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I have no problem with audiobooks. I listen to a lot of Horrorbabble on YouTube but I don‘t consider it reading. It has introduced me to new authors and some classic horror I had no idea existed but I won‘t mark what I‘ve listened to as a book I have read. Thoughts? Opinions? #audiobooks #audible

Overall, I enjoyed this book. The editor's notes added thoughtful insight into Lovecraft's life throughout his works. While perhaps still a bit too forgiving, he was critical of Lovecraft's flaws. Be warned that the racism in many of the stories is blunt and sometimes critical to the plot in what is supposedly the worst period of Lovecraft's bigotry. Still, this volume is worth a read for the history of both sci-fi and American culture.

Learning more about the cats of Ulthar in The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath with my own fierce warriors. #catsoflitsy

Lovecraft seemed almost as scared of flutes as of African and Asian people. You'd think the woodwind section of an international orchestra killed his mother. #lovecraft #weirdphobias #racism #xenophobia

I'm finally on The Call of Cthulhu!

It's interesting to me the things Lovecraft found horrifying. People who are different. Sometimes "animal-like" humans (hello racism again), sometimes non-human intelligent beings. Just the mere existence of these people was supposed to inspire terror. Many of his stories are better than that, but it's clear the "other" was an easy source of thrills for him and his audience. #lovecraft #horror #racism #xenophobia

I have to admit, I wish "The Cats of Ulthar" on anyone who would kill a cat. #lovecraft #horror #cats