Lovecraft and the Irish (with W. Scott Poole)

Cian is delighted to invite to the cabin in the woods W. Scott Poole, author of In The Mountains Of Madness: The Life And Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft for a chat about the great New England horror writer! In this episode we have an enormously fun conversation that includes:

-Lovecraft's short story The Moon-Bog, set in Ireland

-Lovecraft's racial worldview and how the Celts/Irish feature in it

-Links to better-known HPL stories such as The Rats In The Walls and The Horror At Red Hook

-Recent revisionary takes on HPL's universe such as The Ballad Of Black Tom

-Lovecraft's discussions with Robert E Howard about race

-Connections to other writers of fantastic/weird fiction

-Recent book Wasteland: The Great War And The Origins Of Modern Horror

Don't miss this one!

NOTES:

Wasteland, W. Scott Poole, 2018, Counterpoint Press

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wasteland-Great-Origins-Modern-Horror/dp/1640090932

In The Mountains Of Madness, W. Scott Poole, 2016, Soft Skull Press

https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Madness-Extraordinary-Afterlife-Lovecraft/dp/1593766475/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mountains+madness+poole&qid=1602261897&sr=8-1

The Ballad Of Black Tom, Victor Lavalle, 2016, Tor

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ballad-Black-Tom-Victor-Lavalle/dp/0765387867

A Means To Freedom, Lovecraft & Howard, 2017, Hippocampus Press

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Means-Freedom-Letters-Lovecraft-Robert/dp/0984480293

"Pencil, Writing, Close, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

'Cthulhu and R'lyeh' by Bendukiwi

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