Were YOU Scared Too?

Lovecraft: A Biography.  Abridged by the author.  By L Sprague de Camp.  Ballantine, 1976.  Cover art by Murray Tinkelman.

           This is a fine read, due to de Camp’s writing skills.  The hardback was just over 500 pages—I’ve read it too.  This abridgment “by the author” gets us down to 480 paperback pages. 

            Look at Murray Tinkelman’s cover art and explain why a dragon is erupting from the head of ol’ Aich-Pee Ell.

            It so happens that de Camp and his lovely wife Catherine were guests of Norman, OK’s PsurrealCon in February 1990.

            And he was gracious enough to autograph my paperback!

             See you in the stacks, kiddies!