Scott Connors wrote:
Quote:Towards the end of his life, Clark told Don Fryer that it would be a mistake to value his poetry over his short stories, or visa versa, stating that there was much of value in both parts of his writing.
That's an interesting and surprising statement of CAS's. I imagine that I shall always be "mistaken", then. As much as I enjoy and admire most of CAS's stories, I cannot consider that body of work to be equal to his poetry. For one thing, the latter was never motivated by the need for money, nor was it ever diluted to suit the whims of editors of pulp magazines. Still,
de gustibus and all that, I suppose.
Ludde wrote:
Quote:I think Lovecraft also saw Frankenstein. He thought it was awful. I think it's quite good on its own terms.
What seemed to bother Lovecraft most about this film was its utter infidelity to Mary Shelley's novel. It would seem that HPL hadn't yet quite grasped the concept of "Hollywood"!