Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 -- March 15, 1937),
often credited as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American author of
horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known
as weird fiction.
Lovecraft's guiding aesthetic and philosophical principle was what
he termed "cosmicism" or "cosmic horror", the idea that life is
incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is
fundamentally inimical to the interests of humankind. As such, his
stories express a profound indifference to human beliefs and
affairs. Lovecraft is best known for his Cthulhu Mythos story
cycle. Colin Wilson (born 26 June 1931 in Leicester) is a prolific
English writer who first came to prominence as a philosopher and
novelist. Wilson has since written widely on true crime, mysticism
and other topics. He prefers calling his philosophy new
existentialism or phenomenological existentialism.
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