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Lucky me, my bank's rewards program paid off in an Amazon.com $100 gift certificate. I've racked up a few books after quite a bit of time browsing, but I would be interested in other people's insights and suggestions before moving on to the final purchase. I haven't read many novels lately, and...

spark - There are a ton of them indeed. What's even more interesting is that a lot of movies are/directors are inspired by him as well. I believe that in one of the special features for the movie Alien, the director commented on how he was inspired by Lovecraft for creating atmosphere. It's...

SFG75 - I love reading Lovecraft. I usually find a few of his stories to at times, become tedious to read, but I can't get enough of his ideas and descriptions. About your comment on him being racist. He was racist; he was the head of some racist column/newsletter for a while back in the 20's...

Sure thing, I'll make sure to post my findings.

dele - Thank you, I will look into the Clive Cussler and Stephen King series. I may not be correct, but I had the feeling the story was in the category of "literature" (classical writing?). I'm not familiar with how books are categorized in this sense, and I could most likely be wrong in the...

dele - So there are a lot of books with this style of narration? I had never heard of it before. The narrator actually interrupts the story in order to change something or alert the character? My main objective is to find this book which was recommended to me, however it was suggested for the...

Someone once recommended to me a book I should read. I don't recall the title or the subject matter, but he suggested it because of the narration style. He said that the narrator will become the deus ex machina. From what I recall, the best thing I can relate this to is the Winnie the Pooh...