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Unnatural Selections #85: what readers have to say about Dagon for Beginning Readers

Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th May 2024

The 'Unnatural Selections' series is our regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews worth a look.

So a warning to all,
for what it is worth:
when the monsters arise
they will conquer the earth.


In genius poet-artist R.J. Ivankovic's Dagon for Beginning Readers the famous Lovecraft story is gracefully retold in anapestic tetrameter and illustrated in a darkly whimsical style.

Available as a beautiful full colour hardcover, here's what readers have to say about it:

Five Stars– "It’s a fun first reader." — Streetsamurai.

Five Stars– "Perfectly pulled off!" — Victor J. Schwartzman.

Five Stars– "These are wonderful. I hope there are more to come!" — Genius.

Five Stars– "Keeps bed time interesting for me and the kids. I will buy every book in this series." — Devin.

Five Stars– "A fun and excellent version of Lovecraft's first pulp fiction. I def recommend this--for peeps who are *NOT* small children!" — Rocky Shores.

Five Stars– "A Lovecraftian story with Seussian prose. It doesn’t get much better than that." — Luke Richardson.

Five Stars– "Amusing fun for Lovecraft fans with great illustrations." — Philip Lebow.

And see what readers have to say about R.J. Ivankovic's first title in this series, H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu for Beginning ReadersUnnatural Selections #62: HPL's The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers, cosmic horror in anapestic tetrameter

H.P.L's Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers

Get your H.P. Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers ($19.95) and its companion volume H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon for Beginning Readers ($17.99) from Chaosium today (and you buy direct from us you get the PDF version included in the price). 

These books are great way to introduce your kids to the Mythos - or your nieces and nephews: be that beloved, exceedingly strange relative!