Dr. Simon Reads Appendix N Part Sixteen: HP Lovecraft
Dr. Simon Reads Appendix N Part Sixteen: HP Lovecraft This is a sporadic feature, in which I explore classic fantasy and science fiction works as recommended in the original Dungeon Masters Guide. By now, I’d hope you know what the whole “Appendix N” thing is about, but if not, I refer you back to the first in the series where I look at the works of Poul Anderson. This time around, I have reached the works of: HP Lovecraft Howard Philips Lovecraft is one of the handful Appendix N authors who I think will require no introduction to most people familiar with fantastic fiction. Arguably the Father of Weird Fiction (with Dunsany being the Fun Uncle of Weird Fiction) much of Lovecraft’s inventions have found their way into the general consciousness, up to plushy Cthulhus, and one of the few authors in this list to have had their name turned into an adjective (I’d say also Dunsanian, Tolkienesque and possibly Moorcockian could be added to Lovecraftian). Born in Providence, Rhode