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I've been trying to finish the Canon of Lovecraft for years. This year, I tried something different. In between other books and podcasts, I listened to a story or two. Over this last weekend, I finally finished Lovecraft's last work before his Death, The Shadow Out of Time. I listened to a combination of the Omnibus edition by Finn J.D. John and the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft. Finn J.D. John had excellent commentary broken down by year giving short context for Lovecraft's life paired with the works he produced that year. This combined with the excellent readings from the Historical Society finally got me over the finish line.

What did I think? My tolerance for the issues in Lovecraft's writing is high, but I struggled with aspects of a lot of his work. But I honestly enjoyed the cosmic horror and dreamlike imagery many of them had. I think I'm a bigger fan of what his work produced in a modern context than the source material, but I'm glad to finally say that I've finished the source material to have a greater understanding for what it inspired.