HP Lovecraft - Classic Or Dud?

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and go here if it doesn't.

Now there's a Freudian slip...

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BBC Radio 3 did a bio thing on HPL, available for this week

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/sundayfeature/pip/96knh/

Weird Tales: The Strange Life of HP Lovecraft
Listen to this episode for up to 7 days after broadcast

Sunday 10 June 2007 20:00-20:45 (Radio 3)

Geoff Ward examines the strange life and terrifying world of the man hailed as America's greatest horror writer since Poe.

During his life, Lovecraft's work was confined to lurid pulp magazines and he died in penury in 1937. Today, however, his writings are considered modern classics and published in prestigious editions. How did such a weird, wild and ungodly writer get canonised? Among the writers considering his legacy are Neil Gaiman, ST Joshi, Kelly Link, Peter Straub and China Mieville.
Duration:

45 minutes

Good cast of usual suspects (unfamiliar with Link, though) -- no Clive Barker? Then again Ramsay Campbell would be even more appropriate for a UK-based documentary.

> no Clive Barker? Then again Ramsay Campbell would be even more appropriate for a UK-based documentary.

this is an odd thing to say given that both barker and campbell were born in the same town 8)

was surprised to see campbell is still writing - haven't seen anything of his on bookshelves for years (haven't been looking that hard tbh). last thing i read of his was Dark Feasts ('87) (ditto Barker and Cabal in '88)

No Mark E. Smith!

this is an odd thing to say given that both barker and campbell were born in the same town 8)

Amazing! (I meant more that Campbell still lives/works in the UK, is all.) But Dadaismus is right most of all; MES on HPL could be endlessly listened to.

I recall his cameo as being one of the more amusing bits of the Planetary/Authority crossover.

http://www.livescience.com/environment/070723_antarctic_mountains.html

The Plateau of Leng! They've found it!

i have the library of america edition of his TALES. i need to read that, then my harlan ellison omnibus.

http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/current/schedule/img/2007poster.jpg

HPL film fest going on this weekend in portland! wooooo!

Wow, some great looking stuff in there. Let's hope for an early Lurker release of some of the best of it.

suffice it to say that this one is probably my fave from this year:

http://www.9livesofmara.com/maraposter_final.jpg

in terms of weirdness and foul-mouthed children and actual decent filmmaking & acting

http://www.9livesofmara.com/

http://www.lolthulhu.com/

The HPL Historical Society, who did the silent 'Call of Cthulhu' , have a trailer for their new production, 'Whisperer in Darkness' up at their site. Release is slated for 2008.

glad to see 'The Thing' is getting it's due as a Lovecraft film. matches At The Mountains of Madness closer than In the Mouth of Madness.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/cthulhu/

haha

funny i just read shadow over innsmouth yesterday

Tori Spelling and HP Lovecraft- together at last!

oh I'll see that movie all right

I like how it boasts of winning an award at a Lovecraft conference. Must have been up aqainst some strong competition!

Has anyone ever read The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long?
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Transdimensional beasts that pursue hapless meddling scientists thru the medium of geometry, right on!

lol "esoteric order of dagon" church sign

I was put off Lovecraft for forever because his fanbase doesn't really do him many favors. But I'm glad I finally overcame my prejudices, because he really is quite fantastic (noting that I have not yet read any of the stories which are generally labeled 'dud'). I generally tend to judge art on the basis of how successful it is at what it's trying to achieve (rather than how it measures up to some arbitrary canon), and on that front Lovecraft wins.

That film doesn't look too bad. It should be set in the 20s though.

http://www.quedat.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/star-nosed_mole.jpg

The Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) is a small North American mole found in eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States. It is the only member of the tribe Condylurini and the genus Condylura.

WHy doesn't someone make a movie out of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward? It would be super-easy to adapt, and my 12-year-old self tells me that it's bowel-loosening scary.

They did.

posters for this year's fest are out. Take yer pick:

http://hplfilmfestival.com/sites/hplfilmfestival.com/files/news/HPLFF2008MignolaPoster.jpg or http://hplfilmfestival.com/sites/hplfilmfestival.com/files/HPLFF08.jpg

I saw the Cthulhu movie last week. It's really really good. Definitely lacking in regards to the acting and cinematography in a few spots, but the overall story and vibe are surprisingly awesome.

I'd say excluding loose affiliates like The Thing, this is probably the best Lovecraft adaptation I've seen. Sure, I have more love in my heart for the kitsch of Dunwich Horror and the hilarious gross-out of Reanimator and From Beyond. But this new one is a must-see for anyone into HPL. Tori Spelling is weird treat; honestly though, she's overshadowed by many other people and... things. (there's a lot more people than things though)

is a weird treat.

Nice posters, looks like a great event. Wish there was something like this in the UK.

<3 the republican cthulhu logo

http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/images/alertidol.jpg

Nice. I like how that idol's been interpreted by artists -- there's just enough description to work with while leaving room for variety.

B+ needs a bigger bowl.

This thread was wrongly defined since the beginning. It should be HP Lovecraft- Eldritch or Inchoate?

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Until corrected, I am pronouncing the last bit of this band's name as "Cha-cha-cha!" and nobody better correct me.

Apparently never linked on here so:

Propnomicon.

HP Lovecraft film festival was in Portland a few weeks back. I missed it again.

"Next year!" he screamed, while shaking a pale, impotent fist at the heavens, raging with swarms of unknown and unspeakable daemonic wrath.

Cool link Ned. Thanks.

All-time anti-Semitic classic.

his wife was a jewess iirc, but his racist tendencies are not to be denied. there are some really sad "armchair eugenecist" segments in his collected letters.

eugenicist rather.