Originally Posted by Cheiron View Post
evlgt85: Just go to the library and buy any compilation book. Read which stories come with it, and see which you'd prefer to have. But its hard to say that one is better than another. Perhaps some reviews might help... sure you can get those at Amazon or something... whatever you prefer. I have a small one of about 12 stories. I might buy some more later. Which is annoying, since inevitably you end up paying for some stories twice. I bet some of his stories never made it into books, they might only be in mags like Weird Fiction.
Look up Lovecraft's Supernatural Horror in Literature essay. It's an excellent buying guide and much of that stuff can be found on Amazon. Be prepared for some intense reading as everything there is 75+ years old.
At the Mountains of Madness / Hour of the Wolf
An old man consents to a radio interview in which a number of terrible truths come out...
The Dunwich Horror
Have you seen the mad fires blazing from the ancient stone circles atop Sentinel Mountain...?
The Rats in the Walls
Beware, England. The last Delapore has come home.
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
How'd yew like to hear the howlin' night after night from the Esoteric Order o' Dagon hall an' know what unholy things is doin' part of the howlin?
And Paul I'm sure you also have the Lovecraft & Witch Stories album =d
I assume everyone has seen Re-Animator and From Beyond? If not, what are you waiting for???
Also, has anyone else read Thomas Ligotti? I only ever saw three books of his, but I'm pretty sure there are more on smaller presses. He's one of those, "If you like Lovecraft, you should try ... " authors. One of his story collections, Noctuary, contains several short stories that are only 2-3 pages in length and some of them gave me more heebie jeebies than many of Lovecraft's longer tales.
Ken