H.P. Lovecraft Archives

The Hugo Awards Under Fire for Awarding H.P. Lovecraft Posthumous Hugo Retrospective Award

August 4, 2020

H.P. Lovecraft's views on race have sparked yet another controversy, as internet activists have taken issue with the late author being awarded the 1945 Retro-Hugo award for "Best Series" for his work in "The Ct...

Smite Introduces Cthulhu, Slams Creator H.P. Lovecraft

Jorge Arenas

June 3, 2020

Video Games

Video game developer Hi-Rez Studios recently announced they will be introducing Cthulu, created by author H.P. Lovecraft, into Smite, the company's free-to-play, third-person multiplayer online battle arena (MO...

Hugo Award Winner and DC Comics Writer N.K. Jemisin: Publishers Are “Perfectly OK with Novels About Certain Groups of People Written by White Folks, but Not Written by Members of That Group”

Spencer Baculi

May 8, 2020

Books

N.K. Jemisin, the three-time-back-to-back Hugo Award winning author of Far Sector for DC Comics' Young Animal Line, reflected upon her experience in the industry in a recent interview with The Guardian and put ...

Evil Hat Productions Decry H.P. Lovecraft for Being “a Racist and Anti-Semite,” Continue to Use His Work for Fate of Cthulu Role-Playing Game

Spencer Baculi

January 27, 2020

Tabletop Games & RPGs

A recently released table-top role-playing game has sparked controversy after developer Evil Hat Productions directly denounced author H.P. Lovecraft as “a racist and anti-semite” despite their continued use of...

Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country Picked Up By Director Jordan Peele And HBO!

Jorge Arenas

August 17, 2017

Television

Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff was released in 2016. It is a thrilling story that detailed the lives of African Americans, and how they dealt with racism in the 50s. The novel is set to be adopted to television...

Tagged H.P. Lovecraft

The Hugo Awards Under Fire for Awarding H.P. Lovecraft Posthumous Hugo Retrospective Award

Smite Introduces Cthulhu, Slams Creator H.P. Lovecraft

Hugo Award Winner and DC Comics Writer N.K. Jemisin: Publishers Are “Perfectly OK with Novels About Certain Groups of People Written by White Folks, but Not Written by Members of That Group”

Evil Hat Productions Decry H.P. Lovecraft for Being “a Racist and Anti-Semite,” Continue to Use His Work for Fate of Cthulu Role-Playing Game

Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country Picked Up By Director Jordan Peele And HBO!