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H.P. Lovecraft

Born

in Providence, Rhode Island, The United States

August 20, 1890

Died

March 15, 1937

Website

http://www.hplovecraft.com/

Genre

Horror, Weird Fiction, Short Stories

Influences

Edgar 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 mir ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 777,313 ratings · 53,250 reviews · 4,363 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Call of Cthulhu 3.96 avg rating — 63,108 ratings — published 1926 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 50,807 ratings — published 1926 — 194 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Mountains of Madness 3.81 avg rating — 54,762 ratings — published 1931 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth (Editor), Robert Bloch (Introduction) 4.30 avg rating — 29,527 ratings — published 1963 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror 4.26 avg rating — 24,351 ratings — published 1981 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow over Innsmouth 4.10 avg rating — 22,221 ratings — published 1936 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 4.13 avg rating — 20,835 ratings — published 1941 — 306 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft 4.35 avg rating — 18,044 ratings — published 1978 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Νεκρονομικόν by H.P. Lovecraft, Abdul Alhazred, Αμπντούλ Αλχαζρέντ 4.18 avg rating — 17,971 ratings — published 2008 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, August Derleth (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 15,868 ratings — published 1929 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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H.P. Lovecraft (Original Story),

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3.80 avg rating — 66,570 ratings

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H.P. Lovecraft

3.56 avg rating — 30,370 ratings

Randolph Carter (5 books)
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3.74 avg rating — 15,739 ratings

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H.P. Lovecraft,

Wayne June (Narrator)

3.80 avg rating — 2,504 ratings

The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft (2 books)
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H.P. Lovecraft,

Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Victor LaValle (Introduction)

4.41 avg rating — 2,019 ratings

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Elric Song of the Black Sword (Eternal Champion, #5) by Michael Moorcock

Hawkmoon (Eternal Champion, #3) by Michael Moorcock

Von Bek (Eternal Champion, #2) by Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion (any): i.e.,
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Slaine The Horned God (2000 Ad) by Pat Mills

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Conan The Barbarian (2019-) #1 by Jason Aaron

Lady Death Origins Volume 1 by Brian Pulido

Comics/Graphic Novels: Valen the Outcast #1; Slaine: The Horned God; Savage Sword Of Conan (2019-) #1; Conan The Barbarian (2019-) #1; Lady Death: Origins Volume 1

3 votes, 11.1%

Wizardry and Wild Romance A Study of Epic Fantasy by Michael Moorcock

Supernatural Horror in Literature by H.P. Lovecraft

Robert E. Howard Selected Letters 1923-1930 by Robert E. Howard

Non Fiction: examples: H.P. Lovecraft's Supernatural Horror in Literature; Michael Moorcock's Wizardry and Wild Romance: A Study of Epic Fantasy; Robert E. Howard 's Robert E. Howard Selected Letters 1923-1930

2 votes, 7.4%

Darkstorm (The Rhenwars Saga, #0.5) by M.L. Spencer

Darkstorm by M.L. Spencer

2 votes, 7.4%

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