Re: Lovecraft
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 19:28 |
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On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Grandsire, C.A. wrote:
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> In fact there is no supernatural in Lovecraft's books, and that's what
> I like. Everything that happens in his world is perfectly compatible
> with the laws of this world.
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It all depends a bit on who Lovecraft was reading at the time, I
think. Joshi argues that Lovecraft tended to be very deeply influenced
by anything he read, and the tales he wrote when inspired by Dunsany
exude supernaturalness, I feel.
Boudewijn Rempt | http://denden.conlang.org/~bsarempt