My new book is here! Walking With Cthulhu : H.P. Lovecraft as psychogeographer, New York City 1924-26. 55,000 words, 198 pages. Illustrated.
Another good haul of new discoveries! Including two new possible sources for Cthulhu. All heavily referenced and footnoted.
Buy a new paperback copy here! Kindle user? It’s also on the USA Kindle Store and the U.K. Kindle Store.
CONTENTS:
Timeline of Key Dates.
Introduction: A Walk in New York.
SURFACE: Walking the Streets of the City:
1. H.P. Lovecraft and the psychogeographers.
2. H.P. Lovecraft’s night walks in New York: psychogeographic techniques
3. The nature of the New York streets.
4. A note on H.P. Lovecraft and immigrants.
5. H.P. Lovecraft’s New York coffee houses and ice-cream parlours.
UNDERGROUND: On the Monstrous, Occult, and Hidden:
6. H.P. Lovecraft and the subway.
7. It emerged from the subways!
8. On mystical and occult New York.
9. On H.P. Lovecraft and Franz Boas
10. New York as R’lyeh, sunken city of Cthulhu.
“Nyarlathotep” annotated.
Bibliography.
Index.
A couple of the essays and notes have appeared here in draft form, recently – but in the book these are updated and expanded.
great stuff, a cursory glance through was really engaging and i had to slap myself back to reality and get back to work! this is certainly a brilliant way to market the print copy – i for one prefer to curl up with a real book and indulge myself properly. great, thanks, i’ll be spreading your words.
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Thank you, in exchange I´ll post about the book and will leave your reference. Allow me some days to read it. This is my blog of compulsive readers, it´s bilingual
http://theclubofcompulsivereaders.blogspot.com/
Regards,
arch. Myriam Mahiques
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Thanks! I just bought your other essay collections on Lovecraft. You’re cool.
Very cool-looking book, just downloaded it. Thanks! I will share your website on my Facebook.
This is really generous and beautiful. I can’t wait to read it. Thank you!
I liked the book, and the depth of your research very much so. I own and operate a media site on cultural commentary, but I also contribute text materials to Heavy Metal magazine, and have submitted a review of your book to be included in April’s #262 issue.
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