Comment on Maybe Lovecraft wasn't as talented as people think?

Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I agree with most of that however The King in Yellow was made when he was around 5 years old. People sort of put it into the Lovecraft universe because of the themes but nope has 0 connection at least in its inception. The whole Lovecraft universe is sort of a hog podge of other's authors work as well who sort of expanded and formalized parts of it. Its honestly very cool what a group of authors can do when IPs and such aren't hoarded in a huge vault being left untouched until its economically advantageous to use.

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  • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The whole Lovecraft universe is sort of a hog podge of other's authors work as well who sort of expanded and formalized parts of it.

    It is a shame that the other authors are overlooked because it was an awesome collaboration.

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  • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I didnt want to mention August Derleth, and all those crazy chains of letters involved in the origin of the Lovecraftian Mythos. The King In Yellow is in the Dreamquest of Unknown Kaddath, if only briefly.

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• synae@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The witch and the rat is “Dreams in the witch house”, iirc. It was adapted into an episode of Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, worth checking out

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  • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thank you, I have his collection. I think its been like 10 years since I have read any of those. I should go back.

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• zeekaran@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Dunwich Horror is my favorite one.

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