I probably skimmed at that point. Which is also true of the Bob Bloch intro to the Best Of collection I have, where he spends some time defending HPL from accusations of being sick and depraved by talking about all the other famous writers who could be accused of the same. Dope fiends and alcoholics, all of them! Zzzzzzzzzz. Although it was interesting to see him list Ted White as one of the accusers (and Ted still feels that way, as far as I can tell).
It might be worth clicking on the link to the second section of Joshi's article, "Philosophy", before you give up on it entirely. Or not, of course. I found the discussion of Lovecraft's evolving antiquarianism and interest in cutting edge science quite interesting.
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Date: 2010-09-16 06:31 pm (UTC)It might be worth clicking on the link to the second section of Joshi's article, "Philosophy", before you give up on it entirely. Or not, of course. I found the discussion of Lovecraft's evolving antiquarianism and interest in cutting edge science quite interesting.