Sheffield Gothic Reading Group presents.... Octavia E. Butler's Science Fiction If speculative fiction, sci-fi, the uncanny and the dystopian appeal, then join us in a virtual reading group to discuss Octavia E. Butler's weird worlds on Wednesday 28th April, 3:30 - 5:00pm. As a black woman writing science-fiction, Butler challenged assumptions about the genre's writers, … Continue reading Reading Group – Octavia E. Butler’s Science Fiction
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Review: ‘The Starry Wisdom Library: The Catalogue of the Greatest Occult Book Auction of All Time’ by Nate Pedersen (Editor)
It has always been in the nature of weird fiction (whether we are discussing historical weird fiction, the Lovecraft Mythos, or the Cthulhu Mythos) to treat texts as containers of semantic meaning. That is, texts (usually old, moldering manuscripts written by devotees of forgotten titans) are considered to possess an ontological relationship with the world around … Continue reading Review: ‘The Starry Wisdom Library: The Catalogue of the Greatest Occult Book Auction of All Time’ by Nate Pedersen (Editor)
Review: ‘The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Cthulhu Mythos’ by S. T. Joshi
To understand The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Cthulhu Mythos, we must consider previous book-length treatises on the work and legacy of H. P. Lovecraft. In 1972, Lin Carter published Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos, which was a weak, but nevertheless charming, discussion of Lovecraft’s influence. However, Carter’s work was marred by … Continue reading Review: ‘The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Cthulhu Mythos’ by S. T. Joshi
Innsmouth Gold
The first book of H. P. Lovecraft’s work I owned was The Lurking Fear and Other Stories. I had purchased it because my friend had told me “The Lurking Fear” was absolutely terrifying (he was right). But this slim volume also contained “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and this story has become one of my favorites. … Continue reading Innsmouth Gold
Reimagining the American Haunted House (Part Two): H.P. Lovecraft’s "The Dreams in the Witch House"
This blog is the second installment in a series examining American ‘haunted houses' in Gothic literature. As I suggested in an earlier post, when most people think about haunted houses they usual have a fairly standard picture in mind... the creepy castle, the abandoned shack, the old ruin. However, because America has a unique history … Continue reading Reimagining the American Haunted House (Part Two): H.P. Lovecraft’s "The Dreams in the Witch House"
Recollections – 2013-14 Session Three: H.P. Lovecraft’s "The Rats in the Walls" (1924), "The Call of Cthulhu" (1928) and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" (1936)
For our third session this year the Gothic Reading Group continued its exploration of more 'contemporary' Gothic by looking at three short pieces by the seminal early twentieth-century horror author, H.P. Lovecraft. One of the key questions our discussion revolved around was Lovecraft's relation to the Gothic. This was partly because the question was an … Continue reading Recollections – 2013-14 Session Three: H.P. Lovecraft’s "The Rats in the Walls" (1924), "The Call of Cthulhu" (1928) and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" (1936)
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