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![]() ![]() He grew up a sickly young man who was saved from becoming a recluse by his intense interest in pulp magazines and weird fiction. He also declared himself an atheist by eight years old. He loved learning and was intensely curious about the world around him. Joshi talks about how Lovecraft had a few very loyal friends growing up in Providence, Rhode Island. Otherwise, he lived a fairly normal life. His mother and his aunts raised him after his father was committed to an asylum for what Joshi and others believe was neurosyphilis. ![]() ![]() Joshi writes of Lovecraft’s fairly normal childhood. ST Joshi has written extensively about HP Lovecraft’s life. HP Lovecraft’s Brief Lifeīut before we dive into the logistics of how to read HP Lovecraft, let’s talk a little about Howard Philips Lovecraft, the Gentleman from Providence. If NecronomiCon 2013 was any indication, you are in good company. The two most well known of these RPGs are “Arkham Horror” and “Call of Cthulhu.” Or perhaps you found HP Lovecraft through stranger means: Cthulhu plushies, the Re-Animator film series, the “Ask Lovecraft” channel on YouTube…or you’ve simply stumbled upon this article. For some it came with the introduction of HP Lovecraft RPG. Some people discovered Lovecraft’s works in the 1960s-1970s when many of his stories were rereleased in the form of graphic novels, pulp stories, and other works. People come upon HP Lovecraft in many different ways. ![]()
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