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I just recently got into this stuff too. Besides Lovecraft I've enjoyed William Hope Hodgeson, Lord Dunsany, and Clark Ashton Smith for this sort of writing.
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MockingQuantum posted:For those interested in reading some Thomas Ligotti, one of his short stories (I'm told it's one of his best) can be found here: http://www.ligotti.net/showthread.php?t=433 Thanks for that link. Has anyone ever read House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgeson? There's a really good audiobook version of it out there and I found that story really enjoyable and actually a little scary. It probably had a lot to do with listening to it in the dark at 2am with rain outside though. There's a lot of good Lovecraft stuff in audio format too. Some of the Librivox readers make me want to stab my eardrums out though. I know it's a volunteer thing but I wish people didn't use it as an opportunity to practice their English. Lovecraft stories rely a lot on creating an atmosphere and it's ruined by people mangling the names or reading in some inappropriate tone. There's this guy who reads Clark Ashton Smith stuff and constantly mispronounces semi-archaic words left and right.
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Jan 21, 2012 19:46
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Evfedu posted:This is a really good recommendation. I definitely agree that the best part is the dread and knowledge of evil acts going on somewhere out there. I really liked the Horror at Red Hook by Lovecraft for this kind of thing. Where you hear noises coming from a place and know there's a cult out there having rituals but you aren't there to see it happen. You investigate the aftermath. awesome.
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Jan 22, 2012 22:05
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Kerbtree posted:If you're having trouble reading HPL, how about listening? Man I thought this was possibly the best thing ever when I thought it was professional sounding readings of all the stories so I downloaded like 30 episodes and then realized that only like 8 stories were straight readings. The rest are just snippets of story then 2 guys bantering about the story. My excitement plummeted through the floor. I guess it's not so bad a thing in and of itself but it could have been a treasure if they just had full readings with no banter.
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Jan 23, 2012 22:31
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I love the old timey language. I sometimes put on audiobooks of Lovecraft stories to fall asleep at night.
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