Lots of Lovecraft Society (LOLS)

[Subotan]

It makes me think of Tolkein.

[Shieldmaiden]

It makes me think of Tolkein.

I believe Tolkien is a far superior to Lovecraft in terms of writing clear and elegant prose.

Lovecraft's power comes primarily from his vision and energy, his writing second. His very best stories are ones he finds a balance in and the vision becomes horribly clear...

All in my opinion of course.

[Subotan]

I need to reread Tolkein. I last read the Silmarillion when I was about 11, and LOTR before that.

[Cyclops]

... Eldritch this, eldritch that, eldritch dude. What the hell does that mean? ...

Its just one of those cyclopean words, that fills one with nameless terror (which has a name, actually), that suggests dizzying chasms of monstrous chaos beyond the normal continuum of space and time.

Or shizzle. Could mean shizzle.

[drone]

That's it. Now I am annoyed. Eldritch again. I don't know what that word means. It is never used in french, but comes up a lot in video games, books and movies in english, and I simply can't understand the meaning.

I'm very well willing to pretend that I get it for a little while, but it's more than I can take. Eldritch this, eldritch that, eldritch dude. What the hell does that mean? From what I roughly understood, it's related to magic, but that's about it.

Meneldil just lost 2 sanity points.

[Cyclops]

I think both Tolkien and Lovecraft respond to Dunsany and co's late 19th century faery writing but in quite different ways. I think Toliien is more sane, more widely read and uses his obscure words more correctly, and also invents bags of new ones.

He's also looking to express happy feelings and eradicate bad ones, whereas Lovecraft emits skin-crawling unsettlement.

Meneldil just lost 2 sanity points.

Yeah but he gained +1% Cthulhu Mythos.