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As Ishmael floats helplessly atop the ocean deep, he becomes the stuff of Cosmicism - a strikingly lonely image of humanity adrift in a universe neither good nor evil. Death ends their misunderstanding, and negates their madness. The true madness of man is that of trying to apply a reasonableness to an unreasonable cosmos.

In this essay, I would first like briefly to touch on how Lovecraft and Tolkien’s rigorous adherence to their literary sensibilities shaped later cultural expressions of myth and the macabre. Second, I would like to sample evidence of whether Lovecraft influenced elements of Tolkien’s grand tales.

This post is by John A. DeLaughter, a Lovecraft eZine contributor. What did Albert Einstein, Sir Winston Churchill, George Burns and H.P. Lovecraft have in common?  Other than death? Each person was a cat owner. Einstein kept a tomcat named Tiger, who often got depressed when it rained.  Churchill's marmalade cat Jock slept with his…

Lovecraft eZine Contributor Number Two (not identified as yet): In the Village. Six: What do you want? Two: Information. Two: That would be telling. We want information…information… information!!! Six: You won’t get it! Two: By hook or by crook, we will. Six: Who are you? Six: Who is Number One? Two: You are Number Six. Six (running on the Village’s beach): I am not a number; I am a free man!!! Two: [Laughter]” (1). What is the measure of genius? One lies in the enduring nature of the...