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Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, but his works have become highly important and influential among writers and fans of modern horror fiction.
Biography
Lovecraft was born on 20 August 1890 at 9:00 a.m. in his family home at 194 (now 454) Angell Street in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the only child of Winfield Scott Lovecraft, a traveling salesman of jewelry and precious metals, and Sarah Susan Phillips Lovecraft, who could trace her ancestry in America back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Unusually for the time, both of his parents were in their thirties when they married, and it was the first marriage for both. When Lovecraft was three, his father became acutely psychotic at a hotel in Chicago, Illinois where he was on a business trip. He was brought back to Butler Hospital in Providence, where he remained for the rest of his life. His affliction was general paresis, which may have been caused by syphilis. He died when Lovecraft was eight years old.
Lovecraft was thereafter raised by his mother, two aunts (Lillian Delora Phillips and Annie Emeline Phillips), and his grandfather, Whipple Van Buren Phillips, with whom Lovecraft and his female relatives lived until Phillips' death. Lovecraft was a child prodigy, reciting poetry at age two and writing complete poems by six. His grandfather encouraged his reading, providing him with classics such as The Arabian Nights, Bulfinch's Age of Fable, and children's versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey. His grandfather also stirred young Howard's interest in the weird by telling him original tales of Gothic horror. His mother, on the other hand, worried that these stories would upset him.
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rmeas002 (Richard Measel) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:51:51 -0000
Is there anyone here who is a fan of H.P. Lovecraft and wears a medium sized mens shirt?
@rawklee I liked Index but unless you're a fan of say H.P. Lovecraft and/or the occult, it's probably not your cup of cha. It isn't just moe
cowboybibimbop (Nelsonâ¬) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:00:30 -0000
@rawklee I liked Index but unless you're a fan of say H.P. Lovecraft and/or the occult, it's probably not your cup of cha. It isn't just moe
@neilhimself what H. P. Lovecraft book should I read first?
longlivepedx (Nathan Pasko) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:25:55 -0000
@neilhimself what H. P. Lovecraft book should I read first?
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