Over the weekend I had an essay in the Guardian about the centenary of my favourite novel, Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier, and its resonances with the work of HP Lovecraft.
I should note here that the essay was heavily informed by Thomas Ligotti's brilliant The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, but the paragraph where I acknowledged him was cut. I wouldn't want to be accused, like True Detective, of cribbing from Ligotti without attribution!
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Is that a piece of Mike Mignola art there?
Anyway, good piece I thought. Somehow makes sense to learn you played (or play possibly) Call of Cthulhu.
I was very impressed at your getting a mention of CoC SAN points into the Guardian!
I managed to sneak Lovecraft into Weatherwatch last year
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/may/09/weatherwatch-fish-rain-storm
- but yours was on another level.
I enjoyed the HPL bits in Teleportation Accident and Boxer, Beetle and clearly the influence remains. There's still a thirst of Mythos fiction out there...
Ned's is more detailed, but yours is more blatantly wedged in regardless of subject matter David so kudos for getting it in there!
:) (with tentacles)
There's still a thirst of Mythos fiction out there...
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