"I read the Call of Cthulhu and I didn't think it was that great."Lovecraft's work is an acquired taste. He doesn't often explain it for the reader; you are left to decide many things yourself. His stories often involve the shattering of comfort and security one feels in the modern world. Wikipedia sums it up nicely:"Lovecraftian horror is a sub-genre of horror fiction which emphasizes the psychological horror of the unknown (in some cases, unknowable) over gore or other elements of shock, though these may still be present."<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror</a>He has numerous short stories. I would take thirty minutes, here and there, to read some of them. Lovecraft considered "The Colour Out of Space" to be his best story.<a class="user" href="http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thecolouroutofspace.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/the ...</a>
@ScenicAnemiaIf you were valedictorian in this mythical graduation, your speech should be "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" and then just walk off the stage.
megabassistJun 21, 2010
Crap...that cake it going to take over for 10,000 years.
kooftJun 21, 2010
"I read the Call of Cthulhu and I didn't think it was that great."Lovecraft's work is an acquired taste. He doesn't often explain it for the reader; you are left to decide many things yourself. His stories often involve the shattering of comfort and security one feels in the modern world. Wikipedia sums it up nicely:"Lovecraftian horror is a sub-genre of horror fiction which emphasizes the psychological horror of the unknown (in some cases, unknowable) over gore or other elements of shock, though these may still be present."<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror</a>He has numerous short stories. I would take thirty minutes, here and there, to read some of them. Lovecraft considered "The Colour Out of Space" to be his best story.<a class="user" href="http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thecolouroutofspace.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/the ...</a>
zachapiJun 21, 2010
I was just thinking the same thing.
greatgatJun 21, 2010
@ScenicAnemiaIf you were valedictorian in this mythical graduation, your speech should be "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" and then just walk off the stage.
attackgypsyJun 21, 2010
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
mstachiwJun 21, 2010
I'm graduating.... into madness!
portables0nJun 21, 2010
That Cake Boss is twisted