Lovecraft had too many instances of racism in his story for me to have anything to do with him.
Yeah, I know...the question is still out there as to whether Lovecraft was "really prejudiced" or not. For me, he was. -C --- In [email protected], Nora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...Straight out of Arkham?? BWAHAHAHA -- OK, I want to read it already. > FYI for all who didn't see it on Carl Brandon. > > Nora > > ------ Forwarded Message > > From: grlshaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:21:31 -0000 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [CarlBrandon] H.P. Lovecraft, Yo > > > > This note is from Jeremy Lassen of Night Shade books. Yes, he is serious. No, > > you will not > > see or find further details about it on the Night Shade website, or on any > > other genre > > news/pr outlet. No, I can't answer any questions beyond what he says below, > > and I will not > > attempt to do so. You can find this note on the archives of his personal > > journal, but I've > > pretty much just replicated it verbatim here except for one line I cut because > > it was > > irrelevant. > > > > Jeremy is fine with this going out far and wide outside of the usual haunts. > > Because he's > > aware that not-white fans do not necessarily congregate at genre hot spots, he > > is fine with > > this call for a novel being sent to places he's not immediately aware of. So > > if you want to > > email or post it around further, do so. > > > > Please note: It is not a requirement that you are not-white in order to make > > an attempt. > > You just need to be able to pull of hiphop and Cthulu at the same time, in the > > same book. > > The "Move Under Ground" guy is already at work on a book to submit. He's > > working with > > someone else, but I don't know who it is. > > > > www.nightshadebooks.com. Editorial contact information at the website. > > > > He specifically references blacks down below. But I would add that anyone > > who's paying > > attention to what's going on in hiphop to, you know, not get too hung up on > > that. In my > > neighborhood, "Gangsta" cuts across all sorts of not-white demographics. > > > > Here's the note from Jeremy. > > > > ***** > > I'm only half kidding... > > The first writer to send me a publishable novel entitled "Straight out of > > Arkham", which > > features a a gangster/hip-hop protagonist from the "dark" side of Arkham, who > > ends up > > battling the forces of whitey/cthulhu.... That person will get a contract, and > > be published. > > I'm serious. Give Me your Gangsta-Cthulhu fiction now! I can sell something if > > I can > > describe it as "NWA meets HPL" > > > > Though not a requirement, it would help if you the author was Afircan > > American. I mean... > > really... Nobody takes vanilla Ice or Marshal Mathers seriously.... It's all > > about the PR... I > > can't put a picture of whitey on the back cover of "gangsta cthulhu" novel, > > and maintain > > my street cred. Sorry. > > > > Seriously... If you can write a decent Lovecraft pastiche... and a decent > > Gangsta-hip-hop > > pastiche... drop me a line with a sample chapter, synopis, and outline. I'll > > let you know if > > you should continue or not. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/DtIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
