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As soon as I see the word 'horror' and think about books my brain automatically goes to H.P. Lovecraft.

This book is a beast, ringing in at 850 pages so I won't be reading everything in it this month - but you best bet your favorite biscuits I'ma be hitting up a story or 2...or 3 or 10!

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@TheReadingMermaid

Best description of H.P. Lovecraft I have ever seen. Thank you, Glumshoe on Tumblr: " [...] actually reading Lovecraft is like taking a hike through a fascinating forest when suddenly a flock of birds start intentionally shitting on you. Sure, you see a cool landscape, [...] if not for the inescapable hailstorm of bird droppings [...]"

My “Ode to Lovecraft” painting that I‘m working on. Cthulhu is knocking 🦑🐙

“It wearied Carter to see how solemnly people tried to make earthly reality out of old myths which every step of their boasted science confuted.”

- The Silver Key

I found this gem at #BrattleBookshop in #Boston. I plan on memorizing the lyrics and singing them this winter solstice. 😂 #lovecraft #lovecraftian #solstice #carols #songbook #horror #humor #music

2/3 - The New Annotates H.P. lovecraft is another book to own in print. This book is CHUNKY! Full of history and background to go along side the stories that have helped define American horror and influence countless other writers. #bookstoowninprint #hplovecraft

For as long as I can remember I've enjoyed Mr. Lovecraft and his stories are masterfully creative, bizarre, and creepy. Everything I enjoy. But it took me twice as long to read this time. Because this book was The annotated version and never have I enjoyed him more. If you've never read an annotated version of a book try it out, it's really fun to read then take those little side trips reading the little notes. Hope you take a chance on this.

This Christmas I got this as an anonymous gift. I‘ve always loved Lovecraft but getting this is beyond awesome. To who ever sent this to me thank you so much my Heart is full of love and thanks.

Cthulu Statue, approx. 7.5 inches in height, Copyright © 2007 Corinne Crowe

Curating this collection, Leslie Klinger reveals HP Lovecraft through 22 selected stories, carefully compiled & complimented by Klinger's fantastic footnotes.

#DeckTheShelves #NaughtyCharacter

Does it really get any naughtier than the Great Old Ones? Cthulhu, Shoggoths, Mi-go, Nyarlathotep, Shub-Niggurath...take your pick. 💀😲💀
@Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

⚫️I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.⚫️ H.P. Lovecraft

Same here 🙋

#Cthulu #fantasy #horror #true #library #bibliothek #bookstore #books #quoteoftheday #bookishquote #reading #shelfie #bookshelf

Oh H.P., you weirdie. Decided to let my recent reading choices influence today's sartorial decisions. Shirt from #OutofPrintClothing #HPLovecraft #Lovecraft #CthulianHorrorPosingAsAYoungWoman

Great, great book!

Really enjoyable. Full color illustrations/photos in the hefty intro/forward, with a straight out, albeit brief, acknowledgment of Lovecraft's appalling racism/xenophobia/Antisemitism. Annotations confirm the facts in Lovecraft's stories, so I found them more like trivia rather than illustrating Lovecraft's influences/allusions (Klinger recommends Joshi for that).

This app was suggested to me, it has H.P Lovecraft's stories in ebook and audiobook format. When I started it I got this little message and immediately liked the app! "Cthulhu fhtagn"
Maybe I can finally make it through the New Annoted HP Lovecraft by listening to the audiobooks and later looking up the annotations and ask my Cthulhu plushie about his opinion.

Thinking I'm going to start with short fiction tonight for the #24in48 #readathon as I'm wicked exhausted.

In from the library, The New Annotated Lovecraft. I mostly know his work from popular culture, and given the handful of Lovecraft-inspired novels coming out, thought I'd go to the source. #libraryhaul

I am ashamed to admit that I have never read any HP Lovecraft. I am planning to remedy that next year. Suggestions on where to start? (Photo taken from kickstarter)

I don't read many #shortstories, but I got this a while back and managed to read 3 of them so far:
Dagon, The Statement of Randolph Carter and Beyond the Wall of Sleep.
But this book is so big and heavy I can not take it with me :(

Can not get more classic then the lord of the deep. Currently I'm on his side. #octphotochallenge #classiccharacter

This book might take a while to read. #booktober #Lovecraft

I think #MyBiggestBook is my B&N bound edition of five Charles Dickens novels (almost 1,500 pages). However it's high on a shelf and I was too lazy to get my step ladder. This is probably second in line. Lovecraft's stories are definitely problematic in many ways, but he had an incredible impact on weird fiction/horror. His imagination was fantastic! This annotated edition is a lot of fun to flip through. Great illustrations 😀