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Johannes Cabal: The Necromancer
Steampunk(?) Lovecraftian witty and sometimes very funny. I normally go for high fantasy but loved this series.
Can't go wrong with the old masters. Robert Bloch's Mythos writings, Clark Ashton Smith, Ramsey Cambell. I'd recommend all of them. Check out this book. I think it represents the best of "Lovecraftian" fiction. There are some Lovecraft stories in the book, but the other represented authors afford themselves quite well.
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos is a good anthology to start with. It has a ton of stories by different writers, including Lovecraft himself.
You can also find all of HPL's writing for free, as it is out of copyright. This is a good place to find them.
I haven't played the game, but I do have bound collections of ESO lore I got from Amazon.
Heres an amazon.ca link for them as well :)
I dont have the box set but I have book one; want to get the blue one next! You can also search on Amazon or Ebay for the collector’s edition books. I recently got the one from The Imperial Edition.
His collaborations / revisions / ghostwriting isn't included in almost any of the books that are labeled as "Complete Fiction". The cheapest option for them is this book:
Last year I was given this book set for Christmas. I learned a lot from it and it’s fun to read.
If you want to know lore I suggest you gift yourself.
https://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-Online-Volumes-Land/dp/1783293225/
For anyone interested they sell them on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1783293225/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_fabc_1SJ5CN8ZX3284EJQ4QZR
They're really cool, I had bought my girlfriend the first one for her birthdays, and the second one for Christmas just passed. She absolutely adores Elder Scrolls Lore.
If you want to get them something in the game then you can't go wrong with crowns, if you want to get them something in real life game related then there's these lore books that look quite cool and that the person might enjoy if they're into that sort of thing.
https://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-Online-Volumes-Land/dp/1783293225
The Elder Scrolls Online - Volumes I & II: The Land & The Lore (Box Set): Tales of Tamriel https://www.amazon.com/dp/1783293225/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_VNEBH9VZ5E426T8QM0ZJ that’s the link from Amazon!
The Elder Scrolls Online - Volumes I & II: The Land & the Lore (Box Set): 1-2: Tales of Tamriel https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1783293225/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_fabc_G1M6TJFB2PP9GAWVCH2N?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This collection by Joshi should be your guide for the collaboration/co-authored works:
https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Museum-Novel-H-P-Lovecraft/dp/0345485726/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Joshi is honest in the introduction about which of these works were mostly Lovecraft's work, which were true collaborations, and which were ones that Lovecraft had some small influence on but can't be claimed to really be the "author" of. A few of them are quite good, like the title story "The Horror in the Museum", and "The Mound". But many of them are also definitely not good.
I know why people want the complete collection. But in my mind it does make sense to keep his collaborative/ghost-written stuff in a separate volume. What you would need is a really good editor like Joshi to determine whether a story was sufficiently contributed to by Lovecraft to be included in a collection of his works, or whether people are really stretching credulity by calling something a Lovecraft story. But that's asking a lot and that goes against "completionism" a bit.
I have been annoying and tracked down all the stories that the armchair experts on Wikipedia ascribe to Lovecraft, like you are doing now, but in my mind I can trust that collection curated by Joshi. If you read all the ones in that Joshi volume of revisions you can rest assured that you aren't "missing anything" even if Wikipedia says otherwise!
I got them from Amazon
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Man i don't even play ESO all that much, mainly been on ff14 but i want these books now haha
They released another box set with this that's the lore from ESO, being a prequel to all the Elder Scrolls games, it's definetly worth a buy aswell.
What's the difference between: https://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-Online-Volumes-Land/dp/1783293225/ref=pd_sbs_1/142-4561421-5220142?pd_rd_w=gEYTC&pf_rd_p=f8e24c42-8be0-4374-84aa-bb08fd897453&pf_rd_r=FKC39MKPSTQ4YCDGCQCW&pd_rd_r=3aa51530-4871-476b-905b-ea12d75c951...
and
https://www.amazon.com/Elder-Scrolls-Online-Tales-Tamriel/dp/1783293179
I assume the first link is a box set, but it is only slighly more expensive than just book 1.
I just recently ordered them too for $85 CDN! I plan on ordering the ESO ones too; https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1783293225/?coliid=ILC1S95LNOIZ7&colid=221ZWC090NGZF&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it (Canadian amazon link for the ESO books)
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You can currently get the set on Amazon for about $45! Amazon link
I’d say they’re definitely a high enough quality to justify the price 👌🏼
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Cthulhu-Mythos-H-Lovecraft/dp/034542204X
This anthology contains one of my all-time favorite stories set in that universe- The Freshman by Philip Jose Farmer.
Also Crouch End from Stephen King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes!
The Elder Scrolls Online - Volumes I & II: The Land & The Lore (Box Set)
I think this is just one of the sets of books, but they released the ESO Lore books in print to read up on some. I thought it was a cool idea, but will admit I don’t own any so I don’t know if they’re any good. They are exact copies of the in game books from what I understand though.
I would be remiss if I did not make a post here, if only because I have seen discussion of some of my favorites (like Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Philip K. Dick, Patrick Rothfuss, to name a few), but I haven't seen a few names that have, for better or worse, inspired me to become the writer I am today, and who would definitely make my Top 5 List...
Anne McCaffrey and Orson Scott Card.
McCaffrey, for those who didn't know her in her lifetime, was the wonderfully talented author of the Dragonriders of Pern series, and the first author to ever make me cry when reading a book. Yes, I'd been emotional before, but I wept tears of real sadness from one of her novels. Painful, hot, gut-wrenching tears. I had to put the book down. In her writing I've also felt pure rage, tender affection, and some not-so-small measures of happiness too. Her writing was, and continues to be, some of the most moving I have experienced, and I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Orson Scott Card is a name some of you might recognize from his hit novel Ender's Game, which is where I picked him up too, but you may be surprised to learn he's written a lot since then, and not all of it is Science Fiction. His mastery of the last-minute reveal puts so many others to shame, his writing is both thoughtful and engaging, and his stories interesting in their own rights. There aren't many authors I would follow down a rabbit hole about young kids going missing in a tight-knit Mormon community (Lost Boys, for those interested), but Card is one of them, and he delivers. He's not for everyone, and I get that, but he's definitely one of the best in my book (ha! puns!).
But I think that's enough for one post. Maybe I'll come back and name the other three specifically some other time. ;)
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill should fit that criteria. It doesn’t have the same kind of questionable details Stephen King books can have, but it’s written by his son, who has a lot of the same voicing his fathers writing contains. It’s a great read!
Here is a book featuring all of his collaborations and side work.
No soy muy fan del género pero hace poco leí "NOS4A2" de Joe Hill y me gustó mucho. Además de que es el regalo perfecto para navidad por la ambientación.
Here's a link to the book. Some of the stories are really good even if they only take up two or three pages.
Lovecraft had a way of making the everyday mundane have a creepy undertone. His use of the unknown always left the reader with less than a full picture of the evil. The stories seem to start when it is already too late, and doom approaches. The protagonist usually was a rational, logical person who denies the obvious to hold on to the shreds of their sanity. There are few women and no romantic interest. A strong female lead would never happen. Characters are either refined academics or batshit crazy locals. There is always a feeling of "I may learn about something that I would be better off not knowing", and what was superstition is now extraterrestrial. Lovecraft also coached and contributed to his contemporaries. The book "The Horror in the Museum" shows a side of Lovecraft that few people know. Also may want to read some Frank Crawford Long. https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Museum-H-P-Lovecraft/dp/0345485726%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0345485726