Why You Should Read: H.P. Lovecraft (Spoiler-Free)

Mike talks about how he first fell in love with the writings of H.P. Lovecraft as a teenager and why he think it is important that people continue to read his works...including you.

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[mikesbookreviews]

Hey guys! Yes, more horror. In fact, THE horror. I'll keep talking about these things until you guys submit to my sales pitches! Have a great day.

[alexandresobreiramartins]

"How many classics are banned from your school library" is such a sign of barbarism and cultural decadence that it makes me shudder with horror.

[stoneyfoot]

Been reading Lovecraft since the 1970s and keep going back: The Color Out of Space, Rats in the Walls, At the Mountains of Madness... he could evoke the mood of horror and dread like no other.

[Devin_Davis]

This is crazy! I had lovecraft on my to read list and then this video popped up. I guess it was meant to be lol.

[justinecooper]

The definitive "The Call of Cthulhu" movie is the adaptation by the HP Lovecraft Historical Society. Very low budget, black and white, silent, must see.

[ericmerrell]

The scan of your bookshelves at the beginning of your videos makes me think we'd get along. Also, the music and brief reading at the beginning of this video was great. Got you another subscriber with that alone

[lorec]

Being minority I understand a person's apprehension toward Lovecraft due to his xenophobia. But with that being said one can not discount the mind of a Genius. And to me Lovecraft was a purveyor of dread. His first person narrative short story style is overly descriptive and compact and are written in a unique character perspective that they have garnered their own reference. Lovecraftian. His influence among horror reading fans is undeniable and should be recognized among the truly greats. He was a man of his times and a great many of his stories tend to reflect that as well. But no one can dispute the amount of writers this man has inspired of all colors and creed. He has touched the psychology of American Pop Culture and left an indelible mark upon it. To this day I can not look at an octopus and not think of Cthulhu and I am in my 50s. I read Lovecraft when I was a child and to this day am still an admirer of his work. He was by no means perfect, no one ever is, but he had a perfect madness that he shared with the world. And to this day we are all still touched and haunted by it.

[jdauby]

My 1st encounter with H.P. Lovecraft was Colour out of Space in a Lovecraft collection in the 4th grade reading section in my Catholic school library when I was 10. They seriously had no idea.

[DiegoB]

I love that you're very passionate, and it shows when you talk about most topics/books - especially here! Awesome channel, I'm glad I found you awhile back ! 😊

[bookfantastic]

My favorites still are probably Robert E. Howard, Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith.All brilliant storytellers as well as literary stylists. Musical writing.

[turtleanton]

If you like H.P and King try Mangas by Junji Ito. Short stories collection Shiver and Smashed and Longstory Uzumaki.

[mikeprendergast]

Good evening Mike. I've recently found your Youtube page and I must say I find you quite a fresh breath of air in book reviewers. I am glad that I have found a true Stephen King fan. I watched your post on Lovecraft and found it absolutely fascinating. I haven't read Lovecraft in years but after watching this I have ordered online a back catalogue of Lovecraft's works. I am writing in the comment section hoping you will read it but I would just love a Lovecraft top ten or just some more videos on Lovecraft. Thanks again for doing such a sterling job reviewing, keep up the good work 👍

[MrTofy]

I also have the Necronomicon collection and have read a couple of his stories....I got this book because as a King fan I heard Lovecraft was an inspiration to Stephen fact that these stories are 25 - 30 pages makes it a great quick honestly some of these stories I can't read at night cause they're so freaky 👍📚

[auhsojonalos]

I have his complete works but I have yet to read them. This inspired me. Thanks, Mike!

[barbaramerrywell]

Been reading Lovecraft since the last half of the 1940's. Never get tired of his writing.

[АсенКостовски]

Lovecraft creates an amazing atmosphere, we want more videos about him. Is there an author who creates such an atmosphere ? greetings from Bulgaria.

[OnyxSkiesXIX]

First, I feel like Lovecraft is a great bridge between horror and fantasy because many of his stories have lots of fantasy elements. For example, his Dream Cycle stories are largely fantasy in many ways. Also, a decade or so ago, Del Toro was trying to make a big budget At the Mountains of Madness movie and every time I think about that fact and that it never happened I get so bummed out.

[robertphillips]

I just don't see any hate in HP Lovecraft for his fellow man. Shame, yes. Confusion. Most definitely. Fear, oh yeah. But hate? When he looked down people, it mostly seemed to be in regards to their lack of education making them "lesser" in the opinion of a man who was intensely intellectual and obsessed with self-improvement, but I can't imagine him as being intentionally rude to another person. He was never noted as being mean spirited, insulting, or violent by anyone. None of his fans, some of whom were of ethinicity's he felt were contemptuous of intellectuals, ever brought forth any letters wherein he was bullying or acting superior to anyone. If anything, he felt there was something terribly wrong with him and was desperate to understand why he felt so alien among those that should be his peers and "kind". He felt Welsh people were half-breeds and even depicted himself as a fish/human hybrid in his works, despite being Welsh; all because he had believed himself of English heritage for much of his life.

[robpaul]

Say one thing about H.P. Lovecraft, say that the man knew fear..
Haven't read that much by the man himself, largely because I don't really like short stories . What I've read though was very good.
And I am a big fan of his legacy, the Cthulhu mythos. I love playing the Call of Cthulhu rpg, Eldritch Horror board game, and many books inspired by him. There's a cool Sherlock Holmes Cthulhu series going.

So yeah, by all means keep the Lovecraft and horror coming 😎👍😱

[BasedGuitarist]

Have you seen The Empty Man (2020)? It’s a total Lovecraftian movie based on Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos, and it also has elements of At the Mountains of Madness at parts.