Episode 52: American Canon: HP Lovecraft and Harlan Ellison ft. Canada Mike

Canada Mike, Emmet, and John discuss HP Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulu" and Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream." They situate each of them in history and talk about the concept of the weird, the weird tale as an American contribution, Lovecraft's modernism vs. Ellison's post-modernism, non-time and post-time, and a whole lot more!

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"I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison.

"Call of Cthulhu" by HP Lovecraft.

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Closing Song: "With the Sun" by will mcgovern