20.12.2021

“The Age of Lovecraft” edited by Carl H. Sederholm and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock

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"The Age of Lovecraft" edited by Carl H. Sederholm and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
"Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the American author of “weird tales” who died in 1937 impoverished and relatively unknown, has become a twenty-first-century star, cropping up in places both anticipated and unexpected. Authors, filmmakers, and shapers of popular culture like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Guillermo del Toro acknowledge his influence; his fiction is key to the work of posthuman philosophers and cultural critics such as Graham Harman and Eugene Thacker; and Lovecraft’s creations have achieved unprecedented cultural ubiquity, even showing up on the animated program South Park. The Age of Lovecraft is the first sustained analysis of Lovecraft in relation to twenty-first-century critical theory and culture, delving into troubling aspects of his thought and writings. With...>>
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20.12.2021

“Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters” edited by S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz

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"Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters" edited by S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz
"In Lord of a Visible World, the editors have amassed and arranged the letters of this prolific writer into the story of his life. The volume traces Lovecraft's upbringing in Providence, Rhode Island, his involvement with the pulp magazine Weird Tales, his short-lived marriage, and his later status as the preeminent man of letters in his field. In addition to conveying the candid details of his life, the volume also traces the evolution of his wide-ranging opinions. Lovecraft shows himself to be deeply engaged in the social, political, and cultural milieu of his time. The editors, two of the leading Lovecraft scholars, have meticulously edited the text, transcribing the letters from manuscript sources and supplying explanatory...>>
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20.12.2021

“I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft” by S.T. Joshi (2-volume edition)

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"I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft" by S.T. Joshi (2-volume edition)
"This new Kindle edition of S. T. Joshi's monumental biography of H. P. Lovecraft includes the entire two-volume print edition in one file, providing the most detailed portrait of the life, work, and thought of the dreamer from Providence ever published. An expanded and updated edition restores the 150,000 words that Joshi omitted from its original publication and, in addition, updates the texts with new findings."...>>
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20.12.2021

“In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft” by W. Scott Poole

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"In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft" by W. Scott Poole
"This brilliant and page-turning book reveals the importance of H.P. Lovecraft in a way no one has before—-a survey of his life but, more importantly, an examination of his influence that stretches throughout the entertainment industry and into society as a whole. Interweaving the biography of the legendary writer with an exploration of Lovecraft as a phenomenon, In the Mountains of Madness strives to explain this reclusive, cultish figure while challenging some of the general views held by Lovecraft devotees. Focusing specifically on the large cross-section of horror and science fiction fans who know Lovecraft through films, role-playing games, and video games directly influenced by his work, but who know little or nothing about the...>>
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