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An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia suggests that the theme of "Ex Oblivione"—that nothingness is preferable to life—was derived from Lovecraft's reading the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. Lovecraft expressed similar sentiments in non-fiction work at the time, writing in In Defense of Dagon , "There is nothing better than oblivion, since in ...
Statue of H. P. Lovecraft, the author who created the Necronomicon as a fictional grimoire and featured it in many of his stories. The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of Kitab al-Azif, is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers.
The 1970s produced a number of films that have been classified as Lovecraftian horror. This includes the themes of human fragility, impotence in the face of the unknowable, and lack of answers in Picnic at Hanging Rock, [50] [51] and The Dunwich Horror, with its source in Lovecraft's work and emphasis on "forces beyond the protagonist's control."
"Commonplace Book" "Lord Dunsany and His Work" "Notes on Writing Weird Fiction" "Some Notes on Interplanetary Fiction" "In Memoriam: Robert E. Howard" III. Mechanistic Materialist "Idealism and Materialism—A Reflection" "Life for Humanity's Sake" "In Defense of Dagon" "Nietzscheism and Realism" "The Materialist Today" "Some Causes of Self ...
The idea for the story came to Lovecraft from a dream he had in 1928, which he wrote down in his Commonplace book as, "Man has terrible wizard friend who gains influence over him. Kills him in defence of his soul—walls body up in ancient cellar—BUT—the dead wizard (who has said strange things about soul lingering in body) changes bodies ...
Peter Clines (born May 31, 1969) is an American author and novelist best known for his zombies-vs-superheroes series, Ex-Heroes, and Lovecraftian inspired Threshold novels 14 and The Fold. His short stories can be found in a variety of anthologies, including X-Files: Trust No One , edited by Jonathan Maberry .
Gilman's odd experiences seem to escalate as he dreams that he signs the "Book of Azathoth" under the commands of Keziah, Brown Jenkin, and the infamous "Black Man." Gilman is later taken to Azathoth's throne at the "centre of ultimate chaos" by this group and is forced to be an accomplice in the kidnapping of an infant. He notes that Azathoth ...
At one point Iranon says that he has "dwelt long in Olathoe in the land of Lomar", [3] a reference to the setting of Lovecraft's short story "Polaris".This suggests that "The Quest of Iranon" takes place in the same world and era as "Polaris", that is, in a prehistoric Earth c. 24,000 BC. [4]