Wikipedia: History of H. P. Lovecraft

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Howard Philips Lovecraft (August 20 1890 - March 15 1937).

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His prose is somewhat repetitious and tends towards the grand guignol. He was fond of heavy use of unfamiliar adjectives, and of attempts to transcribe dialect speech which have been criticized as inaccurate.

His prose is somewhat repetitious and tends towards the grand guignol. He was fond of heavy use of unfamiliar adjectives such as "rugose" and "squamous", and of attempts to transcribe dialect speech which have been criticized as inaccurate.

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Many later creators of horror writing and films show influences from Lovecraft, including [Clive Barker]?, H. R. Giger

Many later creators of horror writing and films show influences from Lovecraft, including [Clive Barker]? and H. R. Giger. Others, notably August Derleth and [Brian Lumley]?, have written stories that are explicitly set in the same "universe" as Lovecraft's original stories.

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An extensive web page about Lovecraft, including on-line texts of his complete works can be found at http://www.gizmology.net/lovecraft/

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