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Originally Posted by sepulchre
I'm usually reading 2 or 3 books, one of which is almost always a reread of an H.P. Lovecraft volume - any of them will do, I love them all.
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LoveCraft RULES: "The Dunwich Horror"... & others!
* I was "turned on" to H.P. Lovecraft by an old neighbor of mine, Fred, & the ENTIRE series of them (the ones set in New England) & though written in a sort of "archaic english" language, you get used to it, pretty fast!
PLUS, the way lovecraft could & would describe places (like alternate dimensions his characters travelled thru, & their civilizations, etc. even down to the architectures being described)? Hey - Nobody else to date in MY experience @ least, could touch his abilities, there...
You felt like YOU were really there!
Iirc, isn't HE one of Stephen King's "heroes"?
APK
P.S.=> One of my FAV all-time "Cult Classic" films, iirc, is based on his work... "FROM BEYOND"... bit lame by today's standards, but if you like Sci-Fi?? A MUST SEE! Why... well, a quote from it:
"Now you can TRULY see..." apk
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Last edited by APK; Jun 3, 2008 at 11:22am.
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