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Nesacat · 14th April 2008, 10:23 AM

Am personally very glad that Lovecraft had such a huge correspondence as they seem to shed the most light into a fairly reclusive life. I have been re-reading Lovecraft: A Life and much of the information appears to come from his letters. It's almost as if he's telling us about himself. It makes the reading so much more personal.

He was an amazing correspondent maintaining deep friendships without having met many of the people. It's sometimes hard to do that even when you regularly see someone, especially in todays text speak world.

Fried Egg ... Yes. A lot of his work does better for being re-read and I too have JD to thank for setting me along that path. Re-reading helps tremendously and stories like The Mound have grown on me with each reading.

14th April 2008, 10:23 AM	#40 (permalink)
Nesacat The Cat Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malaysia Posts: 2,660	Re: Want to read some Lovecraft, where should I start? Am personally very glad that Lovecraft had such a huge correspondence as they seem to shed the most light into a fairly reclusive life. I have been re-reading Lovecraft: A Life and much of the information appears to come from his letters. It's almost as if he's telling us about himself. It makes the reading so much more personal. He was an amazing correspondent maintaining deep friendships without having met many of the people. It's sometimes hard to do that even when you regularly see someone, especially in todays text speak world. Fried Egg ... Yes. A lot of his work does better for being re-read and I too have JD to thank for setting me along that path. Re-reading helps tremendously and stories like The Mound have grown on me with each reading.