Alan Davey Vision Quest Request

[Jonathan Smith]

I agree that we should try to ignore (but note) Lovecraft's prejudices. As
in the case of Aleister Crowley, who seemed to have abysmal ideas of
about people of other races (although in in case his contempt seemed to
equally to white races too and he  had a very weird sense of humour), it was
a product of is time (even Ezrra Pound degenerated into a stupid
antisemitism). As for Howard, he was mentally unstable and killed himself
when his mother died. The Cthulu Mythos was open to all - Derleth, Carter
etc) all contributed.

Lovecraft was great author but he worked for pulp magazines and that showed.

I'd love to see some noern musical intepretations of his work.

*'Phnglui mglw nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah nagl fhtagn'*


2010/1/9 Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at carlaz.com>

> On 08 Jan 2010, at 07:24 , Mary Sullivan wrote:
> > I agree Lovecraft wrote some fantastic
> > stories, I also understand he had his  prejudices.
>
>
> I wouldn't say that I _ignore_ the prejudices evidenced in the works of
> people like Lovecraft and Howard, but I try to remember that they are
> products of their time and culture -- which, despite the closeness to my
> own, _isn't_ the same!  After all, I am accustomed to reading works by much
> older authors, some of whom came from cultures in which slavery was normal
> and human sacrifice not unknown (and heaven knows whatever other everyday
> things for them would seem shocking to us), and I need to see their works as
> products of a particular time and place as well.  (It's easier with them,
> since there's more distance, but really it's the same issue.)
>
> Heck, I wouldn't necessarily condone all the thing some of my favorite
> musicians have done over the years -- but I'm listening to their music, not
> issuing a general approval of everything they did or said as an individual!
> :)
>
> Cheers,
> Carl
>
> --
> Carl Edlund Anderson
> http://www.carlaz.com/
>