H.P. Lovecraft.
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I've never really noticed too much racism in his short stories. I read his stories for the atmosphere, and the way he writes. He was paid, per word for his writings, so the writing is long and 'wispy' (at least that's the way I see it) and it really adds to the atmosphere.
I'm an avid fan of his writings. Really unsettling to read at 1:00 am.
A friend of mine likes his writings too, he thinks there should be movie adaptations. I wholeheartedly disagree though. Movie adaptations tend to rape what they are trying to adapt. The way Lovecraft writes, he leaves a lot to your imagination.
I'm an avid fan of his writings. Really unsettling to read at 1:00 am.
A friend of mine likes his writings too, he thinks there should be movie adaptations. I wholeheartedly disagree though. Movie adaptations tend to rape what they are trying to adapt. The way Lovecraft writes, he leaves a lot to your imagination.
At the Mountains of Madness is one of my favorites along with The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. I like most of his writings though.
Now on an ending note: Tekkeli-li
EDIT: Try finding the cd's: A Very Scary Solstice, An Even Scarrier Solstice (Christmas carrols re-written to sout the mythos) and A Shoggoth on the Roof (the music from a musicall). They are made by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. You might like them... or go insane.
Now on an ending note: Tekkeli-li
EDIT: Try finding the cd's: A Very Scary Solstice, An Even Scarrier Solstice (Christmas carrols re-written to sout the mythos) and A Shoggoth on the Roof (the music from a musicall). They are made by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. You might like them... or go insane.
I have read all of the Lumley books, everything he has ever written... But to be honest wouldnt say there any good to Lovecraft purists as he brings in Cthulus brother who is a good giant squid man, Titus Crow who plays out like the central character from a Dennis Wheatley novel and the good guys stand a chance. His shorts are a wee bit more Macabre and his Necroscope books are amazing.Jamash said:
The Bathesda Game is what got my mate into the Mythos he has now caught up with me on Lovecraft and I still run a Call of Cuthulu Table Top game everyweek.
On a related topic "The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets" should get a mention for there a Lovecraft Inspired Rock band who are absolutely superb. All we need now is a decent film adaptation. I am not counting Re-animator!
As to the racism Lovecraft was a Mysoginist, misanthrope so I think he hated everyone that was different to him and that given quite how peculiar he was was just about everyone!
I keep meaning to read works by Lovecraft because of all the things he inspired that have cropped up in various media including video games (XCom: Terror From the Deep, Fallout 3, elements of Warhammer 40k, those are just a few instances)
I'm currently finishing up a few of his novels. I like a lot of his work, though some stories really annoyed me. 'The Doom that Came to Sarnath' was one of them. Doom, doom, doom! We get it, they're doomed. Though Call of Cthulhu, The Hound and The Temple are held to me as some of his greatest works. Especially the latter.
As for him being a racist?
He [the 'Negro'] was a loathsome, gorilla-like thing, with abnormally long arms which I could not help calling fore-legs, and a face that conjured up thoughts of unspeakable Congo secrets and tom-tom poundings under an eerie moon. The body must have looked worse in life - but the world holds many ugly things.
Yeah, I think he was. You know, just a tad.
As for him being a racist?
He [the 'Negro'] was a loathsome, gorilla-like thing, with abnormally long arms which I could not help calling fore-legs, and a face that conjured up thoughts of unspeakable Congo secrets and tom-tom poundings under an eerie moon. The body must have looked worse in life - but the world holds many ugly things.
Yeah, I think he was. You know, just a tad.
I got interested in H.P Lovecraft. I played the Call of Cthulhu game on xbox. It could have been a better tribute.
And in a horror story he was perhaps going to say "The African American was a lovely, Nubian god, with a fantastic physique and muscular arms, his face conjured up thoughts of being a credit to his well presented community it's white picket fences and the sounds of inoffensive Jazz! All of this despite the fact that he was dead!"PurpleRain said:
Hes describing a zombie, in a way that it would impact on the psyche of a thirties audiance, Lovecraft was an expert at plunging the psycholgical depths of the human mind. Today his writing would be full of swarthy middle eastern gentlemen with backpacks, Peadophilles and the underclass. You simply cannot make any modern critique of a past work based on current morals.
Imagine a hypothetical, Obama is assainated America is plunged into a race based civil war and African Americans lose but in a final attack nuke Washington, some ten years after the event the US is now once again a racist nation, everything from today's PC age would be viewed in the same incredulous manner as Lovecraft is today!
I haven't read him much, but "The Rats in the Walls" and "The Thing on the Doorstep" give me chills.
I love Lovecraft's work. Wonderful stuff. Also, Cthulhu had nothing to do with Dunwhich, if i remember correctly.
