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Originally Posted by meeera
I know this was written an age ago in internet forum time, but I keep rolling it around in my head. Why on earth would I, knowing Lovecraft was a hideous racist, also avoid anyone else's books based in his work?
That would deprive me of some really amazing modern works like The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin, The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle, The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson.
And two I haven't read yet but am looking forward to, Lovecraft Country and In the Shadow of Spindrift House.
Heck, even the Night Vale universe could be considered to be based in Lovecraftia.
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Because these author's are basing their work off of the work of someone who is an out and out big time racist. They should get some better ideas that are no based on the work of such a person.