Lovecraft correction

Yes, " Swan Point Cemetery is home to anyone who was

    anyone in the Ocean State . "  But your excellent article on

    this " sylvan refuge for repose and recreation " ( June 15. Metro )

    incorrectly identifies our world famous author H.P. Lovecraft as

    a " science fiction " writer.  In fact - I'll quote the Encyclopedia

    American here - he was an " American writer of horror -fantasy

    fiction ". And indeed hailed by critics as  the " inventor of

    modern horror. "

           Writes one Robert Jon Wheeler : " Science fiction is

    separated from fantasy by the believability of the ideas presented. "

         As a philosophical materialist, H.P. Lovecraft could not possibly

    have believed his own very weird tales.

         For an insight into his strange personality, I recommend

     S.T. Joshi's recent biography ( reviewed in the Projo ).