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Re: Lovecraft

From:Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 10, 1999, 19:28
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.
<...> 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