H.P. Lovecraft: The Cats of Ulthar

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Brian Link - 20 May 2006 07:55 GMT

I'm a big Lovecraft fan. If you haven't heard of him, he was a
pulp-fantasy writer of the early 20th century whose fame only grew
after his death. He's now regarded as a seminal horror/fantasy/sci-fi
giant in America.

I'd be grateful if someone could point out a compendium of fiction
revolving around cats - but failing that thought I'd post this.

(warning: utterly non-graphic but suggested cat-killing. Fortunately,
the cats get their revenge...)

http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thecatsofulthar.htm

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Charlie Wilkes - 21 May 2006 05:27 GMT

>I'm a big Lovecraft fan. If you haven't heard of him, he was a
>pulp-fantasy writer of the early 20th century whose fame only grew
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Far out, man! What an awesome web site. Gutenberg doesn't have
Lovecraft yet.

Have you seen "The Re-animator?" It's an 80s horror flick based on
Lovecraft's story by that name, and it's quite good. I remember the
tag line for the posters advertising the movie: "Herbert West has a
perfectly good head on his shoulders. And another one on his desk."

I have a book of reprints from Famous Fantastic Mysteries that
includes "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Music of Erich Zann." Someone
wrote a novel about 10 years ago called "Smilla's Sense of Snow" that
is inspired by "The Call of Cthulhu." It was a best seller but not
very good IMO.

Charlie

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Matthew aka NMR - 21 May 2006 05:28 GMT

>>I'm a big Lovecraft fan. If you haven't heard of him, he was a
>>pulp-fantasy writer of the early 20th century whose fame only grew
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Charlie I see you are a scif fi freak like me Seen almost all the movies
based on his series of writings

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Brian Link - 22 May 2006 01:00 GMT

>>>I'm a big Lovecraft fan. If you haven't heard of him, he was a
>>>pulp-fantasy writer of the early 20th century whose fame only grew
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>Charlie I see you are a scif fi freak like me Seen almost all the movies
>based on his series of writings

I always thought "The Mouth of Madness" was the best film adaptation
of a Lovecraft novel so far.

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>>>> I'm a big Lovecraft fan. If you haven't heard of him, he was a
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Dh has all of the Re-Animator movies on DVD, loves HP Lovecraft. Somewhere
I bought a Cthulu doll, like a Ty Beanie Baby, and he keeps it with his
Lovecraft collection, a first edition Necronomicon (for those of you that
don't know, here's an eBay listing for a second edition
http://cgi.ebay.com/Necronomicon-by-Simon-2nd-Edition-1980_W0QQitemZ4642035568QQ
categoryZ378QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
and a Necro moc-up used in RPGs.

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