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Showing posts with label Lovecraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lovecraft. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Can H.P. Lovecraft, Nicolas Cage, and Modern Horror Tropes Mix? COLOR OUT OF SPACE Will Answer This Question

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Film adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft's fiction have a record as mixed as Lovecraft's legacy. Some of them are very good (I'm l...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

[Blogging Northwest Smith] "Dust of the Gods" (Reprise) Moore at the Mountains of Madness

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"I have graven it within the hills, and my vengeance upon the dust within the rock." -- Edgar Allan Poe, Narrative of Arthur Gor...
Friday, July 15, 2011

[Blogging Northwest Smith] -- Black Thirst (Reprise)

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The following is a reprise of my second "Blogging Northwest Smith" series, this time discussing "Black Thirst." Looking...

Character 'Death' in Fantasy Role-Playing Games

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One of my best friends, and a regular at my gaming table, Eric Lytle wanted to share his thoughts on role playing games and character deaths...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

It Appears that Guillermo Del Toro's Adaptation of "At the Mountains of Madness" is Dead

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If I were to ask you how you would go about killing a possibly excellent adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's novel At the Mountains of Madne...
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Night's Black Agents, Kenneth Hite, Fritz Leiber, and Vampires

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I have long been an admirer of Kenneth Hite as game critic, game commentator, and game designer. The reasons I hold him in high esteem are t...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Klarkash-Ton the Oft Overlooked Master

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Today, in 1893, one of the great trinity of Weird Fiction authors was born. Of the big three Weird Fiction authors, Clark Ashton Smith is...
Friday, August 20, 2010

A Birthday for the Aeons -- Happy Birthday HPL

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Today is the 120th anniversary of H.P. Lovecraft's birth. I will leave the proper eulogizing to those I believe have a better and de...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Through the Gates of Ennui: Sharing Timmis and Fierro's "The Silver Key" Adaption

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Fans of HP Lovecraft know that film adaptations of HP Lovecraft stories have a shaky history at best. Scads of tales have been adapted, but...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

A Late Christmas List for the Pop Culture Geek (2009)

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I try to get out a post highlighting some great gift ideas for pop culture fans each year. This year posting was delayed by a number of dif...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Ambrose Bierce's "That Damned Thing," 12 Days of Lovecraft, and Why Seamus Cooper is Wrong

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While I was reading the notes regarding the collaboration between C L Moore and Forrest Ackerman on her story "Nymph of Darkness,"...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Lovecraft for Christmas, Kenneth Hite, Seamus Cooper, and "From Beyond" on Hulu Recommendation Friday

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All this month, Tor is hosting a " December Belongs to Cthulhu " event on their website. I mentioned earlier the historic connec...
Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Tor Books Offering Cthulhu Christmas Cards and Baby Onesies

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As a part of Tor Books Cthulhu themed December, the book publisher announced today that they will be selling Cthulhu themed Christmas cards...
Tuesday, December 01, 2009

The Real Cthulhu and the Meaning of Christmas

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While the winter season is a season of celebration and family, it is also a season in which much of nature "dies" covered in a whi...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Reality Blurs Following in Paizo Footsteps with Agents of Oblivion Beta

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While the news isn't new, it is well worth repeating. This past June, Reality Blurs announced they were releasing a pdf of the Beta ve...