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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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[โ€“] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

After reading all of HP Lovecraft out of curiosity, i learned he was a really bad writer.

He was just one of the first people to create this kind of horror.

I only ended up enjoying like 3 or 4 of his stories.

[โ€“] MattW03@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He was just one of the first people to create this kind of horror.

The same way Conan Doyle was just one of the first people creating detective stories. And yet today everyone knows of Sherlock Holmes.

[โ€“] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I liked Doyle a lot more than Lovecraft

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