From Deep Ones to Nyarlathotep: Anxiety, Abhumanity, and Transhumanity in Classic Weird Fiction @OwenEdwardsBooks
From Deep Ones to Nyarlathotep: Anxiety, Abhumanity, and Transhumanity in Classic Weird Fiction  @OwenEdwardsBooks
Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This time I talk about the interlocking themes of human degeneration and strange intelligences beyond human understanding, particularly as they appear in "classic weird fiction": Lovecraft, Howard, Wells, Moore, Chambers, and many others.
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From Deep Ones to Nyarlathotep: Anxiety, Abhumanity, and Transhumanity in Classic Weird Fiction

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