I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft, Volume 1 (and) Volume 2

Hippocampus Press: NY, 2013. First edition (& 1st printing). Trade paperback original. First published in hardcover by Hippocampus in 2110, followed by these trade paperback editions in 2013. A total of 1150 pages. First printings with ''1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2'' on copyright page of each volume. In 1996, S. T. Joshi's H. P. Lovecraft: A Life was published to universal acclaim. Joyce Carol Oates called it the ''definitive'' biography, and it won the British Fantasy Award and the Horror Write Sers Association Award. But that 1996 edition was abridged from the manuscript that Joshi wrote in 1993-95; in all, more than 150,000 words were cut for space reasons. This is the complete, uncut edition of Joshi's biography, I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft. In addition to restoring every word of Joshi's original manuscript, the entire text has been thoroughly revised and updated in light of the new information on Lovecraft that has emerged since 1996. As such, this book can now truly be said to be the definitive biography of H. P. Lovecraft, written by the world's leading authority on Lovecraft. Readers will find countless details about Lovecraft's life and work not included in the earlier edition, along with important updates on new publications by and about Lovecraft in the last fifteen years and on Lovecraft's increasing worldwide reputation. This book constitutes S. T. Joshi's final word on Lovecraft the man, the writer, and the thinker. VOLUME ONE IS SIGNED BY JOSHI. Fine (as new) copies.