In addition to his classics of horror fiction, it is estimated that Lovecraft wrote 100,000 letters — or roughly 15 every day of his adult life — ranging from one-page diaries to seventy-page diatribes. Perhaps 20,000 of those letters have survived, in the hands of private collectors and at the John Hay Library in Providence.
In each episode of this podcast, we'll read one of these letters (or part of it) and then discuss it. In his letters HPL reveals an amazing breadth of knowledge of philosophy, science, history, literature, art and many other subjects, and forcefully asserts some highly considered opinions (some of which can be upsetting).
And of course his letters offer a fascinating window into his personal life and times. Although we've been working with Lovecraftian material for over 30 years, we still find interesting new things in his letters, and while we don't claim to be experts we look forward to sharing them with a wider audience.
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RSS Feed- Episode 21
- Posted March 15, 2020
Melmoth the Wandrei
In which Lovecraft writes to Donald Wandrei, a young correspondent who will go on to be one of the founders of Arkham House, and play a key role in preserving Lovecraft's legacy.
This episode is coming out on the Ides of March, the 83rd anniversary of Lovecraft's death. We want to take a moment to humbly recognize HPL's vast contributions to popular culture and to our lives. Ave et Vale!
Music by Troy Sterling Nies. Our thanks to Hippocampus Press for their Letters to Donald Wandrei and Others.
Learn more about the historical figure HPL hated more than any other: Elagabalus!
There are several versions of Fritz Lang's 1927 classic film Metropolis, but this seems to be the most complete one and features the original score.
Here is a very nice restoration of a film that HPL really enjoyed, The Thief of Bagdad (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks.
