Title: H. P. Lovecraft: A Life

Title: H. P. Lovecraft: A Life Title Record # 102599
Author: S. T. Joshi
Date: 1996-10-00
Type: NONFICTION
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: From Wikipedia: A condensed version was issued as "A Dreamer and a Visionary: H. P. Lovecraft in His Time". A new revised/uncut edition (as "I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft") (2 vols) has been issued in 2010; this restores 150,000 words cut for space reasons from the original edition, and is also thoroughly revised and updated in regard to new information on Lovecraft that has come to light since 1996.

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Translations

Year	Title
2001^ⓘA condensed version of "H. P. Lovecraft: A Life".	A Dreamer and a Visionary: H. P. Lovecraft in His Time
2010^ⓘThe first uncut edition of Joshi's "H. P. Lovecraft: A Life".	I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft

Year	Language	Title
2017^ⓘTranslated by Andreas Fliedner. This represents part one of the expanded two-volume edition.	German	H. P. Lovecraft: Leben und Werk Band 1: 1890-1924
2019^ⓘTranslated by Thomas Bauduret, Erwan Devos, Florence Dolisi, Pierre-Paul Durastanti, Jacques Fuentealba, Hermine Hémon, Annaïg Houesnard, Maxime Le Dain, Arnaud Mousnier-Lompré and Alex Nikolavitch	French	Je suis Providence: Vie et oeuvre de H. P. Lovecraft
2020^ⓘTranslated by Andreas Fliedner	German	H. P. Lovecraft: Leben und Werk Band 2: 1925-1937

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1996 Stoker	Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
Win	1997 BFA	Best Small Press
4	1997 Locus	Best Non-Fiction
Nominations Below Cutoff	1997 Hugo	Best Non-Fiction Book
Win (as Je suis Providence: Vie et oeuvre de H. P. Lovecraft)	2020 Imaginaire	Essai

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
H. P. Lovecraft: A Life	1996-10-00	S. T. Joshi	Necronomicon Press	0-940884-89-5	$40.00^?$: US dollar	xii+ 704	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
H. P. Lovecraft: A Life	1996-10-00	S. T. Joshi	Necronomicon Press	0-940884-88-7	$20.00^?$: US dollar	xii+ 704	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
H. P. Lovecraft: A Life	1997-10-00	S. T. Joshi	Necronomicon Press	0-940884-88-7	$20.00^?$: US dollar	704	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
A Dreamer and a Visionary: H. P. Lovecraft in His Time	2001-04-00	S. T. Joshi	Liverpool University Press (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies #27)	0-85323-946-0	£17.95^?£: UK pound	ix+ 422	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Salvator Rosa
A Dreamer and a Visionary: H. P. Lovecraft in His Time	2001-04-00	S. T. Joshi	Liverpool University Press (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies #27)	0-85323-936-3	£44.95^?£: UK pound	ix+ 422	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic	Salvator Rosa
I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft	2010-08-20	S. T. Joshi	Hippocampus Press	978-0-9824296-7-9	$100.00^?$: US dollar	1200	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
H. P. Lovecraft: Leben und Werk Band 1: 1890-1924	2017-10-16	S. T. Joshi	Golkonda	978-3-944720-51-7	€39.90^?€: Euro	750	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic	s.BENeš^?s.BENes
Je suis Providence: Vie et oeuvre de H. P. Lovecraft	2019-07-00	S. T. Joshi	ActuSF ( Perles d'épice^?Perles d'epice )	978-2-37686-200-0	€100.00^?€: Euro	1376	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	non-fic
H. P. Lovecraft: Leben und Werk Band 2: 1925-1937	2020-04-09	S. T. Joshi	Golkonda	978-3-944720-52-4	€39.90^?€: Euro	669	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic

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Reviews

Review by Andy Robertson (1997) in Interzone, #117 March 1997
Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1997) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1997
Review by Roger Dobson (1997) in All Hallows #15, June 1997
Review by Peter Cannon (1997) in Crypt of Cthulhu, #96 Lammas 1997
Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1997) in Aboriginal Science Fiction, Winter 1997
Review by Don Webb (1997) in Nova Express, Summer 1997
Review by Douglas E. Winter (1998) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1998
Review by A. Langley Searles (2001) in SFRA Review #254-5
Review by Gary Wilkinson (2001) in Vector 220
Review by Don D'Ammassa (2001) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #218 November 2001
Review by uncredited (2001) in Weird Tales, Fall 2001 , reprinted in:
Weird Tales #325 (2011)
Review by Donald R. Burleson (2004) in Lovecraft Studies, #44 2004
Review by Steven J. Mariconda (2010) in Lovecraft Annual No. 4
Review by Steven J. Mariconda (2010) in Dead Reckonings #8, Fall 2010
Review [German] by Horst Illmer (2018) in phantastisch!, #69
Review [French] by Jean-Pierre Laigle (2019) in Solaris, Automne 2019
Review [German] by Horst Illmer (2020) in phantastisch!, #79