Julian, I was following you up until this last paragraph. The Hyborian Age and Bran Mak Morn were creations of Robert E. Howard, not Lovecraft. Was that a slip of the keyboard, or were you trying to say something else?
My mistake - in that paragraph I meant Robert E. Howard, of course. I segwayed from Howard Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard, connected by the thread of ERB comparisons and race/politics.
Ah yes, I can see it now... Julian on a
segway...