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H.P. Lovecraft
Bornin Providence, Rhode Island, The United States August 20, 1890
DiedMarch 15, 1937
Websitehttp://www.hplovecraft.com/
GenreHorror, Weird Fiction, Short Stories
InfluencesEdgar Allan Poe, Robert Chambers, Clark Ashton Smith, Arthur Machen, L ...more
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and 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 the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. 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. 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.
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Gotcha, anon. Same thing habbens to anons, on a different scale. Last time a shill couldn't come up with a rational reply, called me a kike and gave me a frenly suggestion ("KYS!"). Never thought i'd miss those insults, kek. Funny--Anons have been insulting one another on voat just to feel at home.