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His writing style is just boring as , and most of his stuff (that I have experienced) has been a let down.
If anyone is into the horror/supernatural story how could they not be into HPL?
He was a huge influense on King.
By Margaret L. Carter
19 December 2005
It may be said that two writers, H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, have, each in his own way, single-handedly changed the direction of American horror fiction in the twentieth century. It is not surprising that King's study of horror in fiction and film, Danse Macabre, acknowledges Lovecraft's importance not only to the development of the modern dark fantasy but to King's personal growth as a writer. Danse Macabre remarks of Lovecraft that "it is his shadow . . . and his eyes . . . which overlie almost all of the important horror fiction that has come since" (102). On a personal level, King testifies that "Lovecraft . . . opened the way for me, as he had done for others before me" (ibid.). He calls his discovery, at about age twelve, of a collection of Lovecraft's stories "my first encounter with serious fantasy-horror fiction" (ibid.). He praises Lovecraft for tales of "outside evil" that "make us feel the size of the universe we hang suspended in, and suggest shadowy forces that could destroy us all if they so much as grunted in their sleep" (72).
His writing style is just boring as , and most of his stuff (that I have experienced) has been a let down.
are you talking about King or Lovecraft?
Lovecraft
Ok, I'm not disrespecting the thread, yep, good one~~~ Not trying to go off in another direction, love the topic.
Just an example.
You will think....."are you kidding me, that ...SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" But, this is the very best example of what them early Mississippi Delta blues was all about. And this guy is the KING.
The first line....."I'm on a high hill mama, Natchez just below".
When you listen to Charley Patton you are going somewhere unique, and when ya read HPL, yep....unique. HPL born in 1890, Patton in 1891.
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I may give it a shot. It won't make me start yearning for little boys will it?
have you read Books of Blood by Clive Barker?
I haven't. I haven't read a lot of Clive Barker. In fact the only books I read were Great and Secret Show and Everville. I liked them both. Not sure why I didn't pursue anything else.
Nope, because the dude never describes the worst parts.
Why this need to pull that immature ? Here I am a guy who can teach dumb s like so much and look how ya act, why? Why not take this opportunity and learn some things?
Dude, stop acting like an idiot, ok little man?
There are so many better authors out there than Stephen King, ok?
you know what this thread ISN'T about? blues videos and authors not better than King. BTW, if you read my first post, you should be able to infer that I did not think Kink was that great right now.
Stupid, since when did ...YOU...start worrying about what a thread was actually about, well? And I made it real clear what that video was about pertaining to HPL, who must be mentioned when talking about King.
Dude, you'd be a fool to pass uo on a chance to widden your horizons, I'm the guy who can do that for ya. Yet you're just too damn stupid to get it.
You want a great read little guy, here it is....
Dracula
Bram Stoker
1897
The Dracula tale is possibly most-embedded horror story in American culture, and if Let the Right One In, True Blood and the Twilight series are any indication, the classic vampire tale is still alive and well in the pop culture realm. Stoker didn’t invent the vampire in fiction—that was John Polidori in 1819, with The Vampyre. But Stoker’s Dracula molded the vampire story into the tales we know today, which blend gore, horror and romance in a neat, red velvet-covered package. Stoker’s Dracula as a critical success, but it’d be decades—and Stoker’s own death—before it’d prowl its way into culture as we recognize it today. Tyler Kane
Love me some Lovecraft! His classical style of writing can be a chore to get through at times, but if you're up to the task, it's totally worth it. I can't think of a better association for his stories than the word "macabre." The twists that are often at the end of his stories are great payoffs as well. I recommend:
Rats in the Walls
The Dunwich Horror
The Outsider
The Picture in the House
And of course, Call of Cthulhu is awesome as well, it's just one of his longer tales. These stories are good if you want to give his stuff a try.
There is no better.....you are up all alone, it's storming outside and it's just you a lone lamp and a chair n a darken room........read than HPL.
H.P.Lovecraft
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