web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:52:46 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Hp Lovecraft” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/hp%20lovecraft Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:00:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 29: On Lovecraft https://www.weirdstudies.com/29 9b03c218-8a3f-4ed5-999e-832a224de0da Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 29 On Lovecraft full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Phil and JF try to distill the essence of H. P. Lovecraft's monumental work. 1:15:07 yes Phil and JF indulge their autumnal mood in this discussion of Howard Phillips Lovecraft's work, specifically the essay "Notes on the Writing of Weird Fiction" and the prose piece "Nyarlathotep." Philip K. Dick, Algernon Blackwood, and David Foster Wallace make appearances as our fearsome hosts talk about how the weird story differs from conventional horror fiction, how Lovecraft gives voice to contemporary fears of physical, psychological and political infection, and how authors like Lovecraft and Dick can be seen as prophetic poets of the "great unbuffering of the Western self." REFERENCES H. P. Lovecraft, "Notes on Writing Weird Fiction" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/nwwf.aspx) H. P. Lovecraft, "Nyarlathotep" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/n.aspx) 1974 Rolling Stone feature (http://www.philipkdickfans.com/mirror/articles/1974_Rolling_Stone.pdf) on PKD Graham Harman, Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy (http://zero-books.net/blogs/zero/weird-realism-lovecraft-and-philosophy-graham-harman/) Theodor Roszak, [The Making of a Counterculture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and its Youthful Opposition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheMakingofaCounterCulture)_ Algernon Blackwood, "The Wendigo" (https://archive.org/stream/thewendigo10897gut/10897.txt) Algernon Blackwood, "The Willows" (https://archive.org/stream/thewillows11438gut/11438.txt) Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, [The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheWeird)_ H.P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx) Charles Taylor, [A Secular Age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASecularAge) E.E. Evans-Pritchard, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (https://www.amazon.com/Witchcraft-Oracles-Magic-among-Azande/dp/0198740298) Peter Sloterdijk, [You Must Change Your Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouMustChangeYourLife) David Foster Wallace, [Infinite Jest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfiniteJest)_ H.P. Lovecraft, "The Music of Erich Zann" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mez.aspx) H.P. Lovecraft, "The Colour Out of Space" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx) H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx) Weird Studies, Episode 2: Garmonbozia (https://www.weirdstudies.com/2) Marshall McLuhan, [Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnderstandingMedia)_ lovecraft, nyarlathotep, weird fiction, philip k dick Phil and JF indulge their autumnal mood in this discussion of Howard Phillips Lovecraft's work, specifically the essay "Notes on the Writing of Weird Fiction" and the prose piece "Nyarlathotep." Philip K. Dick, Algernon Blackwood, and David Foster Wallace make appearances as our fearsome hosts talk about how the weird story differs from conventional horror fiction, how Lovecraft gives voice to contemporary fears of physical, psychological and political infection, and how authors like Lovecraft and Dick can be seen as prophetic poets of the "great unbuffering of the Western self."

REFERENCES

H. P. Lovecraft, "Notes on Writing Weird Fiction"
H. P. Lovecraft, "Nyarlathotep"

1974 Rolling Stone feature on PKD
Graham Harman, Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy
Theodor Roszak, The Making of a Counterculture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and its Youthful Opposition
Algernon Blackwood, "The Wendigo"
Algernon Blackwood, "The Willows"
Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
H.P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"
Charles Taylor, A Secular Age
E.E. Evans-Pritchard, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
Peter Sloterdijk, You Must Change Your Life
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
H.P. Lovecraft, "The Music of Erich Zann"
H.P. Lovecraft, "The Colour Out of Space"
H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"
Weird Studies, Episode 2: Garmonbozia
Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

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REFERENCES

H. P. Lovecraft, "Notes on Writing Weird Fiction"
H. P. Lovecraft, "Nyarlathotep"

1974 Rolling Stone feature on PKD
Graham Harman, Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy
Theodor Roszak, The Making of a Counterculture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and its Youthful Opposition
Algernon Blackwood, "The Wendigo"
Algernon Blackwood, "The Willows"
Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
H.P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"
Charles Taylor, A Secular Age
E.E. Evans-Pritchard, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande
Peter Sloterdijk, You Must Change Your Life
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
H.P. Lovecraft, "The Music of Erich Zann"
H.P. Lovecraft, "The Colour Out of Space"
H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"
Weird Studies, Episode 2: Garmonbozia
Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

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