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Voluminous: The Letters of H.P. Lovecraft HPLHS Inc.
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In addition to his famous classics of horror and science fiction, H.P. Lovecraft wrote tens of thousands of fascinating letters. In each episode Sean Branney and Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society read one of those letters and then discuss it.
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The Unknown the Weird and the Impossible
In what may be our last episode, we explore two letters: one from early in HPL's life and one from near the end. We reflect on what we've learned over a multi-year deep dive into HPL's letters and what it means to a be a Lovecraft fan.
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Strange Stories
In which a letter from HPL to Clark Ashton Smith is dissected by Sean, Andrew and our special guest hosts: Chris Lackey and Chad Fifer of the podcast Strange Studies of Strange Stories. It's an episode brimming with weird tales, and of course, cats.
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Barbaric
In which guest podcaster Martin Andersson of Sweden joins Sean and Andrew for a discussion of a challenging letter. Classic topics like HPL's favorite foods hide in the shadows cast by topics like police brutality and slavery. Not for the faint of heart.
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We Are Mostly Puppets
A super-sized episode about one of HPL's longest letters. In this 70 page monster, HPL writes to Woodburn Harris and covers topics such as ethics, aesthetics, art, and the fall of the Roman Empire. Content warning: this episode features a few instances of the word we bleep. Brace yourself - we're going to be here for a while...
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Brawny Viragoes
In which HPL engages with Texas author Robert E. Howard in a feisty debate about police brutality, chivalry, barbarianism and more. But all is well in the end as they celebrate their mutual love of cats and ice cream.
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Letters to Sonny — a Hay Homecoming
We explore a feisty letter from HPL to Frank Belknap Long. It's part of a recent acquisition of Lovecraft letters donated to the John Hay Library at Brown. Sean & Andrew visit the Hay for a chat with HPL's personal librarian: Heather Cole.
Customer Reviews
Eldritch Letters
H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society started a podcast about reading and discussing about correspondence of a well-known American horror writer (Howard Phillips Lovecraft) few weeks ago, three if memory serves, and I could not be more happy. Andrew Leman and Sean Branney have done amazing job, handpicking selected letters to read, analyse and discuss about. It is one of my favourites each week and I am designating it as a Christmas gift of choice this year.
Sound quality is superb, topics and thoughts insightful and length of the episodes are just on point: especially good for drive to work. I have read a fair share of the letters myself, but listening these fine gentlemen speak about them provides a complete new viewpoint.
Kiitos korkealaatuisesta ohjelmasta / Thank you for the high-quality podcast. I would even pay to hear these episodes.