(Part 3) Top products from r/bloodborne

So, as far as writings similar to the series, you, of course, have Lovecraft. His writings that most resemble Bloodborne has to be The Dream-Quest of Unknown Khadaf. They reek of the Nightmare Frontier and the beings there are the most similar to what we see as Great Ones in the BB universe. The second tie-in has to be The Shadows over Innsmouth for the fishing hamlet and many other tropes in Bloodborne. The last one, The At the Mountains of Madness is basically the premise of humanity in its current state. I personally can say that almost everything Lovecraft has written can be 'adjacent' to the BB universe. But those three appear to be the direct link.


As far as other authors? Lord Dunsany is a well-known contributor to the creation of fictional universes. It's his writings that inspired Lovecraft as well as Tolkien and Frank herbert. As a bit of recent writings, House of Leaves is one of my favorite books.


Moving over. Did you know that Bloodborne is Japanese? It is (Lol)! and was inspired by a host of authors. The most telling of which happens to be Junji Ito and his work, Uzumaki. In the work, a series of strange happenings all involving a spiral end up making a town go crazy. He's also famed for his other works, Tomie and Gyo. The Enigma of Amigara Fault is also quite popular. Uzumaki is being made into an anime by Toonami.


There also Berserk. It has less of an impact on the series compared to Dark Souls but is still well-liked overall. The Executioner Wheel and the Hunter's Mark seem to come directly from it.


There's a Fan Comic, mostly about Gehrman's relationship with Maria. I like it quite a bit. Guy Davis's, The Marquis is so similar to Bloodborne you can just outright stick it in the universe and not bat an eye.


As far as movies there's not a whole lot. Angel's Egg seems to be the direct inspiration tonally and we know it's on the minds of From software. Brotherhood of the wolf is the direct inspiration for ALL the clothing of Bloodborne. The Cainhurst Noble set is actually taken from the series. I actually don't care for it. But you might like it. Bram Stoker's Dracula seems to be another inspiration, specifically to Cainhurst. I'm not a huge fan of that either. I'm much more a Van Hellsing sort of guy.


You might enjoy Made in Abyss but its less the tone and more mad science. I'm reading it right now.


I hope you find this interesting and check out some of it. I actually bought the physical copies of almost everything on this page. Money well spent! May the good blood guide your way.

A friend of mine has this book

It has some pretty good tales in it

The Croning by Laird Barron

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

Eutopia by David Nickle

Maplecroft by Cherie Priest

Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard

Just a few modern lovecraftian tales for everyone :)

HP Lovecraft is the most obvious literary destination. If you've never read him you're in luck, as there are two more or less complete collections of his work: if you're a stickler for accuracy try this one and if you want to get something beautiful but with some typos and errors you can order this exquisite leather-bound edition (even its marbled endpapers hide monsters).

In terms of more modern stuff, Jeff Vandermeer's Area X trilogy is some of the best Lovecraft-infused fiction I've read. Which is no surprise when you know that his wife is the current editor of Weird Tales, one of the first places to publish Lovecraft. Indeed, they've actually put out an anthology of Lovecraftian short stories by all sorts of writers, old and new, including Lovecraft.

In terms of movies, I hope at some point Guillermo del Toro will get to make his At the Mountains of Madness film, but the fact that he hasn't speaks to the difficulty of a) financing expensive R-Rated horror movies b) parsing Lovecraft's gloomy visions with hero-driven narrative. One of the few films to nail the tone, even if its execution leaves something to be desired, is Frank Darabont's The Mist.

You could also get VGA to HDMI converter.

http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Converter-Support-Adapter-SY-ADA31025/dp/B006FILNV6

Might be able to find a cheaper one elsewhere.

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Surround-Gaming-Headset-Technology/dp/B00CQ35C1Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1426837297&sr=1-1&keywords=logitech+headset
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SP0WAQ/ref=pe_385040_127541850_TE_item

These are the ones I have

My own additions to this list.

The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron

Simon Strantzas - Burnt Black Suns

Thomas Ligotti - The Nightmare Factory

Thomas Ligotti - Teatro Grottesco

Thomas Ligotti - My Work Is Not Yet Done

Scott Nicolay - Ana Kai Tangata

Laird Barron - Occultation

DS2 in English comes out January 21 :D

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Souls-II-Design-Works/dp/1927925568/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450472153&sr=1-1&keywords=dark+souls+2+design+works

And a third.

They could get the annotated lovecraft, http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Annotated-Lovecraft-Books/dp/0871404532 Considering the book myself.

http://www.amazon.com/Demons-Deluxe-Edition-Artbook-Playstation-3/dp/B002GJRQQY

If you would count a Deluxe as Limited.