Lovecraft in Washington Post

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Lloyd Rose reviews a new HPL collection, and a scholarly work on HPL by Michel Houellebecq and fails to say anything new or particularly interesting: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/12/AR2005051201433.html

Still, I suppose it's the thought that counts.

 

[Leto]

Did Houellebecq take the time to actually read HPL work ?
I highly doubt it, as the man is a litterary fraud.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Background info? I've never heard of him before, and wouldn't know either way!

 

[Leto]

French best-seller writer who's specialized in controversy and porn disguised as "litterature". And known for his lack of research.
Make up your own mind : http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,783583,00.html
or his official website : http://www.houellebecq.info/english.php3

For me, as a writer, he's a Bukowski wannabee without one tenth of Bukowski talent.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

He basically seems like a confronatationalist with a gift for self-promotion. Add his alcohol habit and that's the picture of a charmless man? Seems like a fun, guy, really.

 

[j d worthington]

We can add the following review to the pot....

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19454