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H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but his legacy is also apparent in terms like "Lovecraftian horror" and an enduring fandom.
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culture · American writer (1890–1937) · novelist · poet · journalist · science fiction writer · essayist · writer · also H. P. Lovecraft, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Howard P. Lovecraft, HPL, E'ch-Pi-El, Grandpa Theobald
Born 20 August 1890 · Died 15 March 1937 · Q169566
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2026· 6 entries
“s viewpoints. The letters to Smith are characterized by their focus on weird fiction. Lovecraft and Morton debated many scholarly subjects in their letters, resulting in what Joshi has called the”
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“In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard”
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“more than anything to end my effective fictional career”
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“Supernatural Horror in Literature”
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“a positive marvel of consideration”
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2022· 1 entry
Published “Permafrost degradation increases risk and large future costs of infrastructure on the Third Pole” in Communications Earth & Environment — cited 115 times.
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2021· 1 entry
Published “Indigenous spirituality surrounding <i>Serianthes</i> trees in Micronesia: Traditional practice, conservation, and resistance” in Social Compass — cited 12 times.
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Retro Hugo Award for Best Series for Cthulhu Mythos (2020).
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Published “Risks Without Borders: A Cultural Consensus Model of Risks to Sustainability in Rapidly Changing Social–Ecological Systems” in Sustainability — cited 11 times.
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2019· 1 entry
Published “The Expanding Footprint of Rapid Arctic Change” in Earth's Future — cited 57 times.
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2016).
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Lovecraft was inducted into the Museum of Pop Culture's Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame
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2013· 1 entry
Published “Connecting scientific observations to stakeholder needs in sea ice social–environmental systems: the institutional geography of northern Alaska” in Polar Geography — cited 17 times.
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2010· 1 entry
Published “Evaluating Comanagement for Social-Ecological Fit: Indigenous Priorities and Agency Mandates for Pacific Walrus” in Policy Studies Journal — cited 24 times.
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2009· 3 entries
Published “Vulnerability and adaptation to climate-related fire impacts in rural and urban interior Alaska” in Polar Research — cited 40 times.
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Published “Sea-Ice System Services: A Framework to Help Identify and Meet Information Needs Relevant for Observing Networks” in ARCTIC — cited 77 times.
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Published “Growth and Collapse of a Resource System: an Adaptive Cycle of Change in Public Lands Governance and Forest Management in Alaska” in Ecology and Society — cited 30 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Increasing Wildfire in Alaska's Boreal Forest: Pathways to Potential Solutions of a Wicked Problem” in BioScience — cited 147 times.
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2006· 1 entry
Published “Policy strategies to address sustainability of Alaskan boreal forests in response to a directionally changing climate” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 123 times.
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2005· 1 entry
The Library of America published a volume of Lovecraft's works
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1991· 1 entry
As a result of his rising place in American literature, it was popularly thought that Lovecraft extensively transcribed his dreams when writing fiction
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1986· 1 entry
“The Thing That Should Not Be”
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1981· 1 entry
And currently in its seventh major edition, was one of the first games to draw heavily from Lovecraft
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1977· 1 entry
Fans erected a headstone in the same cemetery, on which they inscribed his name, the dates of his birth and death, and the phrase "I AM PROVIDENCE"—a line from one of his personal letters
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1971· 1 entry
Donald Wandrei sued his estate to challenge Derleth's will, which stated that he only held the copyrights and royalties to Lovecraft's works that were published under both his and Derleth's names
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1962· 1 entry
Colin Wilson, in his survey of anti-realist trends in fiction The Strength to Dream, cited Lovecraft as one of the pioneers of the "assault on rationality" and included him with M
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1948· 1 entry
Recalled instances of Susie describing "weird and fantastic creatures that rushed out from behind buildings and from corners at dark
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1947· 1 entry
Derleth purchased all rights to the stories that were published in Weird Tales
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1945· 1 entry
Edmund Wilson sneered: "the only real horror in most of these fictions is the horror of bad taste and bad art
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1944· 1 entry
Asserting that "the literature of horror and macabre fantasy belongs with mystery in its broader sense
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1941· 1 entry
The copyrights passed to her remaining descendants, Ethel Phillips Morrish and Edna Lewis
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1937· 2 entries
Died 1937-03-15.
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“That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.”
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1933· 1 entry
And remarried in 1936, unaware that Lovecraft, despite his assurances to the contrary, never officially signed the final decree
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1926· 1 entry
And remained active as a writer for 11 years, until his death at the age of 46
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1925· 1 entry
Sonia moved from Parkside to Cleveland in response to a job opportunity, and Lovecraft left for a small first-floor apartment on 169 Clinton Street "at the edge of Red Hook"—a location which came to discomfort him greatl
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1924· 2 entries
And relocated to her Brooklyn apartment at 259 Parkside Avenue; she thought he needed to leave Providence to flourish and was willing to support him financially
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Lovecraft moved to New York City and later became a central figure in a wider group of authors known as the "Lovecraft Circle"
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1921· 2 entries
Susie died in Butler Hospital, due to complications from an operation on her gallbladder five days earlier
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But he did not fully incorporate it into his fiction until five years later
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1920· 1 entry
That Lovecraft began publishing the earliest Cthulhu Mythos stories
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1919· 2 entries
Which was his first science fiction story
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Lovecraft's discovery of the stories of Lord Dunsany moved his writing in a new direction, resulting in a series of fantasies
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1918· 1 entry
And he returned to his former post as chairman of the Department of Public Criticism
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1917· 1 entry
As Lovecraft related to Kleiner, Lovecraft made an aborted attempt to enlist in the United States Army
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1916· 1 entry
Lovecraft published his first short story, "The Alchemist", in the main UAPA journal, which was a departure from his usual verse
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1913· 1 entry
Wrote a critical letter to a pulp magazine that ultimately led to his involvement in pulp fiction
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1911· 1 entry
Lovecraft's letters to editors began appearing in pulp and weird-fiction magazines, most notably Argosy
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1908· 2 entries
Prior to what would have been his high school graduation, that Lovecraft suffered another unidentified health crisis, though this instance was more severe than his prior illnesses
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“could hardly bear to see or speak to anyone, & liked to shut out the world by pulling down dark shades & using artificial light”
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1904· 1 entry
Also resumed publishing the Rhode Island Journal of Astronomy as well as starting the Scientific Gazette, which dealt mostly with chemistry
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1902· 2 entries
When Lovecraft was introduced to space
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According to Lovecraft's later correspondence, astronomy became a guiding influence on his worldview
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1896· 1 entry
Was introduced to Greco-Roman myths and became "a genuine pagan"
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1893· 1 entry
Lived affluently until his family's wealth dissipated after the death of his grandfather
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1890· 2 entries
Born 1890-08-20.
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“Copyright and other legal issues Despite several claims to the contrary, there is currently no evidence that any company or individual owns the copyright to any of Lovecraft”
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