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A Haunted Mind -Inside the Dark and Twisted Mind of H.P. Lovecraft
Interview with Bob Curran on A Haunted Mind -Inside the Dark and Twisted Mind of H.P. Lovecraft
Oh to have a chance to enter into the mind of H.P. Lovecraft in such a tantalizing way is darkly beautiful. Having discussed H.P. Lovecraft on the radio show many times in the past at The Church of Mabus. But never quite like this in such exquisite detail with Bob Curran’s devil fingers. I’m sure like mine they switch back to angel fingers now and then, and again. If you are an H.P Lovecraft enthusiast like many of us here gathered, then I have to tell you Bob’s new book is a must have for your library indeed. I hope you will enjoy this journey with us and of course as we know we should all be coming back not sane, but mad from the monsters contained therein. Presenting.
Cthulhu is pretty much king of all the creatures right? The king of madness so to speak when it comes to H.P. Lovecraft’s Universe?
Bob Curran: Again, it depends what you mean when you use the term “king”. It implies a sort of hierarchy amongst the entities and I don’t think that Lovecraft really envisaged such an order <although subsequent writers may have envisaged one> but he had the idea that like old gods, every entity was powerful in its own right. Alliances may have been made between them but in many cases they operated of their own accord – although within certain defined parameters. Certainly Cthulhu is a seminal entity amongst all of the beings and has given Its name to the entire Mythos. I think that Lovecraft’s “Call of the Cthulhu” is one of his most reprinted stories, so if you wanted to refer to Cthulhu as “king” on that basis you would probably be correct. But it’s difficult to know as to whether Lovecraft actually envisaged the being as a kind of ruler. Those who made contact with It or Its disciples certainly seem to have gone mad – so to describe it as a being that inspires madness would also be correct. But then so did a lot of Lovecraft’s other creations.
There are a lot more questions to this interview and you can find out Bob’s answers and help me out by clicking here to read the rest. Plus a slideshow!
