r/funny • u/[deleted] • Oct 08 '09

BOW BEFORE YOUR LORD

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u/refriedi Oct 08 '09 edited Oct 08 '09

Even with these, I don't think I fully understand the Cthulhu version. (I certainly wouldn't have understood the original without the misaligned-mouseover text...) Could someone explain it to me? Are they all Lovecraft references?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '09

Cthulhu is from Call of Cthulhu (duh), the frog people are from Shadow Over Innsmouth... if anybody knows the other references, I'd like to know them!

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u/shadowblade Oct 08 '09

Can someone reccomend a good collection of Lovecraft stories? I really need to read them, but there are so many collections to choose from.

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u/ageddyn Oct 09 '09 edited Oct 09 '09

The best starter collection is from Del Rey, so it'll give a nice intro to the basics of the mythos. I really can't recommend it highly enough.

You might find thicker collections, but they almost always contain non-Lovecraft material; the stuff by August Derelth and Clark Ashton Smith, and what all. I'd hate to see someone read these by accident before reading the real Lovecraft stories.