H. P. Lovecraft and His Influence (blog de W.H.Pugmire esq.): enlace
I first began to write to Bloch in 1969, when I asked him to write a wee tribute to Forry Ackerman for my horror film fanzine, Fantasia. I was deeply into horror films at the time and had little interest in reading fiction. When, in 1971, I was stationed in Northern Ireland as a Mormon missionary, I wasn't allowed to attend horror films (they were deemed a bad influence); and so, because I was pen pals with Bob, I began to go to wee used book shops and find anthologies wherein Bloch was one of many writers. That's how I got hooked on reading horror fiction, which became my main addiction over the new few years. I was stationed in Omagh, County Tyrone, when I found a used copy of a book that had but recently been republished in paperback: THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK AND OTHER by H. P. Lovecraft ( Panther Horror, 1970). I knew of Lovecraft because of some films that had been made based on his stories, and because one entire issue of an old film fanzine, Gore Creatures, had been dedicated to HPL. Imagine my surprise when, turning to the book's title story, I saw that Lovecraft had dedicated "The Haunter of the Dark" to my pen-pal, Robert Bloch! Corresponding with Bob led to my thinking I too wanted to be a horror writer, and I wrote and sold my first story while still a missionary in Omagh. And it was because of my friendship with Bob that I became interested in H. P. Lovecraft, and interest that blossomed into an obsession once I returned to ye States.
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Pues sí, como dice Entro, es todo un drag queen. Pero parece que lo que escribe es lovecraftiano, sí, pero no para todo estómago. Aquí algunas de sus primeras notas en éste libro, para que tengás una idea de lo que podés esperar. Es algo así como erótica lovecraftniana bizarra fetichista.
¿Estás seguro de que no se llama, en realidad, Asenath Waite?
Que tipo mas peculiar jeejee si alguien tiene curiosidad y lo quiere ver que se pase por la NecronomiCon de Providence.
En 'El ciclo de Dunwich', Robert M. Price escribe que este señor fue mormón en Irlanda antes de entrar "en el mundo punk homosexual de Seattle".
A eso en mi tierra se le llama "ser un regalito".
RIP.
Jo, qué pena. A mí su cuento Los habitantes de Wraithwood me pareció de lo mejorcito del Black Wings, y tenía curiosidad por leer más textos suyos.
DEP.
Una vez le compré un libro y lo acompañó con una carta manuscrita, la recuperaré esta tarde para compartirla, una persona entrañable.
Pues sí es un detalle, la verdad. En estos tiempos que alguien te dedique aunque sean diez minutos de su tiempo para escribir una carta de su puño y letra es bastante encomiable.
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