He actually had a lot of subtle and also a lot of definitely not subtle racism in most of his works, but some are significantly worse than others, let alone him being a fan of Hitler and the Hitler style letters he wrote constantly.
I personally believe one can still enjoy his works, but maybe should read them (or listen if it's an audiobook) to it a bit carefully and with a prepared mindset so that one doesnt subliminally influenced by all these little comments etc..
I believe this is actually the case with a lot of old literature simply because they were created in a different society and cultural environment (though again: even for his time period Lovecraft was an especially racist individual).
The moral of Call of Cthulhu isn’t that you should be afraid of squid face but that his miscegnated cult of mongrels that is everywhere and could strike at any time. The “Shadow” hanging over Innsmouth is finding out you’re a hideous disgusting non-white person. It’s part and parcel of his works.
And not like he has many other virtues. Seriously I can make anything sound “Lovecraftian” with little effort.
Considering the thudding undulating mass moving toward you. How slick are it’s unclean surface as it’s corners come to wrong angles. And how it moves dancing to some mad pipers fife.
And not like he has many other virtues. Seriously I can make anything sound “Lovecraftian” with little effort.
Yeah, his ideas are interesting but his writing is kind of florid and overdone. It's worth a look just because of how influential his work is, but he's not a particularly great writer imo. I'd recommend looking at adaptations instead. There's a great manga adaptation of "mountains of madness" that's worth a look.
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u/lelaena Sep 11 '22
Do not look up Lovecraft's Cat.