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Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror

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H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.

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The origin and "core" of the Mythos start of course with the collection 23 of Lovecraft’s greatest weird tales. In these stories, monstrous entities traverse the gulfs of time and space and humankind cowers in fright at the havoc they wreak.

Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos - (Suggested Reading Order)

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EXTRA - The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales by H.P. Lovecraft from Barnes & Noble

Mythos Anthologies

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[–] funnystuff97@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And beyond this, there are plenty of Cthulhu-adjacent stories not authored by HPL that are fantastic reads as well. The Lovecraft wiki has some good examples and a nice diagram for what is colloquially deemed "canon", if someone reminds me, I can link it here if so desired.

I've been reading a collection of Innsmouth-related stories in a compilation aptly named "Shadows Over Innsmouth", very great stuff. I can't say it exactly emulates the Innsmouth feel, but I'm still loving what I'm reading so far. I do recommend it.

[–] NegentropicMan@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the SRO and the links, I greatly appreciate that. Do you have any proposal how to continue afterwards?