Sites devoted to HPL

[j d worthington]

There may be such a thread already in existence here, but if so I've somehow missed it. At any rate, both to promote discussion of HPL and to make available to newcomers to his work, I'm opening this thread to 1) post a site or two with which I am familiar; and 2) to invite others to do the same or to discuss points of interest raised by the sites mentioned.

My own suggestion for a source for his work is the H. P. Lovecraft Archive, where the texts tend to be the most accurate (several others, such as Dagonbytes, though often easier on the eye, also use older, often quite corrupt, texts). This site, too, has sections dealing with his life, studies of his work, and various other subjects of interest:

http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/

For further discussion of HPL and related matters, I would also suggest Chris Peridas' blog, which is extensive and varied, and often presents materials either unavailable or not easily available otherwise:

http://chrisperridas.blogspot.com/

(Scroll down to the Archive for a genuine taste of how much material is available here!)

There is also this, which reproduces an introduction from S. T. Joshi (from the critical anthology, An Epicure in the Terrible):

http://www.themodernword.com/SCRIPTorium/lovecraft.html

The paper by Justin Taylor ("A Mountain Walked or Stumbled: Madness, Apocalypse, and H. P. Lovecraft's 'The Call of Cthulhu'") is also very much worth reading, and the site itself has links to other Lovecraft sites which may be of interest....

 

[Borrowind]

I have a 300-link directory here, freshly collected and all checked in July 2011. This board's bot won't let me post Web links yet, but just search Google for "Lovecraft on the Web"

 

[j d worthington]

Another site has come to my attention this evening; this one is an ezine devoted to Lovecraft and Lovecraftian fiction, and one which has (surprisingly, given how finicky he can be about such things) even garnered the approval of S. T. Joshi, who seems very impressed when he speaks of in an interview (with W. H. Pugmire). At any rate, I've taken a look at the site, and it is indeed very nice, and some of the names of the writers there are among the better ones working in the field today, so this is by no means a "knock-off", cheap cashing in on HPL's name, but a genuine tribute to the man and his influence.

http://lovecraftzine.com/

The 'zine can be read for free, and includes both news items, stories, and other items of interest....

 

[w h pugmire esq]

It was very generous of S. T. to give the Lovecraft eZine a look when I shew'd it to him last night -- Internet stuff has no real interest for him, indeed he lasted one week on Facebook and then deleted his account, being annoy'd by all of the friend requests he had to respond to. Mike's HPL ezine has links to some of the finest audio readings of Lovecraft's fiction that I have ever listen'd to. For me, as a writer, it is a godsend, because I have determined to write one new prose-poem or vignette for each monthly issue. And in this new issue I got to further my identification with Lovecraft by having a story that I helped a young writer revise see publication. I love these "psyche" links to Lovecraft, doing things because they were also a part of Lovecraft's life, such as his revision work and encouraging young new weird fiction writers. Thanks for mentioning this, J. D.

 

[j d worthington]

You're welcome, Wilum. Thanks to you and S.T. for bringing it up in the interview, or (not having recalled hearing about it, though I'm sure I did) I'd not have gone there in the first place!