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H.P. Lovecraft (lemmy.ml)

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What are everyone's opinions on HP Lovecraft? I'm trying to read at the mountains of madness but I'll read a few pages and realise I have no idea what I have just read and have to read it again. Really enjoyed The Tomb but cant seem to take in any of his other works!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lovecraft wrote archaically even for his own time. He had some really interesting ideas, which is why his mythos has been used as a basis by so many other authors, but he wasn't a very good writer in a technical sense. I really enjoyed his short stories as a teenager, but nowadays I prefer seeing what IMO more talented authors can do with the mythos.