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Howard Phillip Lovecraft

August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937

Early Life

Providence, Rhode Island

Early career Pulp magazines Starts network of

correspondents

Marriage & death Sonia Greene Move to New York Dies of Cancer of the

small intestine & Malnutrition

Themes & Style

★ “Cosmic Horror”★ The Necronomicon

Forbidden knowledge

Non-human influences

Inherited guilt

Fate

Civilization under threat

Race, ethnicity, and class

Risks of a scientific era

Religion

Letters & Copyright 30,000 letters, second

to Voltaire Copyright in

contreversy

Influences

Authors Batman Neil Gaiman Stephen King Robert Bloch

Games Role playing games Board games Card games Computer games

Alone in the Dark

Films & TV ‘Official Movies’ ‘Fan Movies’ Evil Dead Promethius Cabin in the Woods …And many, many

more…

HP Lovecraft Historical Society

www.cthulhulives.org

Evil Dead

Cabin in the Woods

Promethius

Game of Thrones

And there’s more…

HR Giger

Readings Pickman’s Model

(1927) From Beyond (1920) The Outsider (1921)