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Lovecraft: A Biography is a 1975 biography of the writer H. P. Lovecraft by science-fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Doubleday in February 1975.
- De Camp, L. Sprague (Lyon Sprague)
- 1975
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born at 9 a.m. on August 20, 1890, at his family home at 454 (then numbered 194) Angell Street in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother was Sarah Susan Phillips Lovecraft, who could trace her ancestry to the arrival of George Phillips to Massachusetts in 1630.
Jan 1, 1975 · Lovecraft; A Biography, Hardcover – January 1, 1975. by L. Sprague De Camp (Author) 4.6 38 ratings. See all formats and editions. one of America's great pulp fiction authors. Report an issue with this product or seller. Print length. 510 pages.
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- De Camp, L. Sprague (Lyon Sprague)
- L. Sprague De Camp
The son of parents who both died insane, Lovecraft became a powerful philosophical thinker. A poseur who liked to fancy himself an eighteenth-century English gentleman, he condemned poses and affectations in others. A political conservative, he became a Socialist and a believer in the New Deal. A man who prided himself on reticence, he poured ...
Fantasy. Horror. Lovecraft: A Biography is, as it name would seem to suggest, a biography of the late Howard Phillips Lovecraft. It was written by L. Sprague de Camp and first published by Doubleday in 1975. Although it was considered the most definitive work on the subject on its release, it has since been...
H.P. Lovecraft (born August 20, 1890, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.—died March 15, 1937, Providence) was an American author of fantastic and macabre short novels and stories, one of the 20th-century masters of the Gothic tale of terror.
Jan 1, 1996 · H.P. Lovecraft: A Biography. Hardcover – January 1, 1996. by L. Sprague De Camp (Author) 4.6 38 ratings. See all formats and editions. Great read. Report an issue with this product or seller. Print length. 510 pages.
- L. Sprague De Camp
