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HPLs Death Day - Free Audiobook offer from the HP Lovecraft Historical Society
A public service announcement in furtherance of my aim to win more recruits to the cult of Lovecraft. The very wonderful HPLHS are, in remembrance of his passing and for a very limited time only, offering two audiobooks for free: The Hound, and the very weird The Cats Of Ulthar (he really did have quite the thing about cats…) Pick them up here if interested:
https://store.hplhs.org/products/the-hound-audiobook
https://store.hplhs.org/products/the-cats-of-ulthar-audiobook
When the stars are right, it rains cats and dogs…
And always remember, kids:
“Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"
(In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.)
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Long time convert here, so just adding that people need to read Lovecraft more.
Nice! Which of these two is the best? As mentioned in other threads, I cannot recommend highly enough the BBC podcast adaptations of some of his works, which I think you turned me on to svetlovska. The trilogy starts here, and is delectable https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06w5zwg?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
Obligatory “HPL was an outspoken racist and xenophobe” post.
@legsmechanical . Yes, yes he was. He also married a Jewish woman at a time when antisemitism was a completely non controversial position for people of his heritage and position, and even to some extent moved away from the gross racist caricatures of his early works towards the end of his life.
It is not a question of equivalence or whataboutery, his racism was vile then and it is vile now. But it is worth noting that in addition to the above, he was enormously encouraging to other younger or less experienced writers, and was endlessly generous with his time for his surprisingly wide circle of friends and correspondents, both male and female. He was no embittered incel. Fritz Leiber, Robert Bloch, Robert E Howard,, August Derleth and Frank Belknap Long were just some of his circle, and it was their love for him and his work which saw it sustained after his untimely death.
There’s also the fact that until recently at least, it wasn’t considered impossible to hold two conflicting ideas in mind simultaneously. Such as ‘these stories, this world building is awesome’ and ‘the writer of them was a bit of a shit sometimes.’
Might I suggest a certain boy wizard and his inventor presents many young people with a similar dilemma right here and now?
@Gavinski : The Hound is minor, but familiar HPL. The Cats of Ulthar… well. As I say, he really liked cats. (Wait til you encounter the ones that can travel through space, in later stories…) Critics note that he was in his early years very influenced by the dream like, fairytale qualities of the stories by Lord Dunsany, and ‘The Cats…’ is considered to be his best homage, or perhaps, pastiche of this style. With the exception of the marvellous, delirious Randolph Carter sequence though, I’m personally not the biggest fan of his ‘dreamlands’ tales, which are mostly too soft edged and overwrought for my tastes. I personally much prefer the core Mythos tales, the intrusion into Lovecraft’s contemporary 1920s America of Cthulhu and his pals. But your mileage may vary. Especially if you like cats.
Yes, but....
I'll leave svetlovska to tackle this one as she's much more informed on the nuances than I am. In general though, I'm not for cancelling literature from past eras based on what we consider acceptable today.
No shade. I love his work and struggle with divorcing it from the man myself. I just think its an important part of the conversation given the extent to which his work is revered by genre fans.
It is indeed worth bringing up. And I'm sure you're mentioning it will lead to some nuanced discussion here, so thank you for that!
You shouldn’t struggle - look at the works and personal opinions of many famous writers who were born in times when ignorant prejudices were the norm - they wrote and thought what they knew and were taught. That’s not making excuses, but we should give consideration to historical perspectives rather than judge by modern standards.