- Paperback: 704 pages
- Publisher: Necronomicon Press (1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0940884887
- ISBN-13: 978-0940884885
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.5 x 4.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,250,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Critics of lovecrafts previous biography(sprague de camp) has said the authour leaves gaps in the life of lovecraft
and is not very sympathetic to the man himself.There are whole paragraphs of character assasination
detailing the mistakes lovecraft made in his life with 20/20 hindsight.
It does however have the virtue of telling the story of his life coherently and in an entertaining and informative manner.
Joshi doesnt do this at all.This isnt even a book, its a bunch of all his research notes slapped together with little snippets of lovecrafts life in chronological order.The events of his life are detailed but endlessly broken up by supporting letters and statements attributed to lovecraft or friends and family.The book is almost unreadable,and any publisher should have edtied out most of joshi's waffle and made the book more reader friendly(or accessable at all) .More of a secondary school text book on the subject of lovecraft than a biography.
If decamp's book lacks respect/sympathy for the subject then this book (and its authour) lack a soul.
as a reference book it suceeds as a biography it fails on every level
and is not very sympathetic to the man himself.There are whole paragraphs of character assasination
detailing the mistakes lovecraft made in his life with 20/20 hindsight.
It does however have the virtue of telling the story of his life coherently and in an entertaining and informative manner.
Joshi doesnt do this at all.This isnt even a book, its a bunch of all his research notes slapped together with little snippets of lovecrafts life in chronological order.The events of his life are detailed but endlessly broken up by supporting letters and statements attributed to lovecraft or friends and family.The book is almost unreadable,and any publisher should have edtied out most of joshi's waffle and made the book more reader friendly(or accessable at all) .More of a secondary school text book on the subject of lovecraft than a biography.
If decamp's book lacks respect/sympathy for the subject then this book (and its authour) lack a soul.
as a reference book it suceeds as a biography it fails on every level
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ignore the naff cover art and design. This is the definitive Lovecraft biography, and the result of a lifetime of scholarship. But be aware that the 'definitive edition' of this book is coming out as a limited-edition two-volume hardback in August 2010. The new edition is retitled, to avoid confusion, as: 'I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft'. It restores 150,000 words originally cut from "A Life" because the publisher of couldn't afford to run the extra pages. It also updates the biography in the light of the Lovecraft scholarship and discoveries in the 15 years, since the appearance of "A Life".
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Magnificently researched and highly readable - the definitive guide to HPL's life and works.
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