The REAL H.P. Lovecraft (1)

The REAL H.P. Lovecraft (1) Frank H. Woodward
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[ianwilky12345]

Scientology?

[deadkennedys555]

@ianwilky12345 No, but Lovecraft had connections to the Far Right through his writer-friend, Clark Ashton Smith. These writings appeared at the same time of Crowley, Hitler, Luddendorff and later L. Ron Hubbard ... :)

[deadkennedys555]

Lovecraft: Fear Of The Unknown

ON DVD & BLU-RAY OCTOBER 13th. 2009!!

The documentary on author H.P. Lovecraft

A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the Cthulhu mythos. Featuring interviews with Guillermo Del Toro, Neil Gaiman, John Carpenter, Peter Straub, Stuart Gordon, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Ramsey Campbell, S.T. Joshi, Andrew Migliore and Robert M. Price.

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[daemunum]

that woman (?) that sounds TOO much like a man is terrifying. it's voice calls to that black pit in the recesses of the mind and curls around one's sanity to be forced on one's unwilling thoughts.

was this man or woman? such questions older and more terrifying than the great ones themselves must never be answered lest the answerer would retreat into madness or death.

[deadkennedys555]

@daemunum I am accursed ... and I have seen too much ... slipping and sliding tendrils of filth that pervade my mind's edges as I fall into madness. Around me - the ruined Church and villages burn and scream to me with illuminated sheets of light invisible to all but me. As my shattered psyche attempts to grapple with what I have encountered, I realize it is too late for my decayed sanity to grasp...

[NutNapalm]

these are just bits and pieces from fear of the unknown, right?

[deadkennedys555]

@NutNapalm This is from a half-hour program solely dedicated to the writings of Lovecraft.

[MorganScorpion]

Funnily enough, the fact that the "monsters" were curious about us actually made me fear them less. I felt they were less alien as a result of having characteristics that I could identify with. Humans dissect them, they dissect humans. Fairs fair!

[pfl95]

awww damn why did he die so young man.

He would've written amazing books and novels up to the 50s!!! many film adaptations of it...

[ExistentialExistent]

Who did the audio reading Lovecraft's story? It sounds awesome. Anyone know what effects they used on the voice?

[legosheet]

guillermo del toro would be a reincarnation of lovecraft but......happier

[GoongalaGoongala]

@deadkennedys555 The King in Yellow. Great series of stories.

[georgekostaras]

@GoongalaGoongala Maybe he isn't a bad writer, just the same, at times he was pretty hokey

[GoongalaGoongala]

@lipoicacid Lovecraft borrowed from a lot of sources. He borrowed from the works of Poe and Lord Dunsany. His mythos is filled with a wide assortment of stuff from varying sources.

[GoongalaGoongala]

@georgekostaras Lovecraft was an excellent writer. His style though came from a different era. He wrote in a very "pulpy" style that can seem overly wordy, but make no mistake, he's was an excellent writer even if you didn't find his stories interesting. They are constructed well and he did an amazing job at creating a sense of the unknown and macabre.

Its simply the style of writing. You don't connect with it the same way you would a more modern writer, doesn't make him a bad writer.