Forum: Other News
02-03-2018
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Replies: 241
Views: 104,474
Re: LAIRD BARRON
Fun recent interview with Barron (touches on the upcoming film adaptation of one of his short stories, his new series of crime/noir novels, on True Detective, Asian noir and, of course, weird...
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Forum: Other News
02-03-2018
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Replies: 559
Views: 253,962
Re: Forthcoming Books
Flashback to prerendered 3D art in 90s PC games. Anyway, there's some nice looking art on David Ho's site, so he ain't all bad. His artworks for that CAS volume, on the other hand, instantly show how...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
02-02-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
Connecting themes would be equally visible with or without him. My issue is that I don't see him adding anything to the actual stories. As you have observed, there are no mention of him in "The...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-28-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
I think there's a touch of Grabinski in the setting and the idea of perpetual motion, not so much the style, it should be noted.
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No need, I think that everyone who reads the story while...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-28-2018
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,251
Gnosticism in Lovecraft's Dream Cycle
Gnosticism seems to be popular in weird fiction circles nowadays, and there are quite a few adherents of it around here, so I think that this article will be appreciated:...
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Forum: Off Topic
01-27-2018
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Replies: 5
Views: 8,588
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-25-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
re Doctor Prozess: You're right. Any mentions of him could removed from some of these stories, and nothing would be lost. In that "Grabinski-esque" story, for example. I could imagine that will...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-25-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
I'm not sure if that character was meant to be the parody of what people her see as the usual "white dad" weird fiction protagonists... Entire story was trying to be humorous, if not too...
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Forum: Other News
01-22-2018
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Replies: 559
Views: 253,962
Re: Forthcoming Books
Same is, apparently, true of the same publisher's much hyped Count Stenbock collection (even worse as that collection would have been the first chance for us regular mortals to read more of his...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-22-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
I don't know if I can give definite answer to this. Final two stories were the most enjoyable ones for me. "The Crimson Fog" is OK, but it is far from being one of his best stories though that might...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-21-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
Nah, I don't think that were any descriptions of their appearance. On that account, even the landscape, alien flora, architecture... were painted in broad strokes. We have no idea what the "temples"...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-21-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
Well, that story as printed in the collection is apparently somewhat different from the versions that appeared elsewhere (like that Joshi anthology), so I suppose that that exact bit maybe wasn't...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-21-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
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Forum: Mark Samuels
01-21-2018
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,244
Re: THE PROZESS MANIFESTATIONS (new collection)
So, any thoughts about his much hyped "The Crimson Fog"? There is both a stab at transhumanism in there, as well as at the idea of "embracing the Other" (another prevalent trend in modern weird...
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Forum: Reggie Oliver
01-06-2018
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Replies: 52
Views: 30,214
Re: The Boke of the Divill
Well, there's a couple of reviews and ratings on GR.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36051292-the-boke-of-the-divill
It sounds alrightish (if different from what I expected).
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Forum: Other News
01-05-2018
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Replies: 39
Views: 22,919
Re: H.P. Lovecraft and the Alt.Right
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2018/01/why_is_monsanto_inviting_alt_right_hero_jordan_peterson_to_a_fireside_chat.html
Peterson buddying up with Monsanto,...
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Forum: Other News
01-04-2018
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Replies: 39
Views: 22,919
Re: H.P. Lovecraft and the Alt.Right
http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/is-jordan-peterson-the-stupid-mans-smart-person/
Just to add one more thing about Peterson. This article nails him.
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Forum: Other News
01-04-2018
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Replies: 39
Views: 22,919
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Forum: Reggie Oliver
01-04-2018
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Replies: 52
Views: 30,214
Re: The Boke of the Divill
Now, while Egaeus or Swan River certainly are small labors of love, Dark Regions is a much bigger business that aims at much wider audience - not to mention that they publish a lot of "straight"...
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Forum: Other News
01-04-2018
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Replies: 39
Views: 22,919
Re: H.P. Lovecraft and the Alt.Right
There's really an entire genre of faux intellectuals who parrot "milder" alt-right memes, and consciously try to attract far right audience while claiming that they are not far right themselves....
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Forum: Other News
12-28-2017
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Replies: 39
Views: 22,919
Re: H.P. Lovecraft and the Alt.Right
https://www.amazon.com/Neoreaction-Basilisk-Essays-Around-Alt-Right-ebook/dp/B0782JDGVQ
The book is out, heavily expanded from the original Kickstarter edition.
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Forum: Mark Samuels
12-21-2017
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Replies: 37
Views: 22,674
Re: Mark Samuels closes blog
If he is motivated by greed, wouldn't that make it even worse? I know that practice in question is becoming more and more common, by the way. One John Michael Greer, Mark's fellow in claiming some...
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Forum: Mark Samuels
12-20-2017
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Replies: 37
Views: 22,674
Re: Mark Samuels closes blog
Smartest thing he's done in ages but, unfortunately, it is too little too late. There is no hope for salvaging his reputation within the weird fiction community.
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Forum: Other News
12-18-2017
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Replies: 176
Views: 129,155
Re: Sarob Press
Weighell's novella from Best New Horror 27,
https://www.amazon.com/Best-New-Horror-Stephen-Jones-ebook/dp/B06WV9KLKS
"The Chapel of Infernal Devotion", is actually a sequel to titular novella from...
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Forum: Reggie Oliver
12-18-2017
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Replies: 52
Views: 30,214
Re: The Boke of the Divill
Is this a common practice with their paperbacks, or just another curious trait of this batch of their Kicktarted titles?
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