{"id":50060,"date":"2021-09-28T05:19:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T02:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=50060"},"modified":"2021-09-28T05:19:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T02:19:24","slug":"new-book-providence-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2021\/09\/28\/new-book-providence-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"New book: Providence Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lXXMB9\">Providence Blue<\/a><\/em> is a new &#8216;Lovecraft as character&#8217; fantasy novel. Warning: general &#8216;structure-of-the-novel&#8217; spoilers below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/providencebluenovelcover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/providencebluenovelcover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50062\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Rhode Island mysterious creatures were&#8230; <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>encountered by renegade preacher Roger Williams on his historical journey that ended with the founding of Providence, Rhode Island. [Later in Providence] Lovecraft is an accomplished and impish &#8216;Magus'&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He investigates these historical encounters, as these seem to have foreshadowed his own monsters and to have links with a real Cthulhu cult. Even later in Providence&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An anxiety-filled former punk-rocker [Wilum Pugmire?], a drifting Athenaeum employee, and an entire cast of unique and well-developed characters find themselves thrown into a puzzling and some harrowing ride around Providence [and beyond]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicworldreport.com\/2021\/09\/24\/catholicism-meets-h-p-lovecraft-in-unique-new-novel\/\">Catholic World Report<\/a><\/em> newspaper has an interview with the author (with some detailed spoilers, and also a horrid pop-up page-blocking overlay and nags)&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pinault is a Professor of Religous Studies at Santa Clara University, and a native of Providence. &#8230; The author&#8217;s Catholic faith is evident throughout the story, as each character seeks redemption and an ultimate answer to the myriad sufferings of mankind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sounds fun but there&#8217;s no ebook or audiobook version, sadly, just <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lXXMB9\">a paperback<\/a>. Might make for a good chunky graphic novel, by the sound of it, it you were looking for such a book to adapt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Providence Blue is a new &#8216;Lovecraft as character&#8217; fantasy novel. Warning: general &#8216;structure-of-the-novel&#8217; spoilers below. In Rhode Island mysterious creatures &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2021\/09\/28\/new-book-providence-blue\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovecraft-as-character","category-lovecraftian-arts","category-new-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}