24th February 2006, 10:46 AM
Quote:Didn't HP write a bunch of pseudo intellectual garbage that's about as deep as Eternal Darkness?
Pseudo-intellectual? What are you talking about? The man wrote fantasy-horror, much of which is the basis for modern horror authors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft
And to the short list of well-known American fantasy writers, I'd also add Robert E. Howard.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.