Poll: Do YOU know who H.P.Lovecraft is?

[Assassin Xaero]

Haven't read any, but heard of it. And I have the PC game Call of Cthulhu...

 

[DMonkey]

I live in New England. Its almost required reading here amongst the goths, nerds, dweebs, and gamers.

 

[AcidLillies]

The best friend has the enitre Cthulu collection in one huge arse book,. I read the first page and never went back! <3

 

[Theron Julius]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

 

[sailor_960]

I know of him. But I've never read his work.

 

[hypercube]

I've pretty much read everything he's written. Got a bunch of anthologies of his. Agreed, "The Colour Out Of Space" is brilliant, but "The Mountains of Madness" is my favourite. Oh, and "The Festival" is a corker as well.

 

[Quaxar]

I've read a short story collection and the Case of Charles Dexter Ward until now, have to get more soon but first I have to finish my other books. Damnit, I'm behind schedule again!

 

[AWAR]

Read one book of his, t'was nice. It's kinda like Edgar Alan Poe but weirder.

 

[zHellas]

Know him, read him(few stories).

My liking for his stories is a bit messy. Some I like, some I don't, some just confuse me.

 

[Slaanax]

I have a short story book by him that I read and I couldn't get into any of the stories.

 

[Mako SOLDIER]

Love his writing, one of my favourite authors. Don't much like the man though. Apparently he used to 'visibly shake with rage' if he saw people of different races in the same place at the same time. Ok, you can argue that he lived in unenlightened times, but still, to actually shake with rage about it? Nah, not a pleasant fellow. Well, not if you weren't caucasian anyway.

 

[Gado911]

yes

 

[Projo]

If you only know about Lovecraft because of Cthulhu, you're retarded, Likewise, if you consider the Cthulhu Mythos to be the best of his work, you're retarded. The only thing worse than people who don't recognize Lovecraft's work are the people that say "oh, lovecraft, i love cthulhu!" Cthulhu rarely even appeared in his writing, and was not the most diabolical of his gods.


And yeah, he was a big racist.

 

[DarthFennec]

I know he made Cthulu and I know what Cthulu looks like but I don't know anything else about anything related to this guy. I want to now though ^_^

 

[The_Echo]

I'm currently about halfway into the first book in a trilogy of Lovecraft collections. So that's a decent amount. (Dagon, The Statement of Randolph Carter, Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, Celephaïs, Nyarlathotep, The Picture in the House, and The Outsider, if memory serves.)

I absolutely adore his writing style and have enjoyed every story I've read.

 

[Mako SOLDIER]

I've pretty much read everything he's written. Got a bunch of anthologies of his. Agreed, "The Colour Out Of Space" is brilliant, but "The Mountains of Madness" is my favourite. Oh, and "The Festival" is a corker as well.

I have to say that one of my favourites has to be 'The Whisperer in Darkness', if only because of the payoff. I love they way he tends to wait until right at the end to drop that final detail that pulls the whole story into horrifying focus. Oh, and 'The Music of Eric Zahn' (might have got the name slightly wrong) gives me chills for some reason. That said, I do also love 'The Dream Quest of Unknown Kaddath', so it's not just his horror that I'm a fan of

 

[Pink_Pirate]

Cthulu is disappointed in the thread
Then again.. if you dont know what it is, you should probably consider yourself lucky...

 

[Mako SOLDIER]

If you only know about Lovecraft because of Cthulhu, you're retarded, Likewise, if you consider the Cthulhu Mythos to be the best of his work, you're retarded. The only thing worse than people who don't recognize Lovecraft's work are the people that say "oh, lovecraft, i love cthulhu!" Cthulhu rarely even appeared in his writing, and was not the most diabolical of his gods.


And yeah, he was a big racist.

To be fair, although he had several mythological 'cycles' and called upon work by other writers in his inner circle, not to mention his works when he was trying to imitate Lord Dunsany, it's pretty common and completely acceptable to refer to most of his creations under the umbrella term of the 'Cthulhu Mythos'. Calling people retarded for having a different opinion? That's just low, not to mention arrogant.

 

[Mako SOLDIER]

Cthulu is disappointed in the thread
Then again.. if you dont know what it is, you should probably consider yourself lucky...

Cthulhu I don't mind, but if I were to ever look upon the true form of Nyarlathotep, or dare to stare at the blind idiot god as he dances to infernal pipes at the centre of the universe? Now those bad boys would make me happy to catch a glimpe of Cuthbert himself instead.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Nope, never heard of him.