H. P. Lovecraft
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Alan Cheuse's Book Picks To Warm A Winter's Night...a gift and the other to keep for yourself. It's got well-known work from Poe, Hawthorne and H.P. Lovecraft, as well as works from great modern horror writers like Richard Matheson and Stephen King. There is also off-the-beaten path fiction... In this article: Norman Rockwell, J.G. Ballard, Library of America, Vladimir Nabokov, Treasure Island, Michael Chabon, Little, Brown and Company, and Peter Straub |
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Wikipedia | October 26, 2009
Fantastique
...of quality and quantity. Significant foreign influences on French modern fantastique include Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, H. P. Lovecraft, Dino Buzzati, Julio Cortazar, Vladimir Nabokov and Richard Matheson. Other more recent influences...
In this article: Fantastique, Marie de France, Edgar Allan Poe, Guillaume Apollinaire, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Alexandre Dumas, pere, History, and Gerard de Nerval
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PopMatters | May 03, 2009
Fighting the Flu (Column)
...ready to fabricate a new apocalypse. By combining selected elements from the technophobic scenarios envisioned by Lovecraft, Matheson, and Tolkein, King managed to create in The Stand a unique and compelling manmade apocalypse where science...
In this article: The Stand, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, FLU, Randall Flagg, Stephen King, Sarah Connor, The Terminator, God, and The Dreams in the Witch House
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J. N. Williamson
...covered the themes of such writing and cited the writings of such writers as Robert Bloch, Lee Prosser, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William F. Nolan, and Stephen King. Many important writers in the genre...
In this article: J. N. Williamson, Shortridge High School, Butler University, Fantasy & Science Fiction, William F. Nolan, Richard Matheson, Stephen King, August Derleth, and Ray Bradbury
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | May 08, 2008
Ask The A.V. Club - May 8, 2008 The A.V. Club
...of horror and the macabre, featuring a mix of Serling-written stories and adaptations of works by writers like H.P. Lovecraft and Richard Matheson. Each episode usually featured a number of shorter stories, linked by an introduction...
In this article: Joni Mitchell, Rod Serling, The A.V. Club, Rolling Stone, Night Gallery, DVD, Marguerite de Navarre, Hollywood, Cinemax, and Amplification
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MTV News | February 03, 2009
Stephen King Blasts 'Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer
"People always say to me, 'Well, what about H.P. Lovecraft'? And the thing was, you read Lovecraft when you were a kid, but I never felt that he was speaking my language. It was chillier than my heart was, and when Matheson started to...
In this article: Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, USA Weekend, Twilight, Richard Matheson, Jo Rowling, and Cujo
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Zombies in popular culture
...''Tales, Vault of Horror and Weird Science, featured avenging undead in the Gothic tradition quite regularly, including adaptations of Lovecraft's stories which included "In the Vault", "Cool Air" and Herbert West-Reanimator. The 1954...
In this article: George A. Romero, Zombies, Night of the Living Dead, Rob Zombie, Herbert West-Reanimator, Resident Evil, Book of the Dead, and Cell
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Stephen King
...''. Lovecraft's influence shows in King's invention of bizarre, ancient deities, subtle connections among all of his tales and the integration of fabricated newspaper clippings, trial transcripts and documents as narrative devices. King's...
In this article: Stephen King, Tabitha King, The Dark Tower, Jerusalem's Lot, Cemetery Dance, Cancer, and Entertainment Weekly
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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 fictions 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 Enlightenment, Romanticist, and Christian humanism. 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, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
- Birth Date:
- August 20, 1890
- Birthplace:
- Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Death Date:
- March 15, 1937
- Place of Death:
- Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
- Occupation:
- short story writer; novelist
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