{"id":8944,"date":"2013-08-31T02:31:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T23:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=8944"},"modified":"2013-08-31T02:31:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T23:31:15","slug":"necronomicon-providence-2013-update-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2013\/08\/31\/necronomicon-providence-2013-update-16\/","title":{"rendered":"NecronomiCon Providence 2013 update #16"},"content":{"rendered":"

My unofficial round-up of NecronomiCon Providence 2013<\/a> news and links…<\/p>\n

* Fab b&w picture of the H.P. Lovecraft bronze bust unveiled at NecronomiCon, snagged from a Russian Lovecraft Facebook-a-like page<\/a>. Unknown photographer…<\/p>\n

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I wonder why the Public Library didn’t want this? He had far more connection with that. But I guess they would have had an uproar over the racism, and chanting leftist demonstrators waving placards outside…<\/p>\n

* A short write-up of NecronomiCon 2013<\/a> in the trade magazine Publishers Weekly<\/em>…<\/p>\n

“Sunday morning featured the traditional Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast. Bob Price, a former Baptist minister who, like Lovecraft, is now an ardent atheist, gave the sermon. Hymns were supplied by the Innsmouth Tabernacle Choir, led by writer Darrell Schweitzer.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* John Goodrich’s post-convention report<\/a>…<\/p>\n

“I would estimate that the female-to-male ratio was probably 1:5, but that’s a quantum leap over previous Lovecraftian conventions I have attended.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* K.H. Vaughan’s convention report part two<\/a>…<\/p>\n

“[at WaterFire, the]…twenty-foot Cthulhu puppet … lost structural integrity and collapsed, leading to cries that the Elder God needed blue pills and more virgins.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* Flickr photo-set<\/a> of the ‘creature opera’ at WaterFire…<\/p>\n

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* H.P. Lovecraft and Steampunk combine with tentacle-play-toys, at the Old Stone Bank’s off-con steampunk show. Photo by Babette Daniels…<\/p>\n

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My unofficial round-up of NecronomiCon Providence 2013 news and links… * Fab b&w picture of the H.P. Lovecraft bronze bust …<\/p>\n

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