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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8500266" data-attributes="member: 4534">Most people have no idea who H.P. Lovecraft was.&nbsp; In my experience, people who know who Lovecraft was are usually horror/fantasy fans, gamers, or writers and a lot of them have probably never read one of his stories. But while Lovecraft is largely unknown, the product of his work does appear in the oddest places.&nbsp; The big guy himself, Cthulhu, has appeared more than once on South Park, Yog Sothoth was invoked by Harold in an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, the Necronomicon appeared in The Evil Dead, &quot;The Collect Call of Cthulhu&quot; was an episode of The Real Ghostbusters, mythos creatures are alluded to in a few Metallica songs, and referenced by the likes of Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman.I think the ubiquity of Lovecraft's work is because he had a profound influence on many writers.&nbsp; Which is the main reason is strikes me as silly to exclude him from any bibliography in a work that was clearly influenced by him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8500266, member: 4534"] Most people have no idea who H.P. Lovecraft was. In my experience, people who know who Lovecraft was are usually horror/fantasy fans, gamers, or writers and a lot of them have probably never read one of his stories. But while Lovecraft is largely unknown, the product of his work does appear in the oddest places. The big guy himself, Cthulhu, has appeared more than once on [I]South Park, [/I]Yog Sothoth was invoked by Harold in an episode of [I]The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy[/I], the Necronomicon appeared in [I]The Evil Dead, [/I]"The Collect Call of Cthulhu" was an episode of [I]The Real Ghostbusters, [/I]mythos creatures are alluded to in a few Metallica songs, and referenced by the likes of Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman. I think the ubiquity of Lovecraft's work is because he had a profound influence on many writers. Which is the main reason is strikes me as silly to exclude him from any bibliography in a work that was clearly influenced by him. [/QUOTE]

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