I'll confess, between periods of times sweating over essays, projects, and exams for school, I've been wasting my time on the wonderful internets (not that it should be of any surprise). This week I stumbled upon two incredible documentaries that I found to be quite interesting
The first is "Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown". This film documents the life of H.P. Lovecraft, american writer of weird fiction and father of the Cthulhu Mythos. I have always had an interest in the Cthulhu Mythos since I was in high school, but didn't actually start reading Lovecraft until a couple years ago. I should have started earlier. Lovecraft was an extremely interesting man, it's only expected that he should leave behind such an interesting legacy.
The second film is "Dreams with Sharp Teeth", a film that delves into the life and mind of imaginative fiction writer Harlan Ellison. For those of you unfamiliar with Ellison, he has published 75 books, over 1700 stories and artilces, and has publications in in 40 languages. He has also won "8 and a half" Hugo awards for his fiction. However, despite his many accolades and achievements, Ellison will always be known as being one of the biggest assholes in the world of literature. Don't believe me? Watch the film.
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