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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1990047" data-attributes="member: 2205">Yeah, true.&nbsp; But Lovecraft himself was a horror writer, and even saw himself as such (ever read his essay on the writing of horror fiction?)&nbsp; There's no denying that he's been highly influential, even to me.&nbsp; As I've said earlier, he had brilliant ideas.&nbsp; That's probably my own personal greatest weakness; I don't often have great, original ideas.As for considering his work from the perspective of a weird tale or fantastic literature writer, that's exactly why I prefer &quot;The DreamQuest&quot; to anything else he ever wrote.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I should perhaps clarify; the fact that I've said Lovecraft had some failings as a horror writer shouldn't be taken to indicate that I'm not a fan of much of his work, or that I'm painting everything he wrote as inferior.&nbsp; I've been a Lovecraft fan for probably close to 20 years, and some of his work is really good.&nbsp; Some of his ideas are downright brilliant.&nbsp; &quot;The Case of Charles Dexter Ward&quot; is, actually, a pretty disturbing bit of horror fiction.For those of you who are really big fans of Lovecraft's work; what exactly do you consider to be his strong points?&nbsp; Cthulhu's Librarian, for example, recommended some collections; I'd love to see some specific story recommendations, and why you like them, for instance.&nbsp; Although, perhaps, that does indeed go beyond the scope of the thread at bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 1990047, member: 2205"] Yeah, true. But Lovecraft himself was a horror writer, and even saw himself as such (ever read his essay on the writing of horror fiction?) There's no denying that he's been highly influential, even to me. As I've said earlier, he had brilliant ideas. That's probably my own personal greatest weakness; I don't often have great, original ideas. As for considering his work from the perspective of a weird tale or fantastic literature writer, that's exactly why I prefer "The DreamQuest" to anything else he ever wrote. :) I should perhaps clarify; the fact that I've said Lovecraft had some failings as a horror writer shouldn't be taken to indicate that I'm not a fan of much of his work, or that I'm painting everything he wrote as inferior. I've been a Lovecraft fan for probably close to 20 years, and some of his work is really good. Some of his [b]ideas[/b] are downright brilliant. "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" is, actually, a pretty disturbing bit of horror fiction. For those of you who are really big fans of Lovecraft's work; what exactly do you consider to be his strong points? Cthulhu's Librarian, for example, recommended some collections; I'd love to see some specific story recommendations, and why you like them, for instance. Although, perhaps, that does indeed go beyond the scope of the thread at bit. [/QUOTE]

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