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Hermitix logoYes, 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..)

Science fiction idea

Date: 2019-12-27 12:10 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Having a good chuckle at the carol!

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)
From: (Anonymous)
I saw this also, and thought briefly of our deep dreaming lord, and I am glad you have proposed fiction in that vein - but the real horror was the process itself, and the literally unimaginable damage it could do to the as yet unknown deep seas, to underwater vents, and the impact of releasing tons of sediment per day into the upper ocean. this fresh effort to heroically technology our way out of our technology/energy predicament makes me wonder just how much damage we humans will do before running out of steam? it does not even matter if it looses money, as we have seen with fracking.
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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