/lit/ - Literature

>>21713812
here is your genius bro

>recently purchased Lovecraft's complete works
>it's arranged chronologically
>so comfy reading his early work (late 20s) and seeing how his style and themes develop

>>20027478
>I don't know I liked them

What are his best stories?

How come HP Lovecraft was unable to get a job?

He was intelligent and literate, yet he only managed to find poorly-paid work as a ghost writer, editor and very briefly a letter stuffer, theatre ticket assistant and salesman.

What is considered his best work?

I've read The Outsider and Call of Cthulu recently, and although they were interesting I didn't sense they were all that great.

>>19688786
Good. I am glad it did.

Is anybody else truly grateful for pessimistic writers?

It is so comforting to know that there are others who fundamentally abhor life and articulate their loathing in such a way that their hatred produced a kind of beauty. I admit that I am a maladjusted, angry, socially retarded person but still, I am immensely grateful to those who have downplayed the value of conscience existence.

Is Houellebecq correct about Lovecraft's conception of horror being decisively influenced by his disdain for mischlings?

"Mixing," blurring into indistinctness, the triumph of entropy and chaos over form and order, are undeniable features of modernity, especially in the degenerate urban hellholes like New York that Lovecraft inhabited. Was he just a particularly perspicacious observer of this, and translator of it into literature? Are we really looking into a mirror when we look into Lovecraftian horror, seeing our own tranny mulatta face staring back at us?

Why do most good writers have distinct names?

I prefer husbandos, pic related. We'd have a great time writing to one another.

>>14680779
Excellent taste anon.

did he really love his craft? xD

also, why was this weird thumb head ass nigga so weird looking

How many hours in the day should I set aside just to read?

I want to start with Lovecraft's work despite of his racist issues and terrible fan base; something deep inside me, makes me that he was a great writer.

Should I start with At the Mountains of Madness or where?

UNFATHOMABLY DARK-COLORED INDIVIDUALS SMELLING SO HORRIBLE, SPEAKING IN UNINTELLIGIBLE UTTERANCES; AN ELDRITCH BLASHPHEMY OF FOREIGN ACCENTS AND SKIN COLORS. UNIMAGINABLE EBONICS OF SUPREMELY LOW INTELLIGENCE AND ABYSMAL SELF CONTROL. NAUTICAL-LOOKING NEGRO, OH DARK CREATURE FROM BEYOND THE SUBURBS, HORRIBE AND TWISTED MANIFESTATION OF THE URBAN DEPTHS, WHAT HELLISH UNNATURAL FORCE RELEASED THY SOUNDCLOUDIAN WRATH UPON MY RUGGED SOUL

Was he actually a great writer or was he down right garbage?

ITT: Writers with autism/aspergers

is hp lovecraft a meme?

Gentlemen, I am about to utter forth from my lips the forbidden dialogue, of which shan't be spoken.

I made it, guys.