Honestly I'm not a big Lovecraft guy. Like I read synopses of his stories and impressionable nerds being driven mad by wacky weirdo shit seems like extremely my thing, but reading actual stories is like pulling teeth. Maybe he was just that bad of a writer or maybe I don't know English well enough to enjoy his verbose nerdy prose...

The tweet in question .

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      I'd say the only exceptions to that are his Dream Cycle and maybe the Shadow out of time. The latter of course was after he came out of his chuddery, what with the aliens being clearly fash.

      • Thebestposter [she/her,they/them]
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        2 years ago

        In innsmouth the main character lives a solitary scholarly existence and is obsessed with racism until he finds purpose and belonging with the people he once shunned. He definitely did not intend it, but the actual text is pretty much a refutation of his own racism.

        • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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          2 years ago

          For real, Dream Quest of Unknown-Kaddath is by far my favorite of his works and I feel like no one talks about it

          • Anemasta [any]
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            2 years ago

            Interesting. This was the story I had in mind when I wrote "cool premise - a chore to read."