TSOU -- Deaf, Dumb, and Blind

[Donovan Loucks]

Vila Resthal (vi...@america.net) wrote:

Sorry, but I think you're mistaken on that point. Bloch and HPL had
been writing to each other for some time by then. Bloch returned the
"Robert Blake" favor by writing one where HPL gets killed off. They
both had a good laugh over those. Check out Lin Carter's HPL biography
if you think I'm wrong. I've also read it in several other HPL bios and
an autobiographical bit by Lovecraft himself. Try the biggest public or
college library in your area. I found almost all of the bios in the UGA
library in Athens Ga. back when I was a student there; Back when
dinosaurs ruled the earth, you know, the mid '70s.

You may be confusing the Richard Blake character in "Deaf, Dumb, and
Blind" with the _Robert_ Blake Character in "The Haunter of the Dark".
Lovecraft collaborated with Eddy on "Deaf, Dumb, and Blind" in 1924, while
Bloch didn't contact him via correspondence until the spring of 1933.
Then, Bloch killed Lovecraft off in "The Shambler from the Stars" (spring
1935), and Lovecraft returned the favor in "The Haunter of the Dark"
(November 1935). Bloch wrote a follow-up tale after Lovecraft's death,
"The Shadow from the Steeple" (1950?).

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