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[R4z3rsPar4d0x]

My fault I meant to just post the link but ended up putting the video in, I know thats frowned upon, That was my bad

[Insanity]

R4z3rsPar4d0x, on 16 January 2013 - 07:23 PM, said:

Have you guys seen this

I own the DVD.  The opening quote is from Lovecraft's essay, 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' first published I believe in 1927.
It is a good read as he critiques several novels, stories and such from his time and earlier, i.e. Shelley's Frankestein.  Those he like he praises highly, those he does not are more or less torn apart, though in short words.

[R4z3rsPar4d0x]

Hes my favorite author hands down

[Insanity]

Lovecraft's biggest influence was Edgar Allan Poe, and I've gotten a Complete Stories and Poems of Poe to start reading myself.

[R4z3rsPar4d0x]

Insanity, on 17 January 2013 - 12:38 PM, said:

Lovecraft's biggest influence was Edgar Allan Poe, and I've gotten a Complete Stories and Poems of Poe to start reading myself.

You can tell by some of Lovecrafts stuff that hes written that it he was heavily Influenced by Poe.

[Insanity]

Of what I've read so far of Poe's, he most certainly was.

The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company has done a few dramatizations of Lovecraft stories, including At the Mountains of Madness, and some were free to download at one time, not sure if they still are.

[B Jenkins]

Insanity, on 17 January 2013 - 12:38 PM, said:

Lovecraft's biggest influence was Edgar Allan Poe, and I've gotten a Complete Stories and Poems of Poe to start reading myself.

Another huge influence was Lord Dunsany.

[Insanity]

Correct.  I believe the Nightgaunts in his stories were from nightmares of his own too.

[R4z3rsPar4d0x]

Its really too bad he was never satisfied with his work

[B Jenkins]

R4z3rsPar4d0x, on 17 January 2013 - 05:33 AM, said:

Hes my favorite author hands down

I cant say he is my favorite per se but he is up there. My problem is the fact HPL was a flawed writer, is it that he doubted the intelligence and imagination of his readers or doubted the power of his prose to capture his imagination?

In other words, he rambles too much and that could be a deal breaker when constructing atmosphere. Take Colour Out Of Space for example, that story needs some serious editing but a very fine story in of itself. But would have been a magnificent piece of horror literature if HPL had chosen to describe less and left more to the imagination of his readers.

With that said, what an awesome imagination!

[Urisk]

I also wonder if William Hope Hodgson's House on the Borderland is an influence? I've not read it but from what I gather it's very Lovecraftian, and it predates Lovecraft's work. In fact, you know that pic that used to get used often for the Call of Cthulhu RPG? The one with the house and the giant pig-man thing in the background? Aye, that was a cover for that book.

[B Jenkins]

Urisk, on 18 January 2013 - 11:34 PM, said:

I also wonder if William Hope Hodgson's House on the Borderland is an influence? I've not read it but from what I gather it's very Lovecraftian, and it predates Lovecraft's work. In fact, you know that pic that used to get used often for the Call of Cthulhu RPG? The one with the house and the giant pig-man thing in the background? Aye, that was a cover for that book.

HPL himself admits Hodgson as an influence. I haven't read any of William Hope Hodgson's work. He wrote short stories alot about sea-life and nautical ghost stories. The reason I haven't read Hodgson is his work is pretty hard to come by at a reasonable price.

Other HPL influences were Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W Chambers,  Arthur Machen, and Clark Ashton Smith.

[B Jenkins]

[Urisk]

Another personal fave that one I think that would make a really good film.

[Insanity]

A reading of The Shadow Over Innsmouth I do not have, will need to fix it.