Thts the exact same problm with Irving-I would LIKE to read some of the stuff HPL advises,but they only publish that one single story.
But weve got a slight bit of the topic,now havent we?To the catalogue-well, its not like copying the whole contents,I mean,HPL comented on theese things both in his essays and his letters too.
A. Yes, he did, but we have only a very tiny portion of Lovecraft's correspondence in print, whereas Joshi has culled from all available collections of his manuscript letters, the Arkham House Transcripts of his letters, etc.; so not all of these references have been published as of yet. And even those which are, are (I believe) still under copyright. B. "Fair Use" is a rather slippery concept, but one thing which has been stated over and over in any authoritative reference to it is that among the things considered are the amount quoted and the possible impact on the commercial viability of the item quoted from. If the latter is impacted negatively, then it is much less likely to be considered fair use and much more likely to be considered copyright infringement or outright theft.
Now, while what I propose to do is nothing even approaching that, the feeling I'm getting here (I could be wrong) is that I'm being asked to at very least "skirt" this issue. To be frank, I have no intention of doing so. My support goes entirely to the writer and/or their chosen heirs (should the writer be deceased), even where such causes me no little inconvenience. And in this case, I have far too much respect and admiration for S. T. Joshi to wish to in any way step over the line as concerns the work he has done.
While this may not be the case here, far too often I see people on the internet thinking that this sort of work (as well as fiction) should be free access, regardless of copyright laws; that "information wants to (or should be) free". That's utter nonsense. "The laborer is worthy of his hire" applies here, and whether it be a fiction writer, a scholar doing research, or what-have-you,
they deserve the benefit of their hard work, not we. If I feel in any way that to post something will be to lessen that, it won't be posted.
Again, such may not be the case in this instance, but that is how the above comes across, especially given prior comments about the Eddy-Lovecraft collaborations, and I'm replying accordingly. If I am in error about the intent, then I certainly apologize; but addressing this growing trend does no harm in any event.
