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Post by Tim on May 8, 2020 11:31:26 GMT -5
Ah yes, the Lovecraft town.
Rex and Hannah paid a visit there, a while back.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on May 8, 2020 11:36:06 GMT -5
Ah yes, the Lovecraft town.
Rex and Hannah paid a visit there, a while back.
That’s my favorite story from the Cthulhu Mythos, if I saw a guy like Joe Sergeant driving the bus I’d get right off. |
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Post by Tim on May 8, 2020 16:37:49 GMT -5
Funny thing is that many of his stories are told in first person and the character in question is never named. A few times, I had to make up names for these characters when R&H mentioned them.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on May 8, 2020 16:43:01 GMT -5
I know, I did wonder about their names
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Post by Tim on May 8, 2020 16:48:17 GMT -5
A lot of Mr. Lovecraft's stories are told in first person narrative. So there was no reason to name the character, unless someone else was talking to them.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on May 9, 2020 7:14:56 GMT -5
My favorite of the Cthulhu Mythos stories are Shadow over Innsmouth and the Dunwich Horror, I love the creepy New England settings and how the narrators feel when they encounter the creatures and the truth. Too bad the narrator in Innsmouth freaks out when he realizes the truth, that actually sounds sort of cool to be descendant of Dagon. Of the non-Cthulhu stories, I like The Temple, Iranon and Dagon since I like stories where people discover odd places
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Post by Tim on May 27, 2020 18:01:04 GMT -5
BOOK: At The Mountains Of Madness
AUTHOR: H. P. Lovecraft
Year of publication: 1936
This novella, by H. P. Lovecraft, is an excellent entry in his Cthulhu Mythos.
It depicts an expedition to Antarctica that discovers a chain of mountains taller than any other in the world. However, it is what is behind those mountains that is the most astonishing. An ancient alien city. Said city appears to be deserted, but perhaps something might still be lurking there. Something too horrible for the human mind to comprehend.
As with most Lovecraft stories, this one is told through first person narrative. However, unlike many other Lovecraft stories told in this format, the protagonist is actually, given a name here, William Dyer.
Going in, one just has to remember when this novella was published. As TV Tropes says, Science Marches On. It was easy to depict an alien city in Antarctica in the early 1930's (The Mountains Of Madness) that it would be today, when there are countless satellites orbiting the Earth. If you can get past that, then you might enjoy this one.
There have been a few attempts to bring this novella to the big screen. As of yet, none have succeeded.
Recommended.
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Post by nimue on Jun 1, 2020 14:40:08 GMT -5
Hey Tim, I don't know if you've already talked about this, but I'm curious as to which are your favourite Lovecraft stories?
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Post by Tim on Jun 1, 2020 17:08:07 GMT -5
Hey Tim, I don't know if you've already talked about this, but I'm curious as to which are your favourite Lovecraft stories?
Dagon The Shadow Over Innsmouth The Lurking Fear The Whisperer in Darkness At The Mountains Of Madness The Call Of Cthulhu Herbert West: Reanimator
And a few others.
I've tied a few of these into my Rex and Hannah Chronicles.
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Post by Tim on Aug 7, 2020 11:16:36 GMT -5
In these two volumes are the complete works of H. P. Lovecraft.
Of course, I have them both.
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Post by ladyfiaran22 on Aug 7, 2020 11:35:03 GMT -5
Awesome, I have Eldritch Tales along with a compilation of the Cthulhu Mythos and two compilations of his earlier work.
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Post by Tim on Oct 1, 2021 11:23:17 GMT -5
BOOK: Acolytes Of Cthulhu
AUTHORS: Various
Year of publication: 2014
H. P. Lovecraft is considered one of the greatest writers of Sci-Fi/Horror. Many of our current writers,Stephen King among them, considered themselves fans of his. His Cthulhu Mythos remains a strong influence. My own Rex and Hannah Chronicles series are now centered around the Cthulhu Mythos.
While none of the stories in this collection were written by Mr. Lovecraft, they all were inspired by him, and that's the whole. Since the Cthulhu Mythos is in the public domain, many authors have put their own spin on it. Some of those stories appear here. Cthulhu himself shows up a few times.
Of course, being a Lovecraft fan myself, I enjoyed every one of these stories.
One of my favourites among them is The Earth-Brain, by Edmund Hamilton. This story (written in the early 1930's) suggests that the Earth itself is a vast living thing (and so are the other planets of our Solar System), and that we are no more but fleas on it. This fits in with Lovecraft's theme, that we humans are nothing special, despite what we might think of ourselves.
So, if you're a Lovecraft fan, like I am, this is worth checking out, IMO.
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