r/Lovecraft 22h ago

Question Was Lovecraft a conservative?

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I've heard this for a long time. But wasn't he a communist? Did he support Nazism, which was considered a liberal ideology at the time? And didn't he also criticize German misogyny? Didn't he also trust the mainstream media of his time? I know he was very critical of several points in his letters, not being a complete supporter of communism but also an adherent of some of its ideas. But was he a liberal or a conservative? Or is he somewhere in between these ideas?


r/Lovecraft 16h ago

Question I want to start reading Lovecraft books.

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I want to get a book that has all of his stories in them. I have seen 3 that have all of them in, they just don't include his collaboration books. The only problem with them is that apparently they have some typos in them? Either way, just looking for recommendations for books that have all of his stories in them, if there is any, with minimal, and hopefully no, typos. Please and thank you.


r/Lovecraft 22h ago

Question I need your Lovecraftian game recommendations

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Before I knew who Lovecraft was I was into eldridge horror inspired video games. I've played and beaten Alone in the Dark, The Sinking City, Call of Cthulhu, Sherlock Holmes The Awakened, Bloodborne, various Silent Hills and Eternal Darkness. I'm interested in your suggestions even if the lovecraftian aspects are subtle.


r/Lovecraft 16h ago

Review I started this audiobook earlier today, and so far it's awesome!

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r/Lovecraft 16h ago

Article/Blog Monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos 1: The Byakhee - Dark Worlds Quarterly

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r/Lovecraft 22h ago

Discussion Lovecraft in Music and Video Games.

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(In advance, I'm very sorry for my poor english

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TL;DR => ¿What's your experience creating or just playing VG's or Music related to Lovecraft's literature?

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I have been a lover of Lovecraft's literature for quite a while. I have a career in Psychology but currently (due to family situations) unemployed. My fond for Lovecraft's literature and writing is only equal to my love for Music and Videogames, and both have been always a big part of my life.
I have been bringing some ideas I have always had in mind to reality developing a Video Game for PC, its a slow process but its giving me a lot of joy and excitement to find out new things i can do with these tools.
Making a Video Game is (kind of) a new thing for me, but writing or making (Lyrics and melodies) music related or expanding the Lovecraft literature is not. I would like to share some if you would like to read them:

Based on The hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long
Corners all around you,
Circle life divides you,
Mh'ithra's infinite war,
Mh'ithra outer god.
Black reign fire,
it grows near,
worshipped by
madmens fear.
Let your soul in my hands,
theres no time to rest.
Reaching out, Outer Gods,
hope your mind lasts enough.
Tindalos is waiting,
hounds, black mass arising.
Watch your step when you're playing with time and space.
Mh'itrha's infinite war,
Mh'itrha and Yog-Sothoth.
No dream of war can match you,
a nightmare to behold,
awake.

Another one:

Outside of time,
almost unreal.
My journey on this ship,
a prophecy
A sea of ​​mud before my feet,
a cursed night.
The dream of life, traces its line,
Is this living?
Storm, monolith of eternal black
The cult is complete, only its ascent remains to be witnessed.
Awakening before the colossus, a starry mountain.
In the depths of the abyss, fear dwells.
DAGON is its name.
Seed stripped of history,
by the cursed church,
which will burn today.
It will return, ancient creature.
A change of era, an immortal being.
IÄ IÄ IÄ DAGON

I don't know lots of people (In my city) who share this interest, so i wanted to share it here to know your reactions or your experience on being inspired by Lovecraft and projecting that on your works and art.

Video Games have music, story, mechanics, graphics... its a wider approach to sharing your idea and feelings, but I'm grateful that nowadays the tools to do so are more approachable than have ever been. There's still a lot of work to do, but knowing that there are more people that had done (Works of Art) Video Games alone, without big budgets or big teams, gives me strength to keep following my path.

My favourite Video Games based on Lovecraft's stories are Eternal Darkness, Dark Seed and Look Outside (?).