My first introduction to Lovecraft was at Gen Con in 2006. Con goers made Cthulhu seem loveable. Of course, he's not, but at the time, cute Cthulhu was everywhere!

I went home from that Con and immediately picked up Lovecraft. His horror is some of the best I've ever read, and the Cthulhu mythos are still my absolute favorites.

They're the perfect mix of fantastical and logical, and I love the narrators trying their damndest to explain away a myth.