August Derleth

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born

February 24, 1909 in Sauk City, Wisconsin, The United States

died

July 04, 1971

gender

male

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror, Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction,science fiction, and biography.

A 1938 Guggenheim Fellow, Derleth considered his most serious work to be the ambitious Sac Prairie Saga, a series of fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and non-fiction naturalist works designed to memorialize life in the Wisconsin he knew. Derleth can also be considered a pioneering naturalist and conservationist in his writing.

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Books by August Derleth

Average rating: 4.17 · 13,477 ratings · 613 reviews · 201 distinct works

	The Mask of Cthulhu 3.51 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1958 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Trail of Cthulhu 3.35 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1962 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Cthulhu Mythos 3.47 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Vol 1 by H.P. Lovecraft (Contributor), August Derleth (Editor, Introduction, Contributo), Clark Ashton Smith (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Dunwich Cycle: Where the Old Gods Wait (Cthulhu Cycle Book, #9) by August Derleth, Robert M. Price (Editor), C.J. Henderson 3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	The Quest for Cthulhu 3.36 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Chronicles of Solar Pons by August Derleth, Allen J. Hubin (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Solar Pons by August Derleth, Vincent Starrett (Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1945 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Return of Solar Pons 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1958 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mr. George and Other Odd Persons 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by August Derleth

Solar Pons (17 books)
by August Derleth, Allen J. Hubin (Introduction)

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Quotes by August Derleth

“Children accept many things adults will not accept, since the world of a child is a constant revelation without any need for knowledge of cause and effect. ("Miss Esperson")”
― August Derleth

tags: children , imagination

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