That story hits home in a way which many of us- but especially the writer- understand all too well. When we are critical of our own work and then write something that strikes a chord with others, it can sometimes come across to us as though _we_ didn’t write it. I’ve certainly felt that way anyway…
I do this all the time. I write something leave it for a few months. Then I come back to make edits and have no idea how I wrote it i n the first place.@@jdsteppenzyde
What an excellent story! I have never read it before. It says so much about his self-doubt and fear of never being accepted or recognized. I do not think the man realized how many of us would love and appreciate his work. I think he would be amazed to realize his stories are the benchmark against which many are compared. When I walk the streets of Providence, Newport, or Kingsport, I always find myself smiling and reminiscing about "this story or that story Lovecraft wrote." I always try to find the streets and buildings, and always realize how well he captured the architecture and soul of not only those cities, but all the other places he wrote about. I love strolling those streets and avenues during winter when all the tourists are gone. I really like how Joshi wove many of the great lines of his tales into the story. Fantastic! Fantastic job, Ian. This one brought a real smile to my face. Thanks!
This really hit home for me. I'm an aspiring author and love writing but also struggle to type the words out. I have everything in my head and hands, but transferring them onto the computer is another task. Maybe I need my own roly poly man to show me the way.
This steak though exceedingly delicious is slightly lacking in a certain element of sodium chloride with the trace presence of calcium, magnesium, chromium, iron, and zinc which can only be procured from the Drokas Nepalese nomads who make their somber camps in the foothills between the Indus River and the Punjab plain whom came to the world’s attention only when Alexander the Great of Macedon conquered South Asia. Imagine those Asiatic laborers diligently toiling away at their thankless work while paying homage to their profane gods to satisfy civilized society’s want of a more refined culinary experience. Though I can not vouch for the veracity that the chef had intentionally failed to add a sufficient amount, it uncannily needs just a bit more.
S.T. Joshi shows up at the end of Alan Moore's Providence, after the jump forward that wraps up the events that started in In The Courtyard and Neonomicon. It's pretty funny that he was made into a comic book character.
Oh yes, that was a good one ! And I have a feeling that H.P. would have enjoyed it very much as well., had he read, or heard your reading of it. Or maybe, in some place - a place very close yet far far away - he has.....
Fantastic Ian Gordon! This is real horror. I owe so much to you and S.T. Joshi that I’ll never be able to convey in words. Well, maybe I can. I’ll dedicate ‘Sarah Eternally Entombed’ song and short story to you both.
@@FrankMonday 'Sarah the Eternal' has been unleashed! Dedication to you as well. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LynhOSpt_Ao.htmlsi=wfeq1tzwperccN_w
'Sarah Eternally Entombed' dedicated to you Ian Gordon and S.T. Joshi. May 'Sarah the Eternal' haunt you forever. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LynhOSpt_Ao.htmlsi=wfeq1tzwperccN_w
He never knew how many people would end up reading and loving his work, not to mention how his work would be the benchmark against which many stories are compared.
That ending was actually quite touching and heartfelt. This story was a wonderful love-letter and tribute to Lovecraft, in a way that is appropriately strange, dark and conflicted.
Good story. I wonder where the idea of making this fictional version of HP Lovecraft a guilty fraud came from. To me it felt like an expression of ST Joshi's feelings of envy at Lovecraft's genius, and guilt in exploiting Lovecraft for his own small bit of literary prestige. But I may be reading into this my own personal neurosis.
I think it's just an interpretation of his real self doubt. The man struggled with a bunch of issues. A literal interpretation hardly seems justified given the reveal at the end.
@@shoddyworkmanship4934 The significance is more in the title. 'In his own handwriting'. Joshi makes a point of describing the 'spidery, barely legible' handwriting, every time that the scrapbook is mentioned. You can find several examples of Lovecraft's actual handwriting online. At the end, Nyarly challenges Howard to identify the writer of the scrapbook - because it is [insert title here].
Bit lame and throwing in a bit of Crawling Chaos at the end wasn't particularly convincing. As a story it didn't flatter either Lovecraft or the reader. But it was OK.
I'm not sure why you thought this was worthy of being read. The author implies that even if Lovecraft had the talent and imagination to create his works that he was unable to set pen to paper, assuming Nylarthotep is even being truthful (which is highly unlikely), so its easy to infer that the true implication is that all the stories were written for him by said elder god Even the most charitable reading paints Lovecraft as someone willing to swallow his guilt and knowingly publish what he thought to be another's work under his own name Perhaps the author wishes he had a fraction of Lovecraft's ability to create cosmic horror and feels jealous? Either way this reads as more of a hit piece than a homage
@@miarencrowsdaughter6434 Which changes nothing about the story and its implications Joshi wrote Lovecraft as a plagiarist at the very least, even if he was plagiarising himself
@@miarencrowsdaughter6434 Because the narrative of the story is that Lovecraft believed he was plagiarising the work of another. Painting him as a moral coward and thief regardless of who the writing actually belonged to. The fact he that it was his own work changes nothing as he had no idea of that and made the choice to steal
