• Lovecraft on the table top

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    In the last few years, there has been an explosion in Lovecraftian games. How did we get to a whole generation of board and card games that revolve around the Mythos? How does the Mythos fit various game mechanics? What are the differences between games based on Lovecraft’s Mythos and other similarly constructed games?

  • The Re-Mythology of Lovecraft

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    Lovecraft turned modern science into horror by imbuing it with mythological meaning. What aspects of 21st century science, and modern horror myth does Lovecraft prefigure or retroactively explain? Hite, Stross, Tanzer, Lockhart, Hoade

  • Mythos and Music 201

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    How do musicians incorporate the Mythos into their music? This is an advanced discussion, focused on techniques musicians use to bring the Weird to their soundscapes. What is it that makes some music sound Lovecraftian? Griffin, Mars, Atkinson, Gulbranson, Morris, Clark

  • Reber Clark

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    As composer for the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society’s Dark Adventure Radio Theatre Reber, Clark has composed music for Dagon: War of Worlds, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and Herbert West: Reanimator. His movie, Lovecraft Paragraphs, premiered at the 2009 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival. His music is featured on The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast. His music for wind ensemble is published worldwide by C. Alan Publications, Columbia Pictures Publications and Warner Brothers Music Publications.

  • Dark Corners of The Earth

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    Lovecraft’s appeal is global, but what makes Lovecraft so popular in some countries, and not so much in others? Stross, Dubisch, Lupoff, Branney

  • Cthulhu and "__": Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together

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    We’re undeniably in the middle of a Lovecraftian renaissance, but most calls for stories include a caveat asking writers to avoid pastiche. Editors obviously want to see Lovecraftian ideas used in new and intriguing ways, and applied to other genres. What does that say about the state of the field? Is pastiche tapped out, or are we just living in a post-Pride and Prejudice and Zombies world? Stross, Tanzer, Goodfellow, Glancy, Koch, Griffin

  • Sexuality and Lovecraft

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    Lovecraft’s work has a distinct absence of overt sexuality. While Lovecraft’s stories contain some deviant sexual behaviors, nothing is ever depicted in detail. However, modern authors and filmmakers seem unable to make a film without inserting (sometimes graphic) sex into the script. Why is that? Is it just the tentacles? or Is it something deeper? Downum, Joshi, Peterson, Cook, Smiley

  • R'lyehan Roulette

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    What’s up with Brown Jenkin? Whats up with cosmic flautists? What is with the byakhee? Panelists will weigh in on all sorts of topics in this short format grab bag of topics. Meant to be fun, this is a “lightning round” panel. Glancy, Hite, Goodfellow, Tanzer, Kessler. Moderated by Brian Callahan... who sincerely wants to know the answers to all these questions!

  • The Medium of Madness

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    Why do visual artists choose the particular mediums they do when they set out to interpret Lovecraftian Horror? Is there something in the clay, so to speak? Moyer, Dubisch, Rainey-Smith, Carlucci, Atkinson

  • Lovecraft's Editors

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    Panelists discuss Lovecraft’s editors at Home Brew, Weird Tales, Amazing Stories, Astounding Stories, and his relationships with them, and HPL’s many posthumous editors at Arkham House and other venues. Connors, Lupoff, Joshi

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