The Call of Cthulhu (Fiction)

"The Call of Cthulhu" is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best known short stories. It is the only story penned by Lovecraft in which Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance as a central part of the narrative. It is a story composed of two major narratives linked by a third, the voice of the "author." Only the author pieces together the whole truth and significance of the information he has in his possession, and he recounts it to the audience in the way that he discovered it.

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Legacy

This story was instrumental in launching the so-called Cthulhu Mythos, stories and novels based on the idea of the other-worldly creatures who wish to re-inhabit Earth. Many of these stories are written by other authors — most of the early ones friends or acquaintances of Lovecraft's.

Call of Cthulhu is the title of a popular role-playing game based on the Cthulhu Mythos.

There are many musical references to Cthulhu and the Mythos, especially in the genres of Heavy Metal, Gothic Rock and Folk music:

• The Vision Bleak: "Kutulu!" from Carpathia
• Metallica: "The Call of Ktulu" from Ride The Lightning
• Metallica: "The Thing That Should Not Be" from Master of Puppets
• Fields of the Nephilim: multiple references on self-titled album
• Samael: "The Rite of Cthulhu" from Worship Him
• Cradle of Filth: "Cthulhu Dawn" from "Midian", and other references throughout their work
• Mercyful Fate: "The Mad Arab" from Time and "Kutulu [The Mad Arab, part 2]" from Into the Unknown
• Tom Smith: "Cthulhu Child Care" [1]
• The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets: multiple references
• Rudimentary Peni: the album "Cacophony" is dedicated to the Cthulhu and H.P. Lovecraft
• Cthulhu: MacHall Comic reference by Matt Boyd & Ian McConville
• Iron Maiden: front of their album "Live after Death"

See also

• Call of Cthulhu (card game)
• Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)
• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

External links

• Online copy of the story
• The Ultimate Cthulhu Mythos Book List - Listing of all mythos novels, anthologies, collections, comic books, and more.
• The Cthulhu Lives movie of Call of Cthulhu

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