HP Lovecraft fans?

Hmm, I've now learned the roof of the building I live in is a gambrel roof. Fortunatly, there are no unusual angles for me to worry about.

My grandparents' old house is another matter though. *shudder*
 
According to a news item at C.H.U.D.
www.chud.com Ron Howard is planning on directing a film based on the Lovecraft Mythos.:jaw-dropp:jaw-dropp:jaw-dropp.

I can see it now "How Cthulhu Stole Christmas".
 
cj.23 said:
It was the name of one of HPL's own much loved cats. I nearly called Crowley that but was reminded by then girlfriend it might cause offence.

cj x
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From one subject to another. Lovecraft started with poetry. Something that you can tell when reading the passages where he simply lets himself go. It's not just random expressions of madness. It got pace and rhythm. See my signature, for instance.
 
Since some people in here have played it I'd figure I'd go ahead and ask. Does anybody know a website or program that I could download that would allow me to play CoC over the internet? I've attempted to get some friends together to play but there is literally no one here into RPGs.

That said I'm a huge H.P. Lovecraft fan. Someone posted a link earlier to a very good collection of his works and I've resolved to sit down and read all of them, including the one's I've already read. :D
 
I've run CoC using MSN Messenger, but a chat room might work. There are some programmes designed to do this, asking the question at www.rpg.net/forums best place. You might also want to check out http://www.yog-sothoth.com/

Some sad news. "Doc" Keith Herber died about ten days back. He was well known in the HPL community, and was author of a number of Chaosium Cthulhu supplements (especially Fungi From Yuggoth aka Day of the Beast), and the Miskatonic Valley series. Like most writers in Cthulhu circles he struggled to get paid by some companies, and his family are now struggling too. In that spirit -- if any of you knew the man or his work - http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-03-14.8857145180 is a great cause. The obituary is here http://www.legacy.com/theledger/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=125208040

cj x
 
arthwollipot said:
OK, seriously. I'm a fan. I've loved his work for many years. I think The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward is probably my favourite, partially for the actual story, and partly because of the vivid descriptions of the location (although for the life of me I still don't know what a "gambrel roof" looks like).
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Arth, have you seen the film, The Resurrected with Chris Sarandon? Based on "Ward", IMO, it's the single best Lovecraft adaptation around. It's not flawless, but very well done, especially the laboratory/catacomb scenes.

About once a year I read through the entire collection of stories. I never grow tired of rereading his stuff. My favorites are
"The Shunned House"
"The Music of Eric Zann"
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth"
"Cool Air"
"The Colour Out of Space"
"The Whisperer in Darkness"
"The Dunwich Horror"
"The Festival"
 
cj.23 said:
I've run CoC using MSN Messenger, but a chat room might work. There are some programmes designed to do this, asking the question at www.rpg.net/forums best place. You might also want to check out http://www.yog-sothoth.com/
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Thanks for the info CJ, your rpg.net link didn't work though. I'll check out yog-sothoth but I've sent out some invites to friends for playing an MSN or chatroom game of CoC. :)
 
cj.23 said:
I've run CoC using MSN Messenger, but a chat room might work. There are some programmes designed to do this, asking the question at www.rpg.net/forums best place. You might also want to check out http://www.yog-sothoth.com/

Some sad news. "Doc" Keith Herber died about ten days back. He was well known in the HPL community, and was author of a number of Chaosium Cthulhu supplements (especially Fungi From Yuggoth aka Day of the Beast), and the Miskatonic Valley series. Like most writers in Cthulhu circles he struggled to get paid by some companies, and his family are now struggling too. In that spirit -- if any of you knew the man or his work - http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2009-03-14.8857145180 is a great cause. The obituary is here http://www.legacy.com/theledger/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=125208040

cj x
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Sad news indeed. I was lucky enough to meet him briefly at a con some years back.
 
I remember reading a lot of Lovecraft's stuff in high school, some friends who I played d&d with back then were all over it and as soon as I started reading it I was hooked on the darker side of literature.

Some may cry sacrilege, but I also very much enjoyed Brian Lumley's mythos related stuff. Titus Crow, Clock of Dreams, Ithaqua the Wind-Walker, Dreamland and Primal Land stuff, Dagon's Bell etc.
 
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