WWWednesday: Lovecraft Country, Book and TV Show | Fantasy Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction Book and Audiobook Reviews
WWWednesday: Lovecraft Country, Book and TV Show Lovecraft Country, Original Cover Lovecraft Country. I watched Season One of HBO’s adaptation of Lovecraft Country before I read Matt Ruff’s original novel-in-stories. I liked each of them, for different reasons. I will be comparing and contrasting here. Ruff’s book came out in 2016. It embraces and honors the pulp era of speculative fiction, especially short fiction, especially the weird (the title is a clue). Ruff wanted one important difference from the weird fiction and comic books of the 1950s—he wanted Black main characters. Thre...
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