Pynchon, the normal guy

[rich]

all

Lovecraft wrote a lot of crap but the good stuff is very good. the man's
prose is overwrought but there's no one creepier.
cosmic horror at its best
rich

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:30 PM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lovecraft pioneered a vision of the universe which is full of unimaginably
> vast and terrible horrors that humanity is blind to. We're like ants
> blissfully ignorant of the true nature of things, which is total abject
> monstrosity. His protagonists get a glimpse of what's really out there and
> generally lose their minds completely.
> 'Lovecraftian' (also 'cosmic horror') tends to refer to a) work that
> similarly presents the secret reality of the universe as being total horror
> or b) TENTACLES TENTACLES EVERYWHERE
>
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 10:04 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Never read Lovecraft, but know about Chullu and hidden plans and such.  I
> > generally hate conspiracy fiction, unless it is very refined.  Even so, I
> > think it cheap.  So "Lovecraftian" fiction isn't a term I can easily try
> to
> > understand w/o prejudice.
> >
> > That said, care to elaborate?
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 4:44 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > How is the Joshi?
> > >
> > > I've been following Joshi's career and reading his Black Wings of
> Cthulhu
> > > collections, representing the best of contemporary Lovecraftian short
> > > fiction (of multiple different types... and featuring some wonderful
> > stuff,
> > > as well as some mediocrities, unfortunately), and was thinking of
> picking
> > > up his more academically grounded work.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 9:36 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > i doubt I would even talk about his work if I ever got the chance to
> > meet
> > > > Mr Pynchon. Probably Godzilla or favorite beer.
> > > > He strikes me as a normal guy in that sense.
> > > > I mean he's not HP Lovecraft (finally reading Joshi's exhaustive
> > > biography
> > > > thereof.)
> > > >
> > > > rich
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 6:32 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am conversationally friendly with a NYC writer online named
> > > > > Margo Howard. She wrote something about not showing up for the
> > > > > Nobel Prize and I did my bit---that is what the Swedish Academy
> most
> > > > fears
> > > > > as I've said here and why no Pynchon win, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > She then riffed on TRP's reclusiveness, asking me about it, etc,
> esp
> > > with
> > > > > his wife, his agent, etc.
> > > > > Then she said that a young man who was her assistant on a recent
> book
> > > did
> > > > > get to meet Mr. Pynchon. Pronounced him "normal" to her.
> > > > >
> > > > > That's all I got, folks. And it ain't much, I know.
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