... Mi-Go's, but about venturing into new territories, while still being faithful to the themes of Lovecraft. In that vein, I think the anthology is a success, especially to readers like me who is either unfamiliar with ... , the horrific element seems too abrupt, and honestly could have been further expanded. Having said that, Lovecraft Unbound has a few favorites. "Sincerely, Petrified" ...

... get a charming brainy creature for God to play with -- something lovable and admirable. Lovecraft would have seen that as sentimental nonsense. In a universe unguided by the intelligent purpose of a ... grotesque, obnoxious, loathsome, abhorrent, ghastly. Those are all, by the way, favorite adjectives with Lovecraft. He was big on adjectives, deploying them extravagantly. His fiction, over and over ...

... , by Stephen Hickman. He’s also created a bust of Lovecraft that looks quite wonderful (pictured left, click to enlarge). ... be made available. It goes for $300 US. Eldritch Miscellanea The HP Lovecraft Historical Society has been operating from an alternate universe since ... Dr Justin Woodman’s lectures on HP Lovecraft at Yog-Sothoth.com available free for download. While we’re ...

... is flashing in your eyes, you know you’re in H.P. Lovecraft country. It’s easy to get lost there. Thankfully, ... roadmap to the works and worlds of H.P. Lovecraft: You’ve heard about Cthulhu, and you’ve probably heard ... tentacled horror, H.P. Lovecraft. Now you want to try delving into the world of Lovecraft, but where to start? Let us help you. As with their earlier guides ...

... cloned reptilian hybrid? Search strings: "Turing-Lovecraft Theorem" and "proof of Turing-Lovecraft theorem ... , not real. As in, no such theorem exists. Just as H.P. Lovecraft wrote fiction. As in, not real. As in, his monstrosities came from his imagination, not ... a reptilian clone but he's also never denied that the Turing-Lovecraft theorem is real? Search string: "How do ...

... "The White Ship." The obscure band holding Lovecraft's name hit their prime in the late 1960s, and produced a ... but they remain notable for being the first major representation of H.P. Lovecraft based music. Somehow, these songs sound doubly haunting today. Think ... as a ghostly chorus from an earlier epoch, infused with one of Lovecraft's own early spectral imprints. -Grim Blogger

... enjoying closer associations with Baltimore and Philadelphia, Edgar Allan Poe was also a visitor to Providence in 1848 when he wooed poet and critic, Sarah Helen Whitman. By contrast, Howard Phillips Lovecraft was a true son of Rhode Island. Born in Providence on August 20th 1890, the man whom Stephen King famously called “the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror ...

The forthcoming Top Cow Shadows and Flame one-shot will cast The Darkness into the world of HP Lovecraft. The one-shot, penned by Rob Levin (Witchblade) with art by Jorge Lucas (The Incredible Hulk), sees its protagonist Salvador Gomes set adrift in a world of horror inspired by the legendary writer. READ MORE.

... would contravene some vague and mystical 'American heritage'…) utterly contrary to fact and without the slightest foundation in human experience? Intellectually, the Republican idea deserves the tolerance and respect one gives to the dead.(Letter to C.L. Moore (August 1936), quoted in "H.P. Lovecraft, a Life" by S.T. Joshi, p. 574) HT: The Elder Son, who sent me this link

... .org user Jiangzu (who says "I am so addicted to sculpting that I forget to eat half the time") this awesome Sculpey-and-wire rendition of one of Lovecraft's master baddies from At the Mountains of Madness. This thread includes more shots and details of this and other creature builds. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more ...

Driving to the office today, I was surprised to find that my favorite morning program, Elvis Duran and The Morning Show (on Y100 here in Miami), was featuring a segment on relationships ruined by video games. A bitter, sarcastic young woman was ranting on about how this horrible game, the World of Warcraft, had completely … See the full post here: World of Lovecraft

... oy. I've just noticed there is a III and a IV and it had much success. I'm not sure this is what Lovecraft had in mind at all, especially the tacky "sexy" scenes (why would the reanimated corpses be such pervs?), and the guy who plays West could SO play Lovecraft. Anyway this movie shouldn't have been allowed out of the grave and this story shouldn't have been ...

... his weaknesses...but I still have to restrain that skimming urge. What have I learned so far? Lovecraft was far more creative than I ever gave him credit for. While he tended to use the same techniques over ... " in virtually every story. It comes up so often -- and is presented as so disturbing -- that I wonder if Lovecraft was confused as to what it actually WAS: big hunks of rough limestone ...

... manages to be funny, brutal, and yeah, suspenseful at times too. Looking forward to the next cycle of CHEW comics. Lovecraft Unbound edited by Ellen Datlow is an excellent original anthology of stories inspired by (not necessarily set in) Lovecraft's mythos. I've read H. P., of course, but never really enjoyed him, to ...

... fish caught somewhere nearby is incredibly happy-making. . . . Oh, and speaking of Deep Ones and related topics, kettunainen sent me the following link today: Miskatonic Valley Fine Art. All Lovecraft geeks must immediately check it out. Only two statues thus far, but they're really cool. I especially like the one of Shub-Niggurath. . . . I think I would like to go to bed NOW, actually. ...