Outrageous: No Lovecraft in Guardian's top 1000 novels

I have a lot of questions as to why Lovecraft and co. were overlooked by the Guardian in its top 1000 piece. Was it because Lovecraft didn't write novels? Well, he did write novellas (At the Mountain of Madness) and the list does include other novellas.

And what about Robert E Howard? We have Edgar Rice Burroughs on the list (and deservedly so), but not the man who created Conan? Granted, Howard didn't write anything approaching a novel, but the Conan chronicles -- widely available in single volume editions -- should surely qualify. And what about Lord Dunsany? He may seem obscure, but good old Dunsany, so often overlooked in the past, should be on any respectable SF list.

If I'm right, and I'm quite sure I am, then the only conclusion I can draw from these oversights is that this list just isn't respectable.

Shame, Guardian. May your noisome soul twist eternally in the Great One's bowels.