Meet the Creator of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft created one of the scariest and most amazing horror mythology with his stories concerning Cthulhu, the Elder Ones, and others.
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Cthulhu is H.P. Lovecraft's most famous and enduring creation. The Great Old One is a massive ancient creature, the reach of his tentacles from R'lyeh should be feared by all mankind.
Why do I admire H.P. Lovecraft?
I've heard criticism of how rarely and sparsely Lovecraft describes the entities in his writing, but I think that's part of what makes it so scary. He gives you just enough to get your mind working and no description will ever be as frightening as what your own mind creates. Especially when those entities are so vastly stranger and more powerful than man that should they choose to strike at us mankind would not stand a chance of survival.
H.P. Lovecraft at a Glance
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 ? March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, known then simply as weird fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror, the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Christian humanism.H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture by Don G. Smith, 2005, ISBN 078642091X,page 85, "Lovecraft never had much good to say about families either" Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century, who together with Edgar Allan Poe has exerted "an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction".
Stephen King has called Lovecraft "the twentieth Century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."King quoted on front cover of 1982 paperback edition of The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre published by Del Rey Books with introduction by Robert Bloch. Other sources quote King as calling this judgement of Lovecraft "undeniable"[http://www.abebooks.com/docs/Fantasy/lovecraft.shtml] or "beyond doubt."[http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/ebook/102153-ebook.htm]
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Lovecraft Links
- The H.P. Lovecraft Archive
- Dedicated to Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the 20th century master of weird fiction, who died in 1937.
- The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society
- The HP Lovecraft Historical Society celebrates Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos by producing movies, audio CDs, live action gaming, and other curiosities.
- The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival: Cosmic Horror & Weird Tales
- The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival promotes the works of H.P. Lovecraft, literary horror, and weird tales through the cinematic adaptations by professional filmmakers.
- Miskatonic University
- The Miskatonic University Homepage: an overview of academic programs, campus life, resources, news and events, with extensive links to other web sites located throughout the University.
- The Temple of Dagon
- The Temple of Dagon - H.P. Lovecraft and Cthulhu Mythos
- the Complete works of H. P. Lovecraft
- the complete works of H. P. Lovecraft the complete text to the original Gothic Novel
- Scriptorium - H.P. Lovecraft
- The Scriptorium is an index of experimental twentieth-century authors, and this page features H.P. Lovecraft.
- Voices in the Dark - H. P. Lovecraft
- Free H.P. Lovecraft audio books.
Great H.P. Lovecraft stuff from Amazon
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
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H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America)
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Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft
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CleanerLife wrote...
I was hooked after I had read "The Haunter of the Dark" and "Pickman's Model." It helped that Stephen King (my favorite author at the time) wrote such high praise Lovecraft in his book "Danse Macabre."
Thanks for a great Lens!
Posted August 12, 2008
crushwb wrote...
I added this lense to the lens roll of two of my Book lenses ;-]
Posted May 11, 2008
crushwb wrote...
FIVE STARS !!! I'wel big fan of HP Lovecraft and Guillermo as well ,looking mforward to the possible movie "AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS"
Posted May 11, 2008
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Great lens, Sheryl. I noticed your Yahoo news seems to be broken, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to shamelessly promote my Lovecraft news-wire (www.oldcastro.net)
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Once you read H.P. Lovecraft the stars don't feel the same.
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KimGiancaterino wrote...
Nice lens... I found it on Gothic Temptations! More for my reading list.
Posted October 25, 2007
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One of my favorite authors! Thank you for a wonderful addition to the Gothic Temptations group!
Posted October 19, 2007
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