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SUSPECT
VIDEO and CULTURE
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SPOTLIGHT
on H.P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft, born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island (1890-1937) has the reputation of being one of the greatest writers of classic horror, on a par with Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft's mentor. From early tales in the Weird Tales pulp magazine to his novels such as The Call of Cthulhu he influenced and nurtured the careers of many young writers (August Derleth, Donald Wandrei, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber) and still inspires to this day. Lovecraft's work has been translated into more than a dozen languages, his tales adapted for film, television, and comic books, and he has been the subject of more scholarly study than any other writer of horror fiction save Poe. A brief bio can be found at the Miskatonic University website |
