosmicism meme has really been oversold.
stfu Kadath is gold you're just a casuel homosexual
The Nameless City, The Whisperer in Darkness, Dreams in the Witch House and Color out of Space for me.
For me its the outsider.
>The Whisperer in Darkness
I'll second this.
>The Rats in the Walls
This, too.
And I'll add The Shadow over Innsmouth
It's gotta be The Whisperer in Darkness
The Silver Key.
Polaris due to the creative racism.
Color Out of Space is best
Then Rats in the Walls
Then Shadow over Innsmouth
Is it true there’s a letter to Lovecraft from Howard assuring him that no matter how scary his monsters are, Conan could kill them?
Dagon.
Beyond coincidence. This is Lovecraft's spirit coming from beyond the grave
Nobody saying Dreams in the Witch House. Where my Silent Hill sistas at?
best? Hard to say.
casual readers and critics would probably argue that his "best" (AKA most well-known) stories are, in no particular order:
>The Call of Cthulhu
>The Colour out of Space
>Shadow Over Innsmouth
>The Dunwich Horror
>Dagon
>Nyarlathotep
>Azathoth
But here are some of my favorites, for Reals homies Only (in descending order):
>The Whisperer in Darkness (i could sperg about how much i love this one but i wont. the final reveal is so fricking good. so much good imagery. my absolute favorite)
>The Doom that Came to Sarnath (close second for first place. absolutely epic, i love stories about fallen civilizations)
>The Nameless City (Sarnath and Nameless City are sister-stories and i would pair them together)
>Beyond the Wall of Sleep
>Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
(these last two are also sister-stories)
The Festival. He strikes just the right balance wrt his use of language, and feel and mood are particularly effective.
Is that the one where the narrator returns to his ancestral home and sees the bizarre celebration? That came to mind when I attended an Old Order mennonite church
Picture in the House was non-supernatural creepy.
I always liked The Thing on the Doorstep. The others listed so far also all good.
Music of Eric Zann
Dreams in the Witch House for me, along with The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, The Colour Out of Space, The Doom That Came to Sarnath, and The Shadow Over Innsmouth