• anonymous111@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Does anyone have any books to reccomend? I’ve read H.P. Lovecraft but don’t know of any other authors using the IP.

    • misericordiae@literature.cafeEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Uses Lovecraft IP:

      • The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle retells “The Horror at Red Hook”.
      • Clark Ashton Smith, who was friends with Lovecraft, wrote a lot of Cthulhu-related stuff.

      Strongly Lovecraft-inspired:

      • The Fisherman by John Langan gets recommended a lot.
      • Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard
      • B.P.R.D., the sister series to Hellboy, has a lot of Lovecraftian influence in certain story arcs, if you like comics.

      General cosmic horror/looser Lovecraftian vibes:

      • Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer is pretty different from the movie.
      • The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge
      • Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan
      • The Willows by Algernon Blackwood (free on Gutenberg )

      Obviously not an exhaustive list (there’s a lot I haven’t read yet!), but hopefully you’ll find something to get you started.