[ColoradoSlim]

Thanks friend, actually; Jules Verne, HG wells, HR Haggard, Larry Niven, John Wyndham and other such tripe. What's the best work would your recommend for someone that hasn't read a Lovecraft piece yet?

[Little Pig]

Pick up one of the Lovecraft Anthologies. That's usually the best bet, since most of his stuff is fairly short stories, along with some seriously bent poetry. The best anthology (IMHO) is "Bloodcurdling tales of Horror and the Macabre", followed by "At the Mountains of Madness and other tales of Terror". "Bloodcurdling" has some of the better-known tales, including his most famous creation, the hideous god-thing Cthulhu.

[Doctor Stochastic]

"Beyond the Mountains of Madness" comes to mind.