Brilliant Michael Dirda is doing a short recap of Weird fiction/horror studies books he’s been reading while preparing to NecronomiCon Providence, and it’s an incredible summary. I have to check my Armitage schedule very carefully, as I really want to attend at least one (ideally two, of course) of his talks, if possible.
As usual, there are several tracks of programming, mingling author readings with panels focusing on Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, Franz Kafka, Leonora Carrington, Angela Carter, Margaret St. Clair, W.H. Pugmire and many others. I’ll be on two: “From the Night Land to the Dreamlands: Parallels and Convergences in William Hope Hodgson and H.P. Lovecraft” and “The Cowboy and the New Englander: The Correspondence of Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.”To prepare for Providence, I’ve recently been reading some newly published, con-appropriate books. First, there’s “The Weird Tales Boys,” by Stephen Jones (PS Publishing), a compact illustrated survey of the lives, achievement and influence of Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith, the big three of the original Weird Tales magazine. ©
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