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A Haunted Mind
A Haunted Mind
A Haunted Mind
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A Haunted Mind

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"Just sit back and relax as Dr. Bob Curran takes you to places that only your mind can create with his words and stories. He has captivated the radio listening audience as he will captivate the reader... Dr. Curran will delight the imagination."--Tom Danheiser, producer, Coast To Coast AMArguably no American writer has had more of an impact on the modern horror scene than Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the man who created the Cthulhu Mythos, with its strange gods, eerie places, and forbidden books. But what sort of a man was Lovecraft, how did he create such a terrible universe, and where did his inspiration come from? Was it, as some have argued, based on esoteric knowledge forgotten or even denied to all sane people?In A Haunted Mind, Dr. Bob Curran explores what motivated Lovecraft--his personal life is just as strange as some of his creations--and drove him to create his terrible cosmos. Using both folklore and history, Dr Curran investigates a wide variety of Lovecraftian mysteries.A word of warning: you may never look at Lovecraft--or the world--in exactly the same way again!
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCareer Press
Release dateJan 8, 2012
ISBN9781601635969
A Haunted Mind
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Bob Curran

No one is sure where Bob Curran, PhD, comes from. Tradition says that one moment he wasn’t there and the next moment he was in County Down. He has, however, held various jobs— including gravedigger, hospital porter, civil servant, and teacher—has studied history and education at the New University of Ulster, and has received a PhD in Educational Social Psychology. Bob has a strong interest in local history and folklore, and has both written and lectured on these subjects; he is a frequent contributor to radio, and has appeared on television co-presenting programs on heritage and history. It is said that Bob currently lives somewhere in north Antrim, with his teacher wife and two small children; but it is difficult to be sure, as he is seen only “between the lights” (at twilight), and then only by a fortunate few.

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    A brilliant, admirable summary of what is a huge subject, dealing with the right amount of depth & breadth for both the beginner & intermediate Lovecraft scholar. I'm not sure that S T Joshi will find anything new here, but for those with a less encyclopaedic knowledge of the worlds of H P Lovecraft, this is a very good overview & summary. It's written in a down to earth, easy to read style. Highly recommended to the general reader & really a must for anyone who is more than just a casual fan.

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