The Temple of Dagon

Has anyone ever read any of his work? I have not even really heard much about him.. I picked up a book of a few collected stories by him today. A lot of his work seems to be Lovecraft based.

Is he fairly well known and I just don't know about it ?

Ive read his Mythos but I cant remember the title. I think it was "Haggopian" but I may be mistaken. I liked him lots, though.

Aleister wrote:Has anyone ever read any of his work? I have not even really heard much about him.. I picked up a book of a few collected stories by him today. A lot of his work seems to be Lovecraft based.

Is he fairly well known and I just don't know about it ?

He is fairly famous for a horror writer. Check out the Necroscope series. Best damn vampire books ever written, IMO.

His mythos stuff, on the other hand, tends to runfrom mediocre at best to total trash. I wouldn't be surprised if he's got a few gems out there, but I haven't come across them yet.

I agree, The Necroscope series is TERRIFIC, at least the first 5 or 6 books. I got kind of lost after the Last Aerie.

Harry Keogh is one of my favorite characters ever.

I couldn't really get into the Titus Crow stories. Maybe I should try again.

Maybe I will check them out.. I see them everytime I am at the local bookstore..

Everyone seems to agree on them

I have read all of his mythos stuff and it was pretty decent.

I couldn't really get into the Titus Crow stories. Maybe I should try again.

I had the same thought not too long ago. Turned out to be a bad idea. Those stories should be called Titus Crap.

Aleister wrote:I picked up a book of a few collected stories by him today.

I read one of his collections (can't remember the title) and really enjoyed it. I think the collection I read was part of a 2 volume set--I'd like to read the other as well.

Jacob
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E.A. Lovecraft wrote:

I couldn't really get into the Titus Crow stories. Maybe I should try again.

I had the same thought not too long ago. Turned out to be a bad idea. Those stories should be called Titus Crap.

i cant believe you people

in my opinion...(if it matters) is that when lovecraft died,
he was reincarnated as Brian Lumley!

Lumley is the best mythos author besides Lovecraft himself.
And Titus Crow blew my mind away!
one of the best mythos stories EVER!!!!

EVERYONE....READ TITUS CROW...READ ALL OF LUMLEY...BUT STAY AWAY FROM NECROSCOPE...READ TITUS...WORSHIP LUMLEY...LOVECRAFT INCARNATE!!!!


IA IA IA IA IA IA IA!!

I will probably check out Titus first then..

What is it you do not like about the Necroscope series?

starts good, then gets into a lot of politics of vampires and then it slows down and drags and drags and drags and on and on and on...
till something cool finally happens..
then it drags on and on some more.

one good thing though...
the most ancient vampires sort of resemble shoggoths....

they are so old they have evolved over and overagain...till, eventually, they ended up being large masses of arms, eyes, and stuff. Locked in dark pits waiting to be fed.

mainly the books just drag and wander off subject.

Thanks for the info I will probably eventually at least check out the first one.. but Titus first..

after a few other books I need to read, including Andrews

No seriously most of the Lumley Mythos stories are pretty bad but the Titus Crow stories are the worst.
shrike522

brian lumley is in the lovecraft spoof on the thing on the doorstep dvd.

he is the man
titus crow rules.

now august derleth sux. sux bad. but thats just my opinion.
and henry kirtner sux too.

shrike522 wrote:No seriously most of the Lumley Mythos stories are pretty bad but the Titus Crow stories are the worst.

Sometimes, you just gotta let the kids stick that paper clip in the electric socket to find out for themselves.