American Writers (One Hundred Pages at a Time)
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H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 19: In the Walls of Eryx
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we wrap up this look at the Lovecraft revisions we come to the Kenneth Streling story "In the Walls of Eryx", a science fiction tale with a Lovecra...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 17: The Diary of Loronzo Typer
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
THE DIARY OF LORENZO TYPER is a Lovecraft collaboration with William Lumely. It is a pretty solid story that relates to the Lovecraft mythos.
Episode 478: Neal Stephenson: Odalisque (3)
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this part of the BAROQUE CYCLE, we see Eliza go on an adventure in the Rhineland and Daniel rake part in the Glorious Revolution, making a deal to ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 16: Through the Gates of the Silver Key
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffman Price's epic sequel to "The Silver Key" ("Through the Gates of the Silver Key") establishes a multiverse and does more ...
Episode 478: Neal Stephenson: Odalisque (2)
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eliza make a deception, shorting VOC stock by spreading rumors of the "Fall of Batavia" and the foundations of a new banking system are laid in Englan...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 15: Tarbis of of the Lake
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A story E. Hoffman Price that discussed with H. P. Lovecraft, TARBIS OF THE LAKE is a supernatural love story about a stalker mummy.
Episode 477: Neal Stephenson: Odalisque (1)
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Set immediately after KING OF THE VAGABONDS, ODALISQUE follows Eliza in the Versailles court caught between the French and William of Orange. This nov...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 14: The R. H. Barlow Revisions
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the H. P. Lovecraft Book Club I look at a bunch of works by R. H. Barlow, which Lovecraft helped revise. They area an interesting m...
Episode 476: Neal Stephenson: The King of the Vagabonds (3)
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final part of my review of THE KING OF THE VAGABONDS by Neal Stephenson. Watch as Jack descends into madness, helps Huguenot galley slaves, crashe...
Episode 475: Neal Stephenson: The King of the Vagabonds (2)
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of my coverage of THE BAROQUE CYCLE by Neal Stephenson, I dig deeper into KING OF THE VAGABONDS. Jack and Eliza learn about commerce a...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 13: The Disinternment
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a pretty wild story by Duane Rimel, and revised by H. P. Lovecraft, about a leprosy infection leading to the machinations of a mad scientist. ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Duane Rimel Revisions-1
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here, I look at two Duane W. Rimel stories revised by H. P. Lovecraft: THE TREE ON THE HILL and THE SORCERY OF APHLAR. They are fine.
Episode 474: Neal Stephenson: King of the Vagabonds (1)
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part one of my review of KING OF THE VAGABONDS from the BAROQUE CYCLE by Neal Stephenson. In this section we meet two more of our heroes of the story:...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 11: The Horror in the Burying Ground
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Seen as the last of the H. P. Lovecraft stories ghost-written for Hazel Heald. The scenes with old people telling stories in general shops gives me a ...
Episode 473: Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver(3)
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the later parts of QUICKSILVER (from THE BAROQUE CYCLE) we see Daniel Waterhouse become a public figure, meet Leibniz, and witness the horrible ban...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 10: Out of the Aeons
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I look at yet another H.P. Lovecraft story. In this episode it is the Hazel Heald revision OUT OF THE AEONS. This story is notable for its world build...
Episode 472: Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver (2)
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this section of QUICKSILVER we get a close look at the Royal Society in the mid-1660s. Neal Stephenson has great fun characterizing people like Old...
Episode 471: Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver (1)
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am excited to present part 1 (of 24) of my examination of THE BAROQUE CYCLE by Neal Stephenson. In this part we meet Daniel Waterhouse and the etern...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 9: The Horror in the Museum
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this story written by Hazel Heald and H. P. Lovecraft (mostly ghostwritten by HPL), we explore an amazing wax museum with a horrible special exhibi...
Episode 470: William Wells Brown: My Southern Home (2)
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final episode in my series on William Wells Brown explores the second half of MY SOUTHERN HOME, the author's second memoir. Next up, a special ser...
Episode 469: William Wells Brown: My Southern Home (1)
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MY SOUTHERN HOME is a memoir by William Wells Brown written toward the end of his life. It rehashed much from his earlier writers, but from the perspe...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 8: Winged Death
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In another of Lovecraft's Hazel Heald revisions (ghostwriting)--WINGED DEATH--we get a fascinating tale of science, empire, and revenge. Like THE MAN ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 8: The Man in Stone
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first of five collaborations between H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. In this story, a wizard uses black magic to punish his adulterous wife. Thro...
Episode 468: William Wells Brown: The Black Man
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1862, William Wells Brown wrote a series of short biographies of black activists, politicians, scientists, and artists in an attempt to prove black...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 6: The Haunter in the Dark
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final by-line publication by H. P. Lovecraft during his life was THE HAUNTER IN THE DARK. I explore this story in this episode, finishing up the f...
Episode 467: William Wells Brown: The Escape
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I look at a play by William Wells Brown called THE ESCAPE. It is an effective look at the horrors of slavery and the necessity of resi...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 5: The Shadow Out of Time (2)
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of my review of THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME by H. P. Lovecraft. I cannot believe I made it this far. There is still a lot to look at in fut...
Episode 466: William Wells Brown: The American Fugitive in Europe
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An only slightly deeper look at William Wells Brown THE AMERICAN FUGITIVE IN EUROPE. The second half of this travelogue focuses on Browns' travels thr...
Episode 465: William Wells Brown: The American Fugitive in Europe (1)
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
William Wells Brown spent 1849-1854 in Europe doing anti-slavery work. This narrative of these years reads more like a traditional travelogue than a p...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 4: The Shadow Out of Time (1)
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first half of my review of H. P. Lovecraft's THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME. This story is a nice mix of cosmic horror, science fiction, and horror. It al...
Episode 464: William Wells Brown: Clotel
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CLOTEL is the first novel by an African-American in the United States. While not a plot-driven page-turner, William Wells Brown created a convincing p...
H.P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 3:The Thing on the Doorstep
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another H. P. Lovecraft story (THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP) is explored in this episode. You think your marriage is bad. Try being married to a bossy la...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 2: The Dreams in the Witch House
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of my review of THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH-HOUSE by H. P. Lovecraft. Great stuff in this story on modern science and folklore. This story...
Episode 463: William Wells Brown, Narrative (1847)
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I start a new series on the works of William Wells Brown. I start with his compelling and short autobiography about his time as a slave, published in ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 9: Episode 1: The Dreams in the Witch-house (Part 1)
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We begin a series on the final H. P. Lovecraft stories with THE DREAMS IN THE WITCHHOUSE. This is one of my favorite Lovecraft stories, but it seems t...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 9: Letters, January - June 1934
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The finale of my coverage of the letters of H. P. Lovecraft. I do not think I will be coming back to letters until I take on the Robert E. Howard seri...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 8: Letters, September-December 1933
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I am almost through with my commentary on the fourth volume of the selected letters of H. P. Lovecraft. These cover the autumn of 1933.
H.P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 7: Letters August-September 1933
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I know it has been a while since I uploaded anything. Been busy at home in Wisconsin. But here are some more thoughts on the letters of H. P. Lovecraf...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 6: Letters April-July 1933
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I dig deeper into the fourth volume of the selected letters of H. P. Lovecraft. There are some unhinged stuff in this set, especially...
Episode 462 : Barbara Tuchman: The Proud Tower (Chapters 7-8)
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The finale of my review of THE PROUD TOWER by Barbara Tuchman also finishes off our look at this mid-century American historian.
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 5: Letters, Jan-April 1933
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More of Lovecraft's letters are examined in this episode covering the period from January to April 1933. Some of the most notable elements include the...
Episode 461: Barbara Tuchman: The Proud Tower (Chapters 5-6)
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we move on in Barbara Tuchman's THE PROUD TOWER we explore chapters devoted to the Hague Conventions on peace with their successes and failures, as...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 4: Letters, Nov. 1932-Jan. 1933
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk about the fourth volume of H. P. Lovecraft's Selected Letters, focusing on the winter of 1932-1933. Overall, a tame set of l...
Episode 460: BarbaraTuchman: The Proud Tower (Chapters 3-4)
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In chapters 3-4 of THE PROUD TOWER by Barbara Tuchman we examine the emergence of a new phase of American imperialism and the Dreyfus Affair in France...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 3: Letters July-October 1932
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I continue to explore the fourth volume of Lovecraft's selected letters. While these 20 letters are not the most exciting we see a continuation of som...
Episode 459: Barbara Tuchman: The Proud Tower (1)
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I kick off my four-part look at THE PROUD TOWER by Barbara Tuchman. The first two chapters of this book look at pre-Great War British aristocracy and ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 2: Letters March-July 1932
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In these letters we see Lovecraft's continued frustration over the the state of the magazine fiction market and the personal impact of the death of hi...
Episode 458: Barbara Tuchman: Guns of August (5)
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The finale of my review of THE GUNS OF AUGUST by Barabara Tuchman. I give my overall feelings of this text along with a look at the last chapters and ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 8: Episode 1: Letters, January-March 1932
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The H. P. Lovecraft letters from early 1932 show his frustration with the status of the Weird Tales and other magazines, as he finds he cannot match t...
Episode 457: Barbara Tuchman:The Guns of August (4)
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toward the end of Barbara Tuchman's THE GUNS OF AUGUST we explore the battle of Tannenberg and the retreat of French armies toward Paris. Tuchman also...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 15: The Trap (Lovecraft and Whitehead)
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I finish up this series on Lovecraft's stories from the late 1920s and early 1930s with a look at his collaboration with Donald Whitehead, "The Trap"....
Episode 456: Barbara Tuchman: The Guns of August (3)
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part three of a review of THE GUNS OF AUGUST by Barbara Tuchman. The logic of planning leading to entrenchment (military, institutional, and ideology)...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 14: Medusa's Coil
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The last of the Lovecraft revisions of Zealia Bishop's work is also the most controversial. This short story explores the culture of the Black Atlanti...
Episode 455: Barbara Tuchman:The Guns of August (2)
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore the second part of THE GUNS OF AUGUST by Barbara Tuchman. In these chapters we see how the war plans set up by the Great Po...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 13: The Mound (2)
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I did not plan to record any two-part reviews of the H. P. Lovecraft revisions, but THE MOUND is such a massive and interesting tale that I just had t...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 12: The Mound (1)
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of Lovecraft's most significant revision works was the novella THE MOUND. Zealia Bishop provided the original prompt and Lovecraft ran with it cre...
H.P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 11: The Curse of Yig
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore THE CURSE OF YIG by Zealia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft. It is one of his most famous revisions and a great story that takes ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 10: The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Part 3)
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My final thoughts on THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH by H. P. Lovecraft. This story ends with some action and then an coda examining our narrator's deep fam...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 9: The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Part 2)
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I dig deeper into THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH. We get a walking tour of the city, in classic H. P. Lovecraft style.
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 8: Shadow Over Innsmouth (Part 1)
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I give my thoughts on the early pages of THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH by H. P. Lovecraft. One of his most important stories, for many rea...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 7: At the Mountains of Madness (Part 4)
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The finale of my coverage of AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. So what did Danforth see? That is the most compelling mystery at the close of this epic stor...
Episode 454: Barbara Tuchman: The Guns of August (Part 1)
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So glad to be back with a volume of The Library of America. This episode will begin a one-month series exploring THE GUNS OF AUGUST and THE PROUD TOWE...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 6: At the Mountains of Madness (Part 3)
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part 3 of my coverage on AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H. P. Lovecraft. Much of this section deals with the history and society of th...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 5: At the Mountains of Madness (Part 2)
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I dig deeper into AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, which as Lovecraft tries to warn us is a bad idea. Part 2 of 4.
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 4: At the Mountains of Madness (Part 1)
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the more popular H. P. Lovecraft stories is AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. It may really be the best example of Lovecraft's later style. The open...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 3: Whisperer in Darkness (Part 3)
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The finale of my review of THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS by H. P. Lovecraft. Things get nice and cosmic and strange in the final chapters of this story, b...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode2: Whisperer in Darkness (Part 2)
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the second of three covering my thoughts on THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS. Fun with letters from a crazy friend.
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 7: Episode 1: The Whisperer in Darkness (Part 1)
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS begins a new phase in Lovecraft's career and a new series in this podcast. The rich look at folklore, skepticism, and conspi...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 10: Fungi from Yuggoth (Second Half)
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of my review of FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH by H. P. Lovecraft. Also, plenty of evidence on why I should not be doing too much with Lovecraft's...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 9: Fungi from Yuggoth (First Half)
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My thoughts on the first half of FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH by H. P. Lovecraft. This is a cycle of sonnets exploring various of Lovecraft's themes, vistas, an...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 8: Letters Septmber-December 1931
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up our look at the third volume of the "Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft" with the later part of 1931. During this period, Lovecraft was wr...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series: Episode 7: Letters July-September 1931
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lovecraft was not writing too much fiction in the summer of 1931 (the exception being the collaboration "The Trap" with Henry Whitehead), but as alway...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 6: Letters January - July 1931
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first half of 1931, H. P. Lovecraft was writing AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, but he was also also writing some substantial letters. A highlight...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Episode 6.5. Letters November 1930-January 1931
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the winter of 1930-31, H P. Lovecraft wrote about time travel stories with Clark Ashton Smith, Asian poetry with Elizabeth Toldridge, Quebec with J...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 4: Letters August-November 1930
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, I talk about the letters H. P. Lovecraft wrote to his friends and colleagues in the autumn of 1930. Topics include: "The Whisperer in...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 3: Letters February-August 1930
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do dinosaur bones, "clock-slavery", Charleston, and Hart Crane have in common? They all are discussed in H. P. Lovecraft's letters in 1930 (speci...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 2: Letters November 1929-February 1930
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
H. P. Lovecraft's letters from the winter of 1929-1930 were written around the time he wrote "The Mound". So we should not be surprised to see him ref...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 6: Episode 1: Letters July-November 1929
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So we are back to the "Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft" in this episode. Features correspondents include Maurice Moe, Elizabeth Toldridge, and Jam...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 28: The Electric Executioner
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this second revision of a Adolphe de Castro story, "The Electric Executioner", we explore the supernatural power of electricity in a Mexican settin...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 27: The Last Test
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The Last Test" is by Adolphe de Castro, as revised by H. P. Lovecraft. I rather liked this story, with its exploration of deep history and hidden tra...
H.P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series5: Episode 26: The Thing in the Moonlight
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So this story is based on a dream, detailed in a letter by Lovecraft to Donald Wandrei in 1927. Wandrei later revised this account into a the publishe...
Episode 453: Henry James: Confidence (2)
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The second and final part of my review of CONFIDENCE by Henry James. This puts an end to this series on James' early novels.
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 25: Two Black Bottles
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This short story, "Two Black Bottles", was written by Wilfred Blanch Talman, with an assist by H. P. Lovecraft. While not one of the revisions that is...
Episode 452: Henry James: Confidence (1)
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Like THE EUROPEANS, CONFIDENCE is a light and somewhat comedic novel about Europeans in America or Americans in Europe, or something. Another early no...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 24: The Very Old Folk
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a long wait, I am finally looking at "The Very Old Folk", the published version of Lovecraft's dream of ancient Rome. It hits many of the themes...
Episode 452: Henry James: The Europeans
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this short comedic novel, THE EUROPEANS, Henry James follows two Europeans-a soon to be divorced woman seeking a new start and a free-spirited youn...
H.P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 23: The Dunwich Horror (2)
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of my review of "The Dunwich Horror" by H. P. Lovecraft. What is the danger of ignoring the backcountry? What is the blowback to buryi...
Episode 450:Henry James: The American (3)
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part three and finale of my review of THE AMERICAN by Henry James. It is a highly recommended novel with some real drama and wonderful character growt...
Episode 449: Henry James: The American(2)
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part two of my review of THE AMERICAN by Henry James. For much of the middle part of this novel, the hero pursues his courtship with a French aristocr...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 22: The Dunwich Horror (1)
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The Dunwich Horror" is another of my favorite H. P. Lovecraft tales that has a bit of everything; intentional amnesia, folklore, outer gods, body hor...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 21: The Color Out of Space
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"The Color Out of Space" was Lovecraft's favorite story and it is indeed one of his best. The combination of body horror, science, and classic Lovecra...
Episode 448:Henry James: The American (1)
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part one of my review of THE AMERICAN by Henry James. It is by far my favorite of the five early novels I will look at in this series. It explores the...
Episode 447: Henry James: Roderick Hudson (3)
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Part three of my review of RODERICK HUDSON by Henry James. It is his first strong novel but a bit repetitive and banal in the end. I guess the lesson ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 20: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Finale)
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The final part of my review of THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD by H. P. Lovecraft. The final chapter is an epic story of the conscious eradication of ...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club:Series 5: Episode 19:The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (4)
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 446:Henry James: Roderick Hudson (2)
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 18: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (3)
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We go back to the present in chapter 3 of THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD and witness the consequences of Ward's exploration into his family history. ...
Episode 445: Henry James: Roderick Hudson (1)
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let's start over with Henry James by looking at his first decent novel, RODERICK HUDSON. In this novel, an aimless rich man adopts a poor artist and b...
H. P. Lovecraft Book Club: Series 5: Episode 17: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (2)
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A solid second chapter of H. P. Lovecraft's THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD almost works as a stand-alone horror story set in the 18th century, climax...
Episode 444:Henry James: Watch and Ward (2)
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More forgettable stuff in the second half of WATCH AND WARD by Henry James. Let's hope his later novels are a bit more interesting. If nothing else, t...