The Thing In The Recording Booth
Jun. 3rd, 2021 10:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cutekittenWell, he should have been in there. I have just finished L. Sprague de Camp’s biography of H. P. Lovecraft, who, it turns out, could sing quite well (countertenor).
You too can read this. Luminist.org, go to Archives, scroll down to “de Camp.” Thanks again to the person who recommended the site, whose name I’ve lost. So sorry!
Lovecraft’s life was, all in all, a waste. Yes, he gave us a new type of fiction, but he could have been and done so much more had he not been emotionally crippled, by a mother who wanted a girl ( you know the family would be in court a lot these days), and physically crippled by a condition that turned off his body’s mammalian ability to maintain a steady temperature. This would be a big problem in any case, and a REALLY big problem if you insist on living in frigid New England.
Also spare a thought for Sonia Greene, whose selfless love for her Howard comes through loud and clear. As much as anything else. Lovecraft’s bio is a tragic love story.
You too can read this. Luminist.org, go to Archives, scroll down to “de Camp.” Thanks again to the person who recommended the site, whose name I’ve lost. So sorry!
Lovecraft’s life was, all in all, a waste. Yes, he gave us a new type of fiction, but he could have been and done so much more had he not been emotionally crippled, by a mother who wanted a girl ( you know the family would be in court a lot these days), and physically crippled by a condition that turned off his body’s mammalian ability to maintain a steady temperature. This would be a big problem in any case, and a REALLY big problem if you insist on living in frigid New England.
Also spare a thought for Sonia Greene, whose selfless love for her Howard comes through loud and clear. As much as anything else. Lovecraft’s bio is a tragic love story.
