Reddit reviews HP Lovecraft: The Mysterious Man Behind the Darkness (Oxford People)
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There are also a couple other options you've missed - S. T. Joshi's H. P. Lovecraft: Nightmare Countries was apparently aimed at the coffee-table book market and at least has the advantage of being correct in all factual particulars and filled with pretty pictures; it just didn't sell. Charlotte Montague's HP Lovecraft: The Mysterious Man Behind the Darkness is likewise attractive to look at, despite some very glaring errors of facts.
After reading that biography on him, I felt so horrible for him. He never stood a chance in society. Although, if you think about it. If he would have had a great childhood, been really popular, and had no mental illnesses, where would we be in terms of horror in 2019? He was soooo far ahead of his time and inspired every horror writer up until today and will continue inspiring them. Same with Richard Matheson, who wrote I Am Legend, about a third of the original Twilight Zone episodes and has probably the greatest three-volume collection of short horror stories ever written. King has said that Lovecraft and Matheson are who he owes his success to.
The book about Lovecraft I'm talking about is called "H.P. Lovecraft: The Mysterious Man Behind the Darkness". I would suggest ordering it on Amazon or going to your nearest Half Price Books and buying it. It's like $10 or less, but worth way more.
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