Does anyone here read his work? I've got most of his short stories (that I know of) in collected works, and find him to be pretty good at inciting a slow creeping horror. Though sometimes he does get a little too involved in some details that you might find yourself skimming over to get to the meaty parts. "At the Mountains of Madness" comes to mind, skipped about thirty to fifty pages, but it's really really long so you can afford to miss a few details. I lived near the mountains when I was reading that one and it gave me a little bit of an odd feeling tramping around in the hills by myself if I thought about it too much.

There was another one whose name I can't remember, but it had me kind of tripping out for a while, and suddenly my one bedroom apartment seemed very uninviting for a few days after. But then, I've got a bit of an overactive imagination.

If you like hold school horror stories, I recommend his work. Some really vile concepts make you wonder if the author was a brilliant master of understanding the human psyche or a genuine psychopath (not that I suppose there's a lot of difference there).

I've thought of reading it when I read about the Cthulhu mythos in my D&D book Unearthed Arcana. I haven't had much time though since I've got to read a load of books for my exams. Maybe I'll pick up some later.

I love H.P. LOvecraft! I have all his works and "At the Mountains of Madness" is one of my top 5 stories by him. My favorite, though, is "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath." This ain't no R.A. Salvatore candy fluff.

H.P. Lovecraft is an amazing author. He was genuinely talented, and I was terribly impressed with several of the things he wrote...they instilled in me, without me even noticing at first, a deep and profound terror of the unknown.

Which I thank the man for! RIP!

Aye! Yes, Ilander, he most definitely makes the unknown a bit more fearsome. Plus his habit of invoking all things squishy, squidgy, and loathsome... man things like that just give me the shivers. That, and dolls. I bloody hate dolls.

Anyone felt inspired to write anything after reading Lovecraft? I made a few attempts myself, one of which (unfinished) I thought was a rather good beginner's attempt. (Naturally using my hated foe, the alaskan native doll made of leather and hair, as an evil influence.)

Oh, that reminds me, anyone ever heard any yup'ik (alaskan natives in SW alaska) ghost stories? Wonderful campfire stories.... (I know, off topic, but if there's any interest I can start a separate thread.)