293: Under the Pyramids (advert free)
Added 2024-08-12 23:01:02 +0000 UTCFollowing last episode's exploration of the life of Harry Houdini, we thought we'd follow up with a look at his collaboration with HP Lovecraft -- "Under the Pyramids", also known as "Imprisoned With the Pharaohs". We spend a little more time than usual discussing the origins of the story, partly because they offer insight into the unlikely relationship between the two men, but mostly because they're just so damn weird.
The story itself may be a minor one in Lovecraft's canon, but we still find gaming inspiration. But, mostly, we delight in the phrase "corpse gurgle". And why shouldn't we?
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Things we mention in this episode include:
A Dreamer and a Visionary: HP Lovecraft in His Time by ST Joshi
I Am Providence: The Life and Times of HP Lovecraft by ST Joshi
Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters by HP Lovecraft, ST Joshi, and David E Schultz
"The Mound" by HP Lovecraft for Zealia Bishop
"Hypnos" by HP Lovecraft
"The Loved Dead" by HP Lovecraft and CM Eddy Jr
The Cancer of Superstition by HP Lovecraft and CM Eddy Jr for Harry Houdini
"The Outsider" by HP Lovecraft
The Queen's Enemies by Lord Dunsany
"The Vengeance of Nitocris" by Tennessee Williams
Late Night With the Devil (2023)
"We All Stand Together" by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus
"The Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by HP Lovecraft
"Herbert West -- Reanimator" by HP Lovecraft
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by HP Lovecraft
Cities of the Red Night by William S Burroughs
The Place of Dead Roads by William S Burroughs
The Western Lands by William S Burroughs
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
"The Nameless City" by HP Lovecraft
Mysteries of the Worm by Robert Bloch
