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Sephiroth · 9th December 2007, 05:30 PM

Thanks for the advice and opinions, everyone, and especially to Ningauble and J.D. for the wealth of information you have provided.

Oh, and sorry I missed out a bracket in my original post. (I really am.)

I see now that The Black Tome of Alsophocus is not by Lovecraft; that was my mistake, I saw his name there and just assumed he had written it.

As you have suggested, then, I shall not read this one now. First, I'll seek out The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, and then read more of HPL's own work, before I move on to the Mythos stuff.

Pity, though, because I can't afford to buy books very often, and our library sucks, and I have this one staring me in the face. Never mind. I like to approach things 'properly'.

I don't really consider myself to have 'modern tastes', although I will admit that I haven't read a great deal of old fantasy/sf, (the oldest being The Hobbit. Actually that's a lie, I read Brave New World at school. But I enjoy all manner of writing from earlier times, and differences in style fascinate me, so I am looking forward to broadening my horizons.

Pyan, tell me about it. I own the first ten (yes, I know). Didn't buy the last one.

9th December 2007, 05:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
Sephiroth Causa Scientiae Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dundee City Posts: 2,010	Re: A Query: Thanks for the advice and opinions, everyone, and especially to Ningauble and J.D. for the wealth of information you have provided. Oh, and sorry I missed out a bracket in my original post. (I really am.) I see now that The Black Tome of Alsophocus is not by Lovecraft; that was my mistake, I saw his name there and just assumed he had written it. As you have suggested, then, I shall not read this one now. First, I'll seek out The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, and then read more of HPL's own work, before I move on to the Mythos stuff. Pity, though, because I can't afford to buy books very often, and our library sucks, and I have this one staring me in the face. Never mind. I like to approach things 'properly'. I don't really consider myself to have 'modern tastes', although I will admit that I haven't read a great deal of old fantasy/sf, (the oldest being The Hobbit. Actually that's a lie, I read Brave New World at school. But I enjoy all manner of writing from earlier times, and differences in style fascinate me, so I am looking forward to broadening my horizons. Pyan, tell me about it. I own the first ten (yes, I know). Didn't buy the last one.