The Shadow over Innsmouth

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by H.P. Lovecraft

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What made this story for you special? I just read it and it was good but not quite the story to make one shiver...
Katrina McCollough I think you have to go back in time to get the shivers from most of his works, we have so much more shock value now. I did read the entirety of his wo…moreI think you have to go back in time to get the shivers from most of his works, we have so much more shock value now. I did read the entirety of his work in a collection as opposed to spread apart stories so maybe I read more into each individual piece. To me Lovecraft is as much fantasy, but just an incredibly dark aspect of it, that really hasn't been replicated. Not scary, but for 90's babies that's not too surprising. If you put yourself in that town of fish people, without a cellphone or internet connection: most of todays humans would be scared enough without even a hint of the Old Gods. (less)
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Is it right to start to get acquainted with the works of Lovecraft with this book?
Isil Arican Yes, an excellent one to start with.
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