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Our theme this time around is
"Lovecraft and Modern Science", which is probably about as close as
we're ever likely to get to the home turf of any science-fiction buffs out
there. Our contributors in this issue bring to bear on Lovecraft's stories an
array of expertise in various fields of science, or at least on how to bluff
your way through them! These specialized fields include physics, biology,
mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy of science. The resulting picture is
liable to look something like a game of dodge-ball with HPL on one side, and the
whole scientific community on the other! At any rate, we'll be on the lookout to
see just how accurately Lovecraft used scientific subject matter, but more
importantly, how creatively he employed it, even when it was bogus.
Besides this, we offer you another
collector's-item cover by Jason C. Eckhardt, who's this issue's Fun Guy from
Yuggoth, to boot! And, last but not least, we welcome the cartooning talents of
Darrell Schweitzer, a veteran Lovecraftian who needs no introduction (beside the
one we just gave him!).
All right, all you "sense-chained
inhabitants of a microscopic earth-dot," get ready to be blown away by the
scientific horrors from the unplumbed gulfs of HPL's imagination. lä! Hastur!
Robert M. Price
Hierophant of the Horde
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