lovecraft country
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The fictionalized universe populated by the supernatural beings of H.P. Lovecraft's horror fiction and that of other authors inspired by Lovecraft's works, especially the fictionalized version of New England.
noun
Eerie small town and countryside settings resembling the locales found in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional universe.
Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "2009, Keith Herber, Miskatonic River Press, "New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley", →ISBN An anthology of six scenarios designed for use with the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. Set in Lovecraft Country, a fictional area of New England created by horror author H.P. Lovecraft."
- "Ramsay Campbell, who created a version of Lovecraft country in and around Liverpool, and Southern Gothic writer Fred Chappell."
- "It also established Miskatonic University and Arkham as key locations in Lovecraft Country"
- "Very early, he started to create Lovecraft country; a geography of terror that came to include “witch-haunted Arkham” and “shadowed Innsmouth," places he describes in such minute detail that ingénues in Lovecraft lore, for almost a century now, have often assumed these places could be located on maps of Massachuesetts and set out in search of them."
- "Lovecraft's writing has inspired games as well: a popular role-playing game, The Call of Cthulhu, is set within Lovecraft country, the blend of fictional and real locales, mostly in New England, in which he set his tales."
- "Horror in Lovecraft Country: 2 Hours of Music for Lovecraftian Gaming"
Etymology
From Lovecraft + country. Coined by Keith Herber, later used and popularized by the role-playing games publisher Chaosium.
Usage
Phrases
Galaxy Far Far Away
Middle-earth