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HP Lovecraft Collected Essays Volume 1: Amateur Journalism edited: ST Joshi (book review).
Of all the volumes in this series, ‘Collected Essays Volume 1: Amateur Journalism’ was the one for which I had the least sense…
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H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft wrote weird fiction and cosmic horror, including The Shadow Out of Time. His stories and ideas have also prompted adaptations, criticism and new fiction.
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May 2024
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His Own Most Fantastic Creation: Stories About HP Lovecraft edited by S.T. Joshi (book review).
In a recent episode of the excellent ‘The Good Friends of Jackson Elias’ podcast, one of the presenters recalled a situation where a…
February 2024
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The Recognition Of HP Lovecraft: His Rise From Obscurity To World Renown by S.T. Joshi (book review).
For all his fame today, HP Lovecraft’s recognition as a great writer was a long time coming. In ‘The Recognition of HP Lovecraft’,…
January 2024
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Collected Essays Volume 5: Philosophy, Autobiography & Miscellany by HP Lovecraft edited by ST Joshi (book review).
In some ways, this volume of the excellent perhaps even essential ‘Collected Essays’ series is the most difficult to review objectively. While HP…
December 2023
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When The Stars Are Right: H. P. Lovecraft and Astronomy by Edward Guimont and Horace A. Smith (book review).
Before he published his fiction in the amateur press, H.P. Lovecraft wrote his own astronomy journal and had pieces published in local newspapers.…
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Lovecraft Annual #17 (2023) edited by ST Joshi (book review).
Every year, the ‘Lovecraft Annual’ brings together a collection of critical essays about HP Lovecraft. There’s no overall theme as such, so each…
June 2022
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Lovecraft Annual No. 13 (2019) edited by S. T. Joshi (book review).
As its name suggests, the ‘Lovecraft Annual’ is published every year and presents a variety of essays from a range of authors. In…
April 2022
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Collected Essays Volume 4: Travel by HP Lovecraft and edited by ST Joshi (book review).
Famously, more interested in the architectural atmosphere of a place than the people who lived there, Lovecraft was surprising well-travelled, albeit within the…
March 2022
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A Monster For Many: Talking With H P Lovecraft by Robert H Waugh (book review).
The first thing to understand about this curious book, ‘A Monster For Many: Talking With H P Lovecraft’, is that Robert Waugh is…
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Fungi From Yuggoth — An Annotated Edition by H P Lovecraft and illustrations by Jason C. Eckhardt (book review).
While Lovecraft isn’t today well-known as a poet, in his time he wrote a great deal of verse in a variety of styles.…
August 2021
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The Monster In The Mirror: Looking For HP Lovecraft by Robert H Waugh (book review).
As one of the foremost exponents of Lovecraft scholarship, Robert Waugh sagely kicks off this impressive study by asking that most crucial of…
May 2021
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A Monster Of Voices: Speaking for H.P. Lovecraft by Robert H. Waugh (book review).
When it comes to the deeper criticism of HP Lovecraft, there’s little out there to match Robert H. Waugh. What sets Waugh apart…