Re: Octavia E. Butler against Lovecraft (World Fantasy Award).
Actually, he did. He died heroically in the last weeks of WWI. He was a body builder, a pioneer in fact, and once he 'abused' Houdini by trussing him up so well (hey, he was a sailor!) that it took Houdini 45 minutes to escape. Police had to escort Hodgson from the theater after the performance, the audience was so incensed. He also received the Royal Humane Society medal for saving a sailor from drowning. He was a fascinating character by any standards. I'll take him over Mishima. Hodgson knew the Night Land well.
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