Ot-This LoveCraft Dude

[JaydedOne]

Dunwich Horror and Others seconded. It's the best introduction collection to his wor and contains numerous classics. There's also a fourth Arkham collection that's worth a look called The Horror in the Museum which rounds out the Lovecraft books. However, that book consists of works that Lovecraft "edited" or ghost-wrote for others, oftentimes revising to such an extent that the stories were more his than theirs in the end. However, they -are- ultimately collaborations and therefore not "pure" Lovecraft.

[Lasu]

Teraswaerto should have already posted in this thread since his sig is Lovecraft's text

Teraswaerto, where are youuuuu?

[FAJ]

Shadow Over Innsmouth
At The Mountains of Madness
The Dunwich Horror
Dagon
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
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his best IMO

[Teraswaerto]

Lasu said:
Teraswaerto should have already posted in this thread since his sig is Lovecraft's text

Teraswaerto, where are youuuuu?

You called?

I recommend getting the 3 Lovecraft Omnibuses with introductions by Derleth:
1. At the Mountains of Madness
2. Dagon and Other Macabre Tales
3. The Haunter of the Dark

They have (to my knowledge) pretty much everything.

If I had to name Lovecrafts best, the following would be on the list (along with others I can't remember just now ):

The Colour Out of Space
The Rats in the Walls
The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Festival

[Nick_K]

Ah, I'd forgotten about the festival! I was trying to think of my favourites but I haven't had a chance to read them for years now... That story is creepy!

I've read the books Teraswaerto recommends and I belive that they cover most if not all of Lovecraft's prose.
Lovecraft encouraged other writers to make use of his 'Cthulhu mythos' as a setting for stories. There is lots of stuff set in Lovecraft's universe that was written by other authors. I don't know whether these have provided inspiration for any elements in Dominions.

There's lot's of non-Lovecraft Cthulhu-mythos stuff that I haven't read. The main one that I have read is the fantasy masterworks series edition of the works of Clark Ashton-Smith. This includes several stories that are clearly set in the Cthulhu mythos and actually introduces some entities that Lovecraft later mentioned in his work. Clark Ashton-Smith's work has more of a fantasy rather than a horror feel to it. I like both genres and I heartily recommend both authors.

As for Lovecraft's work, some of his longer stories are quite obvious influences on Dominions. In particular I'd recommend 'The call of Cthulhu' and 'The shadow over Innsmouth'.
I actually found shorter works like 'The festival', 'The temple' and 'The rats in the walls' to be scarier but the longer ones are just as enjoyable.

[AMF]

And here, for a slightly more humorous lovecraftian take:

http://accordionguy.blogware.com/blo...8/1425558.html

[Abalieno]

The chronological order is the best way to read Lovecraft.

Or you would miss masterpieces like "The Outsider". Even if the best stuff he wrote aren't his stories, but his letters.

[HoneyBadger]

If you're looking for something along the lines of Lovecraft but a little different, you might consider William Hope Hodgson. He wrote, in the early 20th century, some of the most original fantasy/science fiction/horror. Definitely weird, distinctly Lovecraftian in flavor but at the same time unique. I'd love to be able to figure out how to mod it, but I honestly have no clue as to where to begin producing a mod for Dom 3 based on William Hope Hodgson. Still, some great ideas here, in particular stationary pretenders, of which Nightlands and the sequil offers atleast 8.