Lovecraftian

English 2006 May 26 Etymology en :af Lovecraft -ian + 1 1, in reference to H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), an American author of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. Pronunciation en /lʌvˈkɹæfti.ən/ en en-us-Lovecraftian.ogg US Adjective thumb|Elder Thing, a Lovecraftian monster. Frighteningly monstrous and otherworldly, sometimes with terrifyingly unnatural anatomy. en 1984 w:Dean R. Koontz w:Darkfall 362 The tip of the thing was equipped with long whiplike appendages that writhed around a loose, drooling, toothless mouth large enough to swallow a man whole...Perhaps this was the only thing that the escaping Lovecraftian entity had thus far been able to extrude between the opening Gates — this one finger. Of, pertaining to, or emulating the style or works of author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). en Lovecraftian horror en Lovecraftian fiction en 2006 A. Blackwood; w:August Derleth The Ithaqua Cycle 102 The present story, "Born of the Winds", is one of the best. For one thing, the vision of the story is pure Lovecraftian cosmic pessimism. en David Bowman Torchlit Crit The New York Times 2007-09-23 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/review/Bowman-t.html 0362-4331 That abandonment, incidentally, compelled Sam’s mother to fill her young son’s head with H. P. Lovecraftian horror-style lies about the interior of Emily Dickinson’s house, lies that motivated her son’s break-in to begin with. https://web.archive.org/web/20231003073954/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/review/Bowman-t.html 3 October 2023 Translations of, pertaining to, or emulating the style or works of author H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) Catalan: ca lovecraftià French: fr lovecraftien German: de lovecraftisch, de lovecraftianisch Italian: it lovecraftiano Polish: pl lovecraftowski Portuguese: pt lovecraftiano Russian: ru лавкра́фтовский m, ru лавкрафтиа́нский Spanish: es lovecraftiano Welsh: cy Lovecraftaidd Noun A fan of American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). en w:The New York Times Book Review 1944 19 For zealous Lovecraftians there are a few choice tidbits—a short autobiography, his commonplace book, and his “History and Chronology of the Necronomicon.” en w:Michel Houellebecq Dorna Khazeni w:H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life Cernunnos, Abrams Books 2005 2019 9781683359746 Finally, we can draw a definitive fourth circle, at the absolute heart of HPL’s myth, which contains what most rabid Lovecraftians continue to call, almost in spite of themselves, the “great texts.” en Gaiman Neil Acolytes of Cthulhu w:Titan Books 2014 9781781165263 Everyone is a “creative anachronist,” but we Lovecraftians, like our cousins in other Buddha-fields of fandom, have elected to live a minority, sectarian existence in what sociologists Berger and Luckmann (The Social Construction of Reality) call a “finite province of meaning.” See also en Cthulhu en Necronomicon en eponyms en Fans (people) Lovecraftian horror