{"product_id":"long-memories-and-other-writings-paperback","title":"Long Memories and Other Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Cannon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRamsey Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by), \u003cb\u003eRobert Bloch\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1975, the young Lovecraft scholar Peter Cannon met the elderly Frank Belknap Long, one of H. P. Lovecraft's closest friends. Over the next two decades, until Long's death in 1994, Cannon himself became a close friend of Long, and in the memoir \u003cem\u003eLong Memories\u003c\/em\u003e he has painted an unforgettable portrait of the aging writer living an impoverished existence in New York City with his wife Lyda. Cannon recounts how other members of the Lovecraft circle in the city, including S. T. Joshi, Robert M. Price, and Stefan Dziemianowicz, also encountered Long, and how some of them transported him and his wife to Providence, R.I., for their unexpected appearance at the H. P. Lovecraft Centennial Conference in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCannon has written numerous other works relating to Long. Perhaps the most entertaining is the novella \u003cem\u003ePulptime, \u003c\/em\u003e in which Lovecraft, Long, and other members of the Kalem Club team up with Sherlock Holmes in an adventure that fuses detection and nameless horror. In other stories, such as \"The Letters of Halpin Chalmers\" and \"The Hound of the Partidgevilles,\" Cannon makes further riffs on Long's work and also engages in his penchant for genial parody and satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book gathers Cannon's fictional and nonfictional writings about Frank Belknap Long, presenting an affectionate but critical portrait of a man whose long life was punctuated both with tragedy and with notable achievements in life and letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47437347291314,"sku":"9781614983712","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/75c4a980b005dff55883d98f4477b817.webp?v=1778651676","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/long-memories-and-other-writings-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}