An eldritch day to you all!

[eldritchhobbit]

Happy birthday to amygrech, with best wishes for many happy returns of the day!


On this day in 1890, H.P. Lovecraft was born.

Here are a few Lovecraftian links of mine, for those of you new to my blog, or those who wish to revisit them:
* My Photo Tour of Lovecraft's Providence
* "The New Shoggoth Chic: Why H.P. Lovecraft Now?"
* Neil Gaiman's Lovecraftian Works

Some of my favorite Lovecraft sites include the following:
* The H.P. Lovecraft Archive
* Index of The Works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft
* H.P. Lovecraft’s Library
* The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
* "H.P. Lovecraft" by S.T. Joshi

"We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight."
- H.P. Lovecraft, "From Beyond"

Comments

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

If you like audio fiction, you might try this out. I give a brief 15-minute introduction to Lovecraft, and then there's a dramatic reading of one of his best Poe-esque stories, "The Rats in the Walls."

I quite like "The Colour Out of Space" (which is either purely psychological or science fiction, depending on how you look at it) and The Shadow Over Innsmouth" (ditto - this may be my favorite HPL story, but I waver) as starting points. I hope this helps! :)

[cookiefleck.livejournal.com]

I'm not really an audio kind of person when it comes to fiction, but I'll bookmark your intro and if I like Lovecraft I will come back and listen to it. In the meantime, I'll hit up the library for your other recs. Thanks! (ETA - oops, just noticed you gave me LINKS. *headdesk* Thanks again.)

Speaking of audio, I got my CD of Leviathan 99 in the mail today. Whether I ever listen to it or whether it sits on the shelf as a mememto of that day remains to be seen. ;o)

p.s. Hope you are feeling a bit better than earlier this week!