http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 19 Jun 2003 05:00:41 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/15/141636.php#comment-11401 i have read somewhere, something to the effect that HPL didn't like the pulp format, was ashamed that during his lifetime it was the format in which most of his work was published, and he was often frustrated/depressed that he could not get published "properly" during his lifetime. It is such a shame he gained most recognition after his lifetime =+( 11401@blogcritics.org Thu, 19 Jun 2003 05:00:41 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/15/141636.php#comment-11219 My, but the old gent has been making his presence felt here lately, hasn't he? :) There's one considerable criticism I've read of <I>SHiL</i>, which is that he entirely ignores the popular magazine and pulp tradition, which was of course the field in which he himself was professionally published (probably he ignored it because he was often embarrassed to be seen in that sort of company). Of all the pulp authors of the time, Clark Ashton Smith is the only one to get a mention, and even then HPL downplays Smith's pulp connections (which he himself introduced Smith to). That aside, <i>SHiL</i> is indeed a fine survey of the literature up to the 1930s. 11219@blogcritics.org Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:25:02 EDT