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>nameless
>blasphemous
>hideous
>inconceivable
>unfathomable
>half remembered
>brooding
>cosmic
>non-euclidean
>singular
>undimensioned
>tenebrous

>> No.15913687

>>15913677
don't forget
>nigger

>> No.15913811

>>15913677
You forgot squamous, fag

>> No.15914134
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15914134

You forgot squamous BLM supporter

>> No.15914152

>>15914134
>Tfw Joyce would never ever talk to a reactionary and mythologically cucked cretin like HPL
Fuck you for the fake letter.

>> No.15914158

>>15913677
He's so overrated

>> No.15914173

>>15913677
can you name another story remotely as interesting as Mountains of Madness of that sort of genre?

>> No.15914180

>>15914152
fuck you for not believing in my fake letter

>> No.15914185

aahhhhhhhhh niggerman help me, Im going insane!!!!!!!

>> No.15914189

>>15914173
Weird fiction or just horror?

Some horror to check out is Ligotti
Some weird fiction idk, other anon always suggest Mieville or HPL's contemporaries

>> No.15914260

>>15914189
I'm not sure if it's even horror, I don't know what to call it, maybe scifi/fantasy? I read a couple books by William Hope Hodgson because Lovecraft praised him, and they were probably closer than anything else I've heard of, though I much preferred At the Mountains to either of them.

>> No.15914577

>>15914173
Shadow out of time

>> No.15914598

>>15914577
>After twenty-two years of nightmare and terror, saved only by a desperate conviction of the mythical source of certain impressions, I am unwilling to vouch for the truth of that which I think I found in Western Australia on the night of July 17–18, 1935
fucking lol, he just cannot help himself. Looks good though thanks

>> No.15914826

>>15913677
>forgets eldritch
unhallowed and cyclopean cringe

>> No.15914970
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>>15914134
>If only we had left them alone, the white man would be free to roam the stars.
>I FACKIN' LOVE OUTER SPACE!!!

>> No.15915387

>>15914970
?

>> No.15915400

People who whine about HPL don't even like horror or weird fiction

>> No.15915540

>>15915400
Yes, and?

>> No.15915574

the most based author

>> No.15915578

>>15913677
>>15914134
I could kill this man in one strike. That's all it would take.

>> No.15915586

>>15915400
>NOOO DON'T LOOK DOWN ON MY HECKIN' MONSTERINOS!!!

>> No.15915589

>>15915540
You come with shit takes because you can't constructively or incisively critique horror, there's nothing gained for anyone involved

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>>15915586
Unironically yes. Cathedrals wouldn't have gargoyles and hell wouldn't have any demons if it wasn't for horrorists

>> No.15915632

>>15915589
As if to imply you could even hope to garner a defense to the accusations of horror being lowbrow.

>> No.15915686

>>15915621
>muh gothic architecture
>implying demons have physical form

>> No.15915723

reading this faggot helped me crush the GREs
i swear they based their english section (or whatever section it was) on what they found in his books

>> No.15915729

>>15915621
>horrorist
wtf did he mean by this

>> No.15915792

>>15915400
Horror is sinful.

>> No.15915814

>>15915578
>Nigger's first thought when offended is to punch and kill

Wow, I guess Lovecraft was right, you are just a bunch of violent subhuman apes.

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>>15915632
The height of horror is probably reached by Goya and I don't think he's particularly lowbrow. Poe makes a fairly strong case for written horror and even Henry James did The Turn of the Screw. Also my engagement with the genre isn't a deliberate attempt at scoring a particular amount of status points, it just resonates with me. To even begin to understand what Lovecraft does well you must first see him in the proper context
>>15915686
>muh gothic architecture
Not an argument
>implying demons have physical form
Brush up on your demonology and broaden your perspective
>>15915729
To you, horror is just a spice. You see a scary movie or you enjoy some Halloween decorations. To some people it's serious business

>> No.15915839

>>15915814
I can kill you in one strike too.

>> No.15915848

>>15915792
Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

>> No.15915867

>>15915819
>Brush up on your demonology and broaden your perspective
cringe schizo

>> No.15915954

>>15915819
>The height of horror is probably reached by Goya and I don't think he's particularly lowbrow.
No, but I'm not particularly impressed with any of the romantics save for a few.
>Poe makes a fairly strong case for written horror
See above. I despise all of his poetry though I never gave his short stories a shot.
>and even Henry James did The Turn of the Screw.
Another fucking Romantic?
>lso my engagement with the genre isn't a deliberate attempt at scoring a particular amount of status points, it just resonates with me.
So why did you start acting inflammatory when I disagreed with you?
>To even begin to understand what Lovecraft does well you must first see him in the proper context
I see Lovecraft as a forgettable mediocrity.

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>>15915839
>I can kill you in one strike too.

Sure thing, Kang

>> No.15916083

>>15915954
>No, but I'm not particularly impressed with any of the romantics save for a few.
Too bad they couldn't impress you, I'm sure they're devastated
>Another fucking Romantic?
As opposed to what?
>So why did you start acting inflammatory when I disagreed with you?
I said
>you can't constructively or incisively critique horror
and that was just me trying to inform you on why your opinion is useless. You don't understand the purpose, the mechanics or the structure. You don't fundamentally understand Hitchcock and your input is not useful for attaining a deeper understanding of the work.
>I see Lovecraft as a forgettable mediocrity.
Because you don't understand horror, he's a bigger figure than Poe and he'll grow bigger

>> No.15916254

>>15916083
I'm not going to reply to you again if you can't demonstrate even a little bit of self-restraint over rapid-firing rebuttals to arguments I did not make.

>> No.15916336

>>15914826
>cyclopean
This is so fucking overused by him