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H. P. Lovecraft

20 August 1890 - 15 March 1937

An American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

Comment by Russell Hoban from The Guardian:

The main thing about HP Lovecraft is his too-muchness; he never uses three adjectives when five will do, but he writes words that haunt the memory: "In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." My recall of the multiplication table is shaky but those words disquiet me today as freshly as when I first read them.

Where did dead Cthulhu come from? Why did he rise up from the murky depths of Lovecraft's mental ocean? I say it's because there is a need for him and the rest of the maestro's monsters. Why is there such an appetite, such a hunger for scary stories and films? I think there is a primal horror in us. From where? From the Big Bang when Something came out of Nothing? From the nothingness we must become at life's end? I don't know, but I know it's there and we like to dress it up with a bolt through its neck or a black rubber alien suit; or as Cthulhu. Get a load of this: "A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings", with elements of "an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature", "but it was the general outline of the whole that made it most shockingly frightful". Close your eyes and try to imagine this creature of non-Darwinian evolution. Just the look of this bozo is already a major horror, and we're not even into the story yet. While he's dead and dreaming in his house at R'lyeh ("Dun Foamin"?) his Cthulhuvibes are spreading worldwide and causing strange rites and observances here and there. Lovecraft is not everybody's mug of Ovaltine but I have always found him horribly cosy.

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The lurker at the threshold
by H. P. Lovecraft, August William Derleth 9 editions - first published in 1945
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
by H. P. Lovecraft 9 editions - first published in 1965
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Dagon, and other macabre tales
by H. P. Lovecraft 8 editions - first published in 1965
At the Mountains of Madness: and other tales of terror
by H. P. Lovecraft 8 editions - first published in 1968
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The dream-quest of unknown Kadath
by H. P. Lovecraft 7 editions - first published in 1955
Novels: bloodcurdling tales of horror and the macabre
by H. P. Lovecraft 7 editions - first published in 1982
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Collected Essays of H. P. Lovecraft
by H. P. Lovecraft 6 editions - first published in 2005
H.P. Lovecraft
by H. P. Lovecraft 6 editions - first published in 1987
Supernatural horror in literature
by H. P. Lovecraft 6 editions - first published in 1945
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The haunter of the dark, and other tales of horror
by H. P. Lovecraft 4 editions - first published in 1951
Selected letters
by H. P. Lovecraft 4 editions - first published in 1965
The survivor and others
by H. P. Lovecraft, August William Derleth 4 editions - first published in 1957
The Dunwich Horror
by H. P. Lovecraft 4 editions - first published in 1963
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The Dunwich horror: and others; the best supernatural stories of H. P. Lovecraft.
by H. P. Lovecraft 4 editions - first published in 1945
The colour out of space: and others
by H. P. Lovecraft 4 editions - first published in 1967
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The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions
by H. P. Lovecraft 4 editions - first published in 1970
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The Lurking Fear and Other Stories
by H. P. Lovecraft 3 editions - first published in 1973
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El horror de Dunwich: y otros relatos de los mitos de Cthulhu
by H. P. Lovecraft 3 editions - first published in 1980
The H.P. Lovecraft omnibus
by H. P. Lovecraft 3 editions - first published in 1985
Dagon: and other macabre tales
by H. P. Lovecraft 3 editions - first published in 1967
At the mountains of madness, and other novels
by H. P. Lovecraft 3 editions - first published in 1964
The Haunter of the Dark: And Other Grotesque Visions
by H. P. Lovecraft 3 editions - first published in 1985
The Lurking Fear & Other
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1973
THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH: Imprisoned with the Pharoahs; The Other Gods; The Tree; The Tomb; Polaris; Beyond the Wall of Sleep; Memory; What the Moon Brings; Nyarlathotep; Ex Oblivione; The Cats of Ulthar; Hypnos; Nathicana; From Beyond; The Festival
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1971
The Dark Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 3
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 2006
El Color Que Cayo del Cielo
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1994
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Tales of the Unnatural
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1993
Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935 (Creation Classics)
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1995
Par-delà le mur du sommeil
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1991
Cuentos de Terror - Antologia
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1994
El Caso de Charles Dexter Ward
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1984
Le masque de Cthulhu
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1972
En Las Montanas de La Locura: Orden y caos III (Lovecraft)
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 2000
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Golden Anniversary Anthology
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1988
Los mitos de cthulhu
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1969
The Dark Worlds Of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 2
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 2006
The Dark Worlds Of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 1
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 2006
The lurking fear: and other stories.
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1948
Selected letters 1925-1929
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1968
Collected poems: Illus. by Frank Utpatel.
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1963
The tomb and other tales
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1969
The shadow out of time: and other tales of horror
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1968
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol. 1
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1975
The haunter of the dark, and other tales of terror
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1963
At the mountains of madness, and other tales of terror
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1968
The Dark Worlds Of H. P. Lovecraft Volume 4
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 2006
The shadow over Innsmouth
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1936
Horrors Unknown
by Sam Moskowitz, C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Henry Hasse, Edison Marshall, frank norris, Francis Stevens, W Fenimore, Fitz James O'Brien 2 editions - first published in 1971
The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works of H. P. Lovecraft
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 2001
Viajes Al Otro Mundo: (Ciclo De Aventuras Oniricas De Randolph Carter) (El Libro De Bolsillo)
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1981
Watchers out of time
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1996
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HORROR IN THE MUSEUM
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1976
Necronomicon
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 2008
The annotated H.P. Lovecraft
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1997
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The Tomb: and other tales
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1970
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More annotated H.P. Lovecraft
by H. P. Lovecraft 2 editions - first published in 1999
The Eldritch Influence: The Life, Vision and Phenomenon of H.P. Lovecraft
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2004
Sombra Sobre Innsmouth y Otro Relato, La
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1997
Sobreviviente, El
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1990
Fanciful Tales of Time and Space
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1977
The Shadow Over Innsmouth And Other Stories Of Horror
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1971
Die Traumsuche nach dem unbekannten Kadeth
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1997
The Tomb and Other Tales (A Del Rey Book)
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1986
The Dunwich Horror & Call Of Cthulhu
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2005
Schatten über Innsmouth. Eine Horrorgeschichte. ( Phantastische Bibliothek, 261)
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1990
Suhrkamp Taschenbücher, Nr.29, Cthulhu, Geistergeschichten
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1972
Stadt ohne Namen. Horrorgeschichten
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1997
Lovecraft Lesebuch. ( Phantastische Bibliothek, 184)
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1987
L'Horreur dans le musée
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1998
Berge des Wahnsinns. Eine Horrorgeschichte
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1997
Oeuvres de H.P.Lovecraft, tome 3
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1992
Oeuvres de H.P.Lovecraft, tome 2
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1991
The Shadow Over Innsmouth & Dagon
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2005
Azathoth. Vermischte Schriften
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1989
Fungi from Yuggoth and other poems
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1971
Letters to Samuel Loveman & Vincent Starrett
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1994
Autobiographical writings
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1992
The Book, Volume I
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2006
Le cauchemar d'innsmouth
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2002
Dagon et autres nouvelles de terreur
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1998
Nyarlathotep
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1996
Démons et merveilles
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2002
La quête onirique de Kadath l'inconnue
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1996
Les montagnes hallucinees
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2002
Les Autres Dieux
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2002
La chose des tenebres legendes du mythe de cthulhut.2
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2001
The Dunwich Horror - L'Horreur de Dunwich
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1993
Dans l'abîme du temps
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2000
Je suis d'ailleurs
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 2001
Habitacion Cerrada, La
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1992
Horror Secreto, El
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1996
Ciudad Sin Nombre y Otros Cuentos
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1996
TALES OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS - Volume (1) (i) One: The Call of Cthulhu; The Return of the Sorcerer; Ubbo Sathla; The Black Stone; The Hounds of Tindalos; The Space Eaters; The Dweller in Darkness; Beyond the Threshold; The Salem Horror; The Haunter
by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, August William Derleth, Henry Kuttner, J Vernon Shea 1 edition - first published in 1974
Alquimista y Otras Alucinaciones, El
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1991
Shuttered Room Othr T
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition
Santuario, El
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1996
Caso de Charles Dexter Ward, El
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1997
Obras Completas 1 - Lovecraft
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1995
Mitos de Cthulhu, Los
by H. P. Lovecraft 1 edition - first published in 1991
Call of Cthulhu and Other Dark Tales
by H. P. Lovecraft, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock 1 edition - first published in 2009

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Places

Massachusetts, Antarctica, Arkam, Dunwick, Miskatonic, New England, Providence (R.I.)

People

H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), Lovecraft, Blackwood, Blake, Charlie Chaplin, Darlet, Frank Belknap Long, George Kirk, H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), Llopis, R. H. Barlow (1918-1951), Rafael Llopis, Randolph Carter, Samuel Loveman, Sonia H. Greene

Time

20th century, 1897-1937

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Alternative names

Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Howard Philips Lovecraft
H. P Lovecraft
Howard P. Lovecraft
H.P Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
H. P. LOVECRAFT
H., P. Lovecraft
Lovecraft
H.-P. Lovecraft
Howard Lovecraft
H Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft (Cthulhu Mythos)
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