Pynchon, the normal guy

[rich]

by the way, this French band is what I would call the closest to reading
Lovecraft in musical form. a zeuhl-branded band from the 80s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtmL5K2p3pA

Les Morts Vont Vite is pretty obscure but a classic record and one of my
all time favorites

rich

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 9:30 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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