Hey fellow Arkham Horrorers!
This is my first time to the forums, and I have a pretty simple question.
Are there any novels in the Lovecraftian collection that have to do with Arkham Horror specifically. For instance the era that the games are set in? Thanks alot!!
Uh. All of them?
Arkham Horror is based around Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos, and many of the monsters and locations are taken straight from Lovecraft's works. There's not a story that follows Arkham Horror's plot of gates opening exactly, but to meet the monsters and the Mythos, here's a couple of good critical readings (all of which should be available online for free, as they are well past copyright):
The Call of Cthulhu
At the Mountains of Madness
The Dunwich Horror
Dreams of the Witch House
Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow out of Time
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Colour Out of Space
Pickmans Model
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
These are mostly of his longer works, but even then, the longest (At the Mountains of Madness) is only several chapters long. That will give you a good solid base for the monsters and locations of Arkham, and you'll probably meet a few allies there as well. If you only have time for one or two of those, read Call of Cthulhu and Mountains of Madness first, and the rest in any order. Have fun and enjoy!
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600031h.html
Here is a good link. I actually had to check around a bit for this since some older popular sites that hosted his works seem to have gone under recently.
plinko said:
Hey fellow Arkham Horrorers!
This is my first time to the forums, and I have a pretty simple question.
Are there any novels in the Lovecraftian collection that have to do with Arkham Horror specifically. For instance the era that the games are set in? Thanks alot!!
I don't know what country you're in, but if you're in the U.S. Barnes and Nobles sells the Collected Lovecraft in hardcover for about $13. You could probably get it on the internet otherwise?
Master Fwiffo said:
Uh. All of them?
Arkham Horror is based around Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos, and many of the monsters and locations are taken straight from Lovecraft's works. There's not a story that follows Arkham Horror's plot of gates opening exactly, but to meet the monsters and the Mythos, here's a couple of good critical readings (all of which should be available online for free, as they are well past copyright):
The Call of Cthulhu
At the Mountains of Madness
The Dunwich Horror
Dreams of the Witch House
Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow out of Time
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Colour Out of Space
Pickmans Model
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
These are mostly of his longer works, but even then, the longest (At the Mountains of Madness) is only several chapters long. That will give you a good solid base for the monsters and locations of Arkham, and you'll probably meet a few allies there as well. If you only have time for one or two of those, read Call of Cthulhu and Mountains of Madness first, and the rest in any order. Have fun and enjoy!
A few more to Add:
Herbert West, Reanimator
The Haunter of The Dark
Dagon
At the Mountains of Madness
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Horror at Red Hook
The Silver Key
Through the Gates of the SIlver Key
Barnes and Noble stocks a hardcover "Complete works of HP Lovecraft" for 13 bucks. Unfortunately the online store has it for 27 bucks used, so go check out your local B&N.
Here are some of my favorites (bolded are particularly good ones):
All of Lovecraft's works are also available for free via the "Ex Libris" plug in for Strange Eons.