![]() Getting into the actual text, Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos changed horror forever, and solidified the idea of “cosmic horror”. Howard or Clark Ashton Smith (and he was friendly with both), and I find the stories of any of these authors to stand on their own even today. His work and stories are comparable to Robert E. They’re remembered fondly and elevated above the work of other pulp authors from that golden age, but I suspect it’s more so to do with Lovecraft’s incredible vocabulary. ![]() ![]() The works Lovecraft published are solidly in the “weird” genre of early pulp stories, specifically they have elements of both horror and science fiction. Besides, ancient aliens that are far more powerful than “civilized man” doesn’t seem to fit that idea. As mentioned before, I won’t be directly addressing Lovecraft’s personal beliefs of race or immigration I don’t think they’re really pertinent aside from a possible xenophobic bend to his mindset. Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu” is a short story published in Weird Tales in 1928. ![]()
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