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. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.Īlthough Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades.
His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. 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. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. T.Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. Howard Robert Silverberg Roger Zelazny S. Dick Poul Anderson Ramsey Campbell Ray Bradbury Robert A. Greenberg Michael Moorcock Norman Spinrad Olaf Stapledon Peter F. Campbell Jules Verne Kathe Koja Larry Niven Mark Samuels Martin H. Ballard Jack Williamson James Gunn Jerry Pournelle Joe Haldeman John Clute John F. Lovecraft Harlan Ellison Harry Harrison Harry Turtledove Innsmouth Free Press Isaac Asimov J. Riley David Brin David Hambling David Langford Dean Ing Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Rice Burroughs Frederik Pohl French Science Fiction Fritz Leiber Greg Bear Gregory Benford H. Kornbluth Charles Fort Charles Sheffield Clark Ashton Smith Darrell Schweitzer David B. Clarke Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Machen August Derleth Barry Malzberg Brian Aldiss Brian Stableford C. van Vogt Alexander Jablokov Alfred Bester Alternate History Ambrose Bierce Arthur C.
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