The Alchemist, it's a good story in my opinion, here is some information
"The Alchemist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1908, when Lovecraft was 17 or 18, and first published in the November 1916 issue of the United Amateur.
The story is recounted by the protagonist, Count Antoine de C-, in the first person. Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The wizard's son, Charles le Sorcier, swore revenge on not only him but all his descendants, cursing them to die on reaching the age of 32.
Creepy I guess, but it's funny.
martes, 19 de junio de 2012
The Call of Cthulhu - Who is Cthulhu?
Well, Cthulhu sure is a pretty famous Lovecraft's invention so here is some explanation of were did it come and who is it.
"The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, in February 1928. Cthulhu Mythos scholar Robert M. Price claims the irregular sonnet "The Kraken", written in 1830 by Alfred Tennyson, is a major inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's story, as both reference a huge aquatic creature sleeping for an eternity at the bottom of the ocean and destined to emerge from his slumber in an apocalyptic age.
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity who first appeared in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu", it us nearly a god in "Cthulhu mythos" and even there are cults that worship Cthulhu, pretty strange I think.
"The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, in February 1928. Cthulhu Mythos scholar Robert M. Price claims the irregular sonnet "The Kraken", written in 1830 by Alfred Tennyson, is a major inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's story, as both reference a huge aquatic creature sleeping for an eternity at the bottom of the ocean and destined to emerge from his slumber in an apocalyptic age.
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity who first appeared in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu", it us nearly a god in "Cthulhu mythos" and even there are cults that worship Cthulhu, pretty strange I think.
About Weird fiction
What is "Weird fiction"?
-Well, "Weird fiction" is a subgenre of speculative fiction written in the late 19th and early 20th century. H. P. Lovecraft adopted the term from Sheridan Le Fanu and popularized it in his essays. In "Supernatural Horror in Literature," Lovecraft defines the genre:
"The true weird tale has something more than secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains according to rule. A certain atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces must be present; and there must be a hint, expressed with a seriousness and portentousness becoming its subject, of that most terrible conception of the human brain--a malign and particular suspension or defeat of those fixed laws of Nature which are our only safeguard against the assaults of chaos and the daemons of unplumbed space."
Although Lovecraft was one of the few early 20th-century writers to describe his work as "weird fiction," the term has enjoyed a contemporary revival in New Weird fiction.
-Well, "Weird fiction" is a subgenre of speculative fiction written in the late 19th and early 20th century. H. P. Lovecraft adopted the term from Sheridan Le Fanu and popularized it in his essays. In "Supernatural Horror in Literature," Lovecraft defines the genre:
"The true weird tale has something more than secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains according to rule. A certain atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces must be present; and there must be a hint, expressed with a seriousness and portentousness becoming its subject, of that most terrible conception of the human brain--a malign and particular suspension or defeat of those fixed laws of Nature which are our only safeguard against the assaults of chaos and the daemons of unplumbed space."
Although Lovecraft was one of the few early 20th-century writers to describe his work as "weird fiction," the term has enjoyed a contemporary revival in New Weird fiction.
About Lovecraft
As you can see, Lovecraft was an incredible writer with an incredible imagination. What about his lifestyle? Well, he lived most of his life in a poor state. In his childhood, his family didn't have too much money and they were constantly forced to move to smaller houses. He loved writing so he was doing this a lot of time everyday so he hasn't time to have children!
Lovecraft Bibliography - 3rd part
Scientific works:
The Art of Fusion, Melting Pudling & Casting
Chemistry, 4 volumes
A Good Anaesthetic
The Railroad Review
The Moon
The Scientific Gazette
Astronomy/The Monthly Almanack
The Rhode Island Journal of Astronomy
Annals of the Providence Observatory
Providence Observatory Forecast
The Science Library, 3 volumes
Astronomy articles for The Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner
Astronomy articles for The Providence Tribune
Third Annual Report of the Providence Meteorological Station
Celestial Objects for All
Astronomical Notebook
Astronomy articles for The Providence Evening News
"Bickerstaffe" articles from The Providence Evening News
"Science versus Charlatanry"
"The Falsity of Astrology"
"Astrology and the Future"
"Delavan's Comet and Astrology"
"The Fall of Astrology"
Astronomy articles for The Asheville Gazette-News
Editor's Note to MacManus' "The Irish and the Fairies"
The Truth about Mars
The Cancer of Superstition
Miscellaneous writings (Like Poetry, only 10 but he wrote about 90 of them):
A Task for Amateur Journalists
Departments of Public Criticism
What Is Amateur Journalism?
Consolidations Autopsy
Consolidation's Autopsy
The Amateur Press
The Morris Faction
For President – Leo Fritter
Introducing Mr. Chester Pierce Munroe
The Question of the Day
The Art of Fusion, Melting Pudling & Casting
Chemistry, 4 volumes
A Good Anaesthetic
The Railroad Review
The Moon
The Scientific Gazette
Astronomy/The Monthly Almanack
The Rhode Island Journal of Astronomy
Annals of the Providence Observatory
Providence Observatory Forecast
The Science Library, 3 volumes
Astronomy articles for The Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner
Astronomy articles for The Providence Tribune
Third Annual Report of the Providence Meteorological Station
Celestial Objects for All
Astronomical Notebook
Astronomy articles for The Providence Evening News
"Bickerstaffe" articles from The Providence Evening News
"Science versus Charlatanry"
"The Falsity of Astrology"
"Astrology and the Future"
"Delavan's Comet and Astrology"
"The Fall of Astrology"
Astronomy articles for The Asheville Gazette-News
Editor's Note to MacManus' "The Irish and the Fairies"
The Truth about Mars
The Cancer of Superstition
Miscellaneous writings (Like Poetry, only 10 but he wrote about 90 of them):
A Task for Amateur Journalists
Departments of Public Criticism
What Is Amateur Journalism?
Consolidations Autopsy
Consolidation's Autopsy
The Amateur Press
The Morris Faction
For President – Leo Fritter
Introducing Mr. Chester Pierce Munroe
The Question of the Day
Lovecraft Bibliography 2nd part
Juvenilia:
The Alchemist
The Beast in the Cave
The Haunted House
John, the Detective
The Little Glass Bottle
The Mysterious Ship
The Mystery of the Grave-Yard
The Noble Eavesdropper
The Picture
The Secret of the Grave
The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure
Poetry (Only 10 but he wrote likely 100-150 poems):
De Triumpho Naturae
The Members of the Men's Club of the First Universalist Church of Providence, R.I., to Its President, About to Leave for Florida on Account of His Health
To His Mother on Thanksgiving
To Mr. Terhune, on His Historical Fiction
Providence in 2000 A.D.
New-England Fallen
On the Creation of Niggers
Fragment on Whitman
On Robert Browning
On a New-England Village Seen by Moonlight
Philosophical works:
The Crime of the Century
The Renaissance of Manhood
Liquor and Its Friends
More Chain Lightning
Old England and the "Hyphen"
Revolutionary Mythology
The Symphonic Ideal
Editors Note to McGavacks "Genesis of the Revolutionary War"
A Remarkable Document
At the Root
Merlinus Redivivus
Time and Space
Anglo Saxondom
Americanism
The League
Bolshevism
Idealism and Materialism – A Reflection
Life for Humanity's Sake
In Defence of "Dagon"
Nietzscheism and Realism
East and West Harvard Conservatism
The Materialist Today
Some Causes of Self-Immolation
Some Repetitions on the Times
Heritage or Modernism: Common Sense in Art Forms
Objections to Orthodox Communism
The Alchemist
The Beast in the Cave
The Haunted House
John, the Detective
The Little Glass Bottle
The Mysterious Ship
The Mystery of the Grave-Yard
The Noble Eavesdropper
The Picture
The Secret of the Grave
The Secret Cave, or John Lees Adventure
Poetry (Only 10 but he wrote likely 100-150 poems):
De Triumpho Naturae
The Members of the Men's Club of the First Universalist Church of Providence, R.I., to Its President, About to Leave for Florida on Account of His Health
To His Mother on Thanksgiving
To Mr. Terhune, on His Historical Fiction
Providence in 2000 A.D.
New-England Fallen
On the Creation of Niggers
Fragment on Whitman
On Robert Browning
On a New-England Village Seen by Moonlight
Philosophical works:
The Crime of the Century
The Renaissance of Manhood
Liquor and Its Friends
More Chain Lightning
Old England and the "Hyphen"
Revolutionary Mythology
The Symphonic Ideal
Editors Note to McGavacks "Genesis of the Revolutionary War"
A Remarkable Document
At the Root
Merlinus Redivivus
Time and Space
Anglo Saxondom
Americanism
The League
Bolshevism
Idealism and Materialism – A Reflection
Life for Humanity's Sake
In Defence of "Dagon"
Nietzscheism and Realism
East and West Harvard Conservatism
The Materialist Today
Some Causes of Self-Immolation
Some Repetitions on the Times
Heritage or Modernism: Common Sense in Art Forms
Objections to Orthodox Communism
Lovecraft Bibliography 1st part
Lovecraft wrote a lot of short stories. A LOT of them so here is a list of them for my bloggers:
Fiction:
Collaborations, revisions, and ghost writing:
The Battle that Ended the Century
Fiction:
The Tomb
Dagon
Dagon
A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
Polaris
Polaris
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Memory
Old Bugs
The Transition of Juan Romero
The White Ship
The Doom that Came to Sarnath
The Statement of Randolph Carter
Memory
Old Bugs
The Transition of Juan Romero
The White Ship
The Doom that Came to Sarnath
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Street late
The Terrible Old Man
The Terrible Old Man
The Cats of Ulthar
The Tree
Celephaïs
From Beyond
The Temple
The Tree
Celephaïs
From Beyond
The Temple
Nyarlathotep
The Picture in the House
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family Fall
The Nameless City
The Quest of Iranon
The Moon-Bog
Ex Oblivione
The Other Gods
The Outsider
The Music of Erich Zann
Sweet Ermengarde
Hypnos
What the Moon Brings
Azathoth Fragment
Herbert West–Reanimator
The Hound
The Lurking Fear
The Rats in the Walls
The Festival
The Shunned House
The Horror at Red Hook
He
In the Vault
Cool Air
The Call of Cthulhu
Pickman's Model
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Silver Key
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Colour Out of Space
The Descendant Fragment
The Very Old Folk
History of the Necronomicon
The Dunwich Horror
Ibid
The Whisperer in Darkness
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Book Fragment
The Evil Clergyman Letter
The Haunter of the Dark
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family Fall
The Nameless City
The Quest of Iranon
The Moon-Bog
Ex Oblivione
The Other Gods
The Outsider
The Music of Erich Zann
Sweet Ermengarde
Hypnos
What the Moon Brings
Azathoth Fragment
Herbert West–Reanimator
The Hound
The Lurking Fear
The Rats in the Walls
The Festival
The Shunned House
The Horror at Red Hook
He
In the Vault
Cool Air
The Call of Cthulhu
Pickman's Model
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Silver Key
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Colour Out of Space
The Descendant Fragment
The Very Old Folk
History of the Necronomicon
The Dunwich Horror
Ibid
The Whisperer in Darkness
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Book Fragment
The Evil Clergyman Letter
The Haunter of the Dark
Collaborations, revisions, and ghost writing:
The Battle that Ended the Century
The Challenge from Beyond
Collapsing Cosmoses
The Crawling Chaos
The Curse of Yig Spring
The Diary of Alonzo Typer
The Disinterment
The Electric Executioner
The Green Meadow
Four o'clock
The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast
The Horror at Martin's Beach
The Horror in the Burying-Ground
The Horror in the Museum
The Last Test
The Man of Stone
Medusa's Coil
The Mound
The Night Ocean
Out of the Aeons
Poetry and the Gods
Relic of a Forgotten World
The Slaying of the Monster
The Sorcery of Aphlar
The Thing in the Moonlight
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
Till A’the Seas
The Trap
The Tree on the Hill
Two Black Bottles
Under the Pyramids
In the Walls of Eryx
Winged Death
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