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ecosophia
Yes, I was back on the Hermitix podcast a little while back, and as usual had a great time. This show, as usual, we covered a lot of ground, but most of it circled (or rather oozed rugosely) around The Weird of Hali, my seven-volume epic fantasy with tentacles, and the considerable interfaces between that set of linked tales and the occult traditions that I study and practice. If you're shuddering in horror at the thought of having to put up with one more round of plastic holiday cheer, it may be just the incantation you're looking for. Check it out here. In the meantime, a carol to warm your hearts: "It's the most tentacled time of the year,
There'll be cultists invoking
With howling and croaking
That fills you with fear --
It's the most tentacled time of the year."
(Still working on the other verses..)
A Little Inspiration...
Date: 2019-12-26 11:33 pm (UTC)Dark horrors unspoken,
And omens unclear!
(Offering the above to the public domain on the slim chance someone wants to use it.)
- Bipeninsular JB
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Date: 2019-12-26 11:57 pm (UTC)âLady Cutekitten of Lolcat
Science fiction idea
Date: 2019-12-27 12:10 am (UTC)I hope it is ok to post this here. It's maybe a bit more on topic here than on other recent posts.
The Atlantic has a very interesting and sad essay about deep sea mining, feeding the need for minerals for batteries, and the mysterious ecosystems of 'the hadal depths'. The technology race is kind of like reading about space exploration in the 1960s.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/
This would be an excellent setting for near-future SF, with scope for an occult aspect. I know very little about the ocean myself, and I'm not the right person to write it, but maybe a reader here, or of one of your SF circles, might do something with it.
Re: Science fiction idea
Date: 2019-12-27 05:55 pm (UTC)anyway, worrying and disheartening techno "fixes" aside, the posted lyrics are great - many thanks to all, and I look forward to checking out the podcast.
Jen V
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Date: 2019-12-27 12:41 am (UTC)Also alas, it makes podcasts a difficult medium for me, as alien as dancing pixels are for you. To each their own. Love the carol, though.
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Date: 2019-12-27 03:56 am (UTC)With hideous shrieking and mad mindless bleatings
When shoggoths come call
It's the ghast-ghastliest season of all.....
Happy New Year!
JLfromNH
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Date: 2019-12-27 03:14 pm (UTC)Weekend Plan
Date: 2019-12-27 03:48 pm (UTC)Iâm almost through âChorazinâ and absolutely love this series. Thanks so much for writing it, JMG.
Wishing you and your lovely wife a refreshing January break from blogging. Will be delighted when you return in February.
OtterGirl
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Date: 2019-12-27 06:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2019-12-27 10:06 pm (UTC)Wishing everyone a tentacular New Year!
Date: 2019-12-30 03:47 am (UTC)For readers on a tight budget like me, the ebooks are $5. I much prefer the paper variety, but also kind of like that I have them all on a tablet to read anywhere. Yes, impermanent, but continuing to use a few electronic devices is part of getting over the idea that collapse will arrive full-on by sometime next [brief timespan]...
Happy New Year JMG & Sara, fellow cultists and all Ecosophians! đ
Re: Wishing everyone a tentacular New Year!
Date: 2019-12-30 04:32 am (UTC)A tentacular new year to you and yours!