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Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) was an American writer of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and other genres. He was a friend and correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft and a recipient of several awards for his lifetime achievement.
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He was born in Manhattan, New York City, on April 27, 1901. He grew up in the Harlem area of Manhattan. His father was a prosperous dentist and his mother was May Doty. The family resided at 823 West End Avenue in Manhattan. A lifelong resident of New York City, he was educated in the New York City public school system. He developed his interest in...
Frank Belknap Long left behind a body of work that included twenty-nine novels, 150 short stories, eight collections of short stories, three poetry collections, and numerous freelance magazine articles and comic book scripts. Author Ray Bradbury summed up Long's career: "Frank Belknap Long has lived through a major part of science fiction history i...
H. P. Lovecraft was a close friend and mentor to Frank Belknap Long, with whom he came in contact in 1920 when Long was but nineteen. Lovecraft found Long a stimulating correspondent especially in regard to his aesthetic tastes, focussing on the Italian Renaissance and French literature. Lovecraft published some of Long's early work in his Conserva...
The Hounds of Tindalos have been used or referenced by many later Mythos writers, including Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter, and Brian Lumley. Long's Hounds of Tindalos have also inspired a number of metal and electronic music artists, such as Metallica (with their song "All Nightmare Long" from their ninth studio album Death Magnetic), Epoch of Unligh...
Short Fiction
1. "The Man with a Thousand Legs" (1927) 2. "The Space Eaters" (1928) 3. "The Hounds of Tindalos" (1929) 4. "The Black Druid" (1930) 5. "The Brain Eaters" (1932) 6. "The Malignant Invader" (1932) 7. "The Challenge from Beyond" (1935) (with Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, and C. L. Moore) 8. "Dark Awakening" (1980) 9. "Gateway to Forever" (1984) 10. "John Dee's Necronomicon: A Fragment" (1996)
Novels
1. The Horror from the Hills(1963)
Poetry
1. "H. P. Lovecraft" 2. "The Abominable Snow Men" (1931) 3. When Chaugnar Wakes(1932) 4. In Mayan Splendor(1977)
First Fandom Hall of Fame award (1977).World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (at the 1978 4th World Fantasy Convention),Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement (in 1987, from the Horror Writers Association).Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) was an American writer of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and non-fiction. He was a friend and contributor to H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos and received several awards for his lifetime achievement.
A classic horror story by Frank Belknap Long, a contemporary of H.P. Lovecraft. It tells of a curator who brings back a cursed idol from a remote cave and unleashes a nightmare of terror.
Apr 24, 2006 · Author: Frank Belknap Long Author Record # 1123; Legal Name: Long, Frank Belknap Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Birthdate: 27 April 1901 Deathdate: 3 January 1994 Language: English Webpages: findagrave.com, IMDB, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
As the inexorable custodian to H. P. Lovecraft’s legacy, Frank Belknap Long spent much of his life in the shadow of one of weird fiction’s founding fathers, wearing the burden like an albatross about the neck.
Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994) was a US editor and author of weird fantasy and sf, influenced by H P Lovecraft. He wrote stories of cosmic horror, time travel, invasion plots, dystopia and robots, and received the World Fantasy Award in 1978.
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Jan 5, 1994 · Frank Belknap Long, the author of "The Hounds of Tindalos," "The Horror From the Hills" and other works of fantasy, the supernatural and science fiction, died on Sunday at St. Vincent's Hospital...
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