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Is H. P. Lovecraft a good author?
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Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

Bad Author, great Ideas Guy

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Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

dookifex_maximus posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKb0_rfZEsU

the silent version of Call of Cthulhu is probably best HPL film out there (because it's so long and boring)

there is one notable special effect that makes it a worthy film adaptation of an HPL work

True Detective Season 1 is the best Lovecraft to be filmed

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

Speaking of cool ideas and bad writing, Chambers

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

I like how it drove goons insane, ranting and raving about how it was all a hallucination and the show was a straight forward cop drama

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

What? What kind of moron are you?

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

CaptainSarcastic posted:

Lovecraft was actually a good writer, and anyone who unironically recommends reading Stephen King as a better alternative is either trolling or functionally illiterate.

King is really similar to Lovecraft in that he's a mediocre author who has really good ideas... who was a decent author who had great ideas until he quit drugs

N is one of my favorite Lovecraftian stories by him (and I think that one is actually fairly recent), and Crouch End is pretty great as well.

Everyone always talks about The Langoliers as being his best Lovecraft, to be honest I think it's just okay and feels more like a long episode of The Twilight Zone.

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Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

In BYOB we're making Halloween avatars and this thread inspired me to go as Cthulhu for Forums Halloween:

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