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FROM Robert E. Howard | |
TO H. P. Lovecraft | |
August 1930 |
Abstract
Praise for Lovecraft's Fungi from Yuggoth, and thanks for his praise of Howard's "The Moon of Skulls," in addition to being glad to hear of the praise from both Frank Belknap Long and Clark Ashton Smith; on Lovecraft's theories of prehistory and fairy-lore, touching on Howard's own interpretation of the Little People (and Howard's story "The Lost Race"), seguing back to a lengthy discussion Celtic history, legend, and language (quoting heavily from O'Reilly and O'Donovan's Irish-English Dictionary) and coming back to talk of early civilizations and their spread; Howard begs forgiveness for certain questions (giving a sketch of his sketchy education as an excuse), and asks about Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos (which he noticed Adolph de Castro also uses), mentioning the accidental similarity of Cthulhu to Howard's Kathulos "Skull-Face" (with reference to 004-0029).
Cited By
TBD
Included In
- A Means to Freedom (unabridged)
- Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard (unabridged)
- Robert E. Howard Selected Letters (unabridged)
Preceded By 032-0005 | Letters of Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft | Followed by 000-0421 |
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Preceded By 032-0005 | A Means to Freedom | Followed By 000-0421 |
Preceded By 033-0119 | Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard | Followed By 033-0121 |
Preceded By 033-0119 | Robert E. Howard Selected Letters | Followed By 033-0122 |