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Post by frohtastic on Jun 20, 2015 5:01:25 GMT
I quite like stories following cthulhian mythos.
like just read the short story "jerusalems lot" and it is quite a good read, gave a nice idea.
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Post by Samuel Wise on Jun 20, 2015 5:11:45 GMT
I quite like stories following cthulhian mythos. like just read the short story "jerusalems lot" and it is quite a good read, gave a nice idea. Funny you should mention that, just bought a book containing 15 Cthulhian short stories by H.P. Lovecraft. My excitement must wait as I am finishing the Complete Plays of William Shakespeare, but I am very excited. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2015 2:15:08 GMT
Savor it when you get there! Lovecraft is by a wide margin my favorite author of all time. I've read his complete collection twice, and individual stories multiples of times. The Call of Cthulhu was hardly even his best short story, IMO. My personal favorite was The Colour Out Of Space. Hope that's in the book you bought!
I hardly ever bring up my love for Lovecraft because most of the people I've met in real life who talk about him annoy me immensely.
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Post by Samuel Wise on Jun 21, 2015 2:54:17 GMT
I hardly ever bring up my love for Lovecraft because most of the people I've met in real life who talk about him annoy me immensely. Why is that? Sure he was weird, but that is like every other author I've read biographies on (Po and Carrol come particularly to mind). I planned on savoring it, which is why I decided to read my Shakespeare first (hard to concentrate on Lovecraft with Shakespeare weighing in your mind). |
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Post by frohtastic on Jun 21, 2015 3:12:23 GMT
I quite like stories following cthulhian mythos. like just read the short story "jerusalems lot" and it is quite a good read, gave a nice idea. Funny you should mention that, just bought a book containing 15 Cthulhian short stories by H.P. Lovecraft. My excitement must wait as I am finishing the Complete Plays of William Shakespeare, but I am very excited. Is mountain of Madness amongst them? only like 150 pages. that story has some of the most eerie setting that I've readen thus far, basically its like the horror movies from before special effects got good, where the monster is this invisible thing that you cant see but you notice it all around you. |
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Post by Samuel Wise on Jun 21, 2015 3:25:23 GMT
Yep, sure is! Having never read Lovecraft, I'm excited to start reading some of his works.
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Post by dmgrendel on Jun 30, 2015 23:26:01 GMT
I love leaving Lovecraftian references in my D&D worlds. Sometimes my players just openly refuse to go in haunted castles...
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Post by Tesla Ranger on Jul 1, 2015 13:51:01 GMT
If you've scared your players into avoiding things that would probably grant xp, you're probably doing something right.
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Post by friartook on Jul 1, 2015 19:37:57 GMT
I think its high time we talked about Dune. Nerdist.com is doing a Nerdist book club thing, and they are doing Dune as the first book. This reminded me how much I love the series and made me decide that it's high time I reread them all for the 20th time. markmolnar.com/project-dune/Check out that concept art! |
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Post by Samuel Wise on Jul 1, 2015 20:47:07 GMT
I think its high time we talked about Dune. Nerdist.com is doing a Nerdist book club thing, and they are doing Dune as the first book. This reminded me how much I love the series and made me decide that it's high time I reread them all for the 20th time. I have never become a huge fan of Dune. But, then again, I did read the book when I was fourteen so perhaps it is high time I give 'em another chance. The only thing I remember is disliking the protagonist, this ruined the book for me and so I didn't continue with the series. |
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Post by friartook on Jul 1, 2015 21:16:41 GMT
I think its high time we talked about Dune. Nerdist.com is doing a Nerdist book club thing, and they are doing Dune as the first book. This reminded me how much I love the series and made me decide that it's high time I reread them all for the 20th time. I have never become a huge fan of Dune. But, then again, I did read the book when I was fourteen so perhaps it is high time I give 'em another chance. The only thing I remember is disliking the protagonist, this ruined the book for me and so I didn't continue with the series. From what I have gleaned of your taste, I am not super surprised by this. The morality in Dune is hard, gray, and cuts like a knife. The theme of the series, in a very large sense, is "who directs human evolution?" Evolution is not a kind process. It is vicious, ruthless, and cruel. When humanity presumes to attempt to direct its own evolution, humanity must take on some of the traits of the process. I LOVE the series and the themes it explores. Paul, the protagonist of the first couple books, is as much a pawn of human evolution as he is a director of the same. He is a protagonist, not a hero. May I recommend you give it another go? The books are an incredible work of science fiction, allegory and world building. They explore big themes and the story walks weird paths to a wild conclusion. Beyond that, there's just so much cool stuff in there. The Fremen; a people sharpened by their environment and their culture into a blade that cuts deep. The Bene Gesserit; a discipline of self mastery; the mastery of mind and body; a cult of human perfection seeking and achieving wild results over the course of generations. Sand worms, the Spice, the Spacer's Guild, the Tlielaxu (sp?), so many amazing concepts and events. |
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Post by frohtastic on Jul 2, 2015 0:12:11 GMT
I've yet to actually read the dune series :q Currently just reading through the books I've gotten for birthdays and christmases, they have really amassed  Ah well, I strive to read as much as I can during work  |
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Post by Samuel Wise on Jul 2, 2015 0:33:39 GMT
I am still trying to get ahold of a Kingkiller novel...
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Post by Tesla Ranger on Jul 2, 2015 6:25:46 GMT
I am still trying to get ahold of a Kingkiller novel... You might consider grabbing the book through Audible. The audiobook version is actually pretty darn good. |
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