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Do you think that Lovecraft's style could support an entire novel? Don't get me wrong, I love his short stories, but I don't think they'd translate well into the longer format.
Wait a tic, didn't HP write a novel or two? Wouldn't that be the place to start?
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Well, everyone's idea of "cheesy" is different. However, you might try reading Ramsey Campbell if you haven't already done so. I haven't read any Lovecraft in a long time, but I've read a couple of Campbell's novels, and I've heard him compared to Lovecraft more than once.
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Lovecraft's Dreamland stories, and novellas were the best he wrote. He got too caught up in recreating Poe at times, in his then-modern day horror, but when he was allowed to simply write, man, that stuff is good.
There's a compilation of his Dreamland stories (or story related to the Dreamland, like Pickman's Model) out there, and I recommend it to all. He brilliantly tied together a lot of his stories through it, without being rotely mechanistic about it. It also helps make sense of his entire Mythos... For the most part. and that's what I like about his stories, so much is left unsaid.
As for other stories, I'm a bit of an HPL snob, and think that most of the writers that tried to add to the Mythos, or rationalize it (like a certain August Derleth), missed the point. However there are copious amounts of the writings/writers, you coul probably check out various Cthulhu page.
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This interest sort of stems from my disappointment with The Prince of Nothing; when I first started it I was expecting something with Lovecraftian horror elements, and instead was given a well-written fantasy in a very novel and developed world. Unfortunately, that wasn't what I wanted, so I was disappointed.
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I'm generally not a big fan of horror, but I read a couple of Lovecraft stories a few months ago. To my surprise, I *really* liked them. I'll have to read more some day, I suppose...
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I'm not a horror fan either, which is why I made sure to specify that it's Lovecraftian horror I'm interested in. I suppose it's pretty hard to write in that vein without just aping Lovecraft, though.
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I'm enjoying unleashing some of my monsters. I had a lot of fun designing them. I'm also very curious to see what the party decides to do once this battle is over.
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Well... there's Lovecraft in the world. How often the players interact with it will be determined by their actions once the opening sequence (which involves some Lovecraftian events and monsters) is finished.
I've been posting archives here. Not too much has happened so far.
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