Episodes
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
This episode is the second of three covering my thoughts on THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS. Fun with letters from a crazy friend.
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 1: The Whisperer in Darkness (Part 1)
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS begins a new phase in Lovecraft's career and a new series in this podcast. The rich look at folklore, skepticism, and conspiracy make this story lots of fun. I just get started reviewing this tale in this episode.
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
The second part of my review of FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH by H. P. Lovecraft. Also, plenty of evidence on why I should not be doing too much with Lovecraft's poems.
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
My thoughts on the first half of FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH by H. P. Lovecraft. This is a cycle of sonnets exploring various of Lovecraft's themes, vistas, and questions.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 8: Letters Septmber-December 1931
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
We wrap up our look at the third volume of the "Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft" with the later part of 1931. During this period, Lovecraft was writing THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH. He begins to write with increasing frequency to J. Vernon Shea, a young weird fiction writer.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series: Episode 7: Letters July-September 1931
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Lovecraft was not writing too much fiction in the summer of 1931 (the exception being the collaboration "The Trap" with Henry Whitehead), but as always was busy with his penpals. Included in this period is a letter to Elizabeth Toldridge in which Lovecraft explores the causes of the Great Depression. For my money, this is the highlight of this set.
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 6: Letters January - July 1931
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
In the first half of 1931, H. P. Lovecraft was writing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, but he was also also writing some substantial letters. A highlight here is on to Frank Belknap Long one cosmic isolation, race, and machine culture. Another fascinating letter is to Henry George Weiss on socialism and ethics. This episode explores these and more.
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Episode 6.5. Letters November 1930-January 1931
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
In the winter of 1930-31, H P. Lovecraft wrote about time travel stories with Clark Ashton Smith, Asian poetry with Elizabeth Toldridge, Quebec with James Morton, and atheism with August Derleth. There is more but you will need to listen to this episode.