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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
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Pulp scholar specializing in H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Author of SEX AND THE CTHULHU MYTHOS. Reader of dead people's letters. He/him. deepcuts.blog
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8) A small quota of these aliens can do no harm, but any wholesale influx is gravely disastrous. —H. P. Lovecraft to Elizabeth Toldridge, 26 Feb 1932, LET 202 HPL was arguing against the popular "Melting Pot" image of US immigration & culture. A forerunner to great replacement theory nonsense.

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9) Have you ever noticed anything green about Venus? —H. P. Lovecraft to August Derleth, 20 Jul 1929, ES1.201 Comparing astronomical observations with Derleth's EVENING IN SPRING. HPL had never noticed Venus appearing green.

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
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Pulp scholar specializing in H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Author of SEX AND THE CTHULHU MYTHOS. Reader of dead people's letters. He/him. deepcuts.blog
763 followers289 following7.2k posts