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These volumes sound rather interesting. Are they worth getting? Just curious. I plan on buying them but are they something I need to drop what I am reading now and pick up Thanks, Rob

I don't know if it's so much an influence but the one thing that I always thought was important in shaping the mythos behind his stories was the myths and legends of the Middle East. It always strikes me, no matter how many times I read his stories, how proficient HPL is in the mythology and...

I think that dystopias from the reader and writer's point of view is that they are more fun to write and have a better opportunity for drama. As for there being not many Utopias, I think it is a matter of opinion. There are those that would believe the world of Big Brother and Clockwork Orange...

I could see that. Any time society has a chance to interact a new idea, future science or political or philosophical I think there is an opportunity to turn that idea into dystopian vision of the future. It is a warning of what is to come if extreme reactions are carried out in regards to that...

Okay here is my take one this and I seem to be coming to the party a little late. This is in my wheelhouse. It is true that you are excluding some of the great dystopian novels if you only go back ten years;Orwell, Bradbury, Huxley, Burgess. That isn't to say that there aren't any good ones...

I don't know if this is what you are looking for but there are several occult books that deal with the darker side of magic if you will, of course there are those that deal with the lighter side as well. The one that I am thinking of is one that Lovecraft was quite fond. It is Margaret Alica...

I don't think. Some of my favorite albums I don't think have come close to a million sellers. Michael Penn - March Trash Can Sinatras - I've Seen Everything Smithereens - 11

Hey all I don't know if this has been proposed before but I thought I might throw it out there. February is letter writing month and since HPL was a devotee of the hand written letter I thought it might be fun to get a group together to write letters. Is this crazy? If anyone would like to...

Back to playing Skyrim since it work like a champ on my new laptop until SimCity 5 comes out in March

I know I might be coming late to the party and not as well read in these as some of the others who posted but I wanted to step up to the plate mainly discussing the "4.'Romanticism' can also mean the indulgence in abnormal, and finally in anti-natural, moods. The macabre is 'romantic'...

Any time. I look forward to reading it.

There are some other authors you might want to look at Borges (one of my favorites, everyone should read him anyway). Robert Bolano's 2666 or Savage Detectives. One of my favorite books to sell while I'm at work is Shadow of the Wind. I don't know if it helps but also Vargas LLosa

I can not explain how much I love this book. I purchased the 2012 edition with my paper in mind and cannot put the book down. It is a testament of the scholarship of ST Joshi (who I hope I get to meet in August). If anyone is a fan of Lovecraft or horror in general needs to get this book. It is...

just ordered my copy.

Yeah it is something that will help. Great job JD!!

I stopped at about book 4. It was nothing to do with the material, though I heard that when you get to 6-8 they drag. The real reason was that I hate being in the boat where you get to the last book and have to wait for the next one. I've been burned by Mr. Martin. Now that they are all out I...

The Wordsworth Tales of Mystery and Supernatural is actually a series of books written by some of the authors mentioned above. It is usually a collection of their short stories that were either previously collected in one or put together. I know the book J Riff is talking about and it's really...

I am not sure if this was mentioned in this thread, but Wordsworth put out a collection of classic horror, supernatural and mystery short fiction. The series is called Tales of Mystery and the Supernatural. I bought the King in Yellow. I know that many if not all are free a ebooks but the covers...

I just finished Charmber's Yellow Sign for my Forbidden Knowledge project and I had a question that maybe someone can answer. POSSIBLE SPOILERS!! In the middle of the story Mr. Scott is invited to dinner by the actress Edith Carmichel who was performing at the Metropolitan...

As I prepare to present my first paper at NecronomiCon 2013 I have been gathering some of Lovecraft's influence and since my OCD some times takes the form of having sameness, I have been buying them as Penguin editions. I know many if not all are ebook and free on many different sites I still...