Doing a PhD in the Man Himself

[namelessnarrator]

So I got funded for my PhD on New Weird fiction, and I'll be doing a deep analysis of Thomas Ligotti and arguing his ideas have instrumentally made a massive effect on how we approach fiction as it approaches the real world!

All this to say that, I wanted to ask if people we're curious about seeing the research I'd done for on that masters that got my PhD funded. Without Ligotti, without this community, without every one of us -- this wouldn't have been possible. Writers like Ligotti, Padgett, Cushing, Cardin, Files, Ashe and so many others -- we all write to relate to one another. And I really wanted to, in my Masters at least, start that project of giving back to these writers. With Masters etc, that work gets chopped up for journals -- but I wanted to at least offer it in its wholesale content here, so that people could read it if they'd like I'm so open to criticisms, too, as I want to improve -- I tend to read Ligotti in some other academic lenses, but it's all the gist of how his fiction and the fiction he inspired constantly made me the person I was.

But yeah, I'd be using all this for articles, but i'll be reuising them in drastically different ways. I'd at least like the base research to go to some leisurely use if, at all, anyone is curious!

[bendk]

I would very much like to read it.

[Nothingist]

I'm interested, too. I was planning on doing some serious academic study of Ligotti before my research career got blown off course, and I never really went back to it. I'm not terribly sad about it, as I've found plenty of other things with which to occupy myself, but I do occasionally wonder what might have been.

[Amelia]

Quote Originally Posted by Nothingist

I'm interested, too. I was planning on doing some serious academic study of Ligotti before my research career got blown off course, and I never really went back to it. I'm not terribly sad about it, as I've found plenty of other things with which to occupy myself, but I do occasionally wonder what might have been.

It's fascinating to hear about your initial plans for a rigorous academic study of Ligotti, and despite the fact that your research career took a different direction, it's apparent you've found rewarding activities. Thinking on what could have been adds a meditative layer to your path.

[Revenant]

I am on board with this. I'd be very interested to read it.

[Michael]

Very curious about this.