http://www.templeofdagon.com H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:49:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As many of you have noticed, not much has been added to the site in a long while, and the forums have been overrun with spam. I just cleared a massive amount of it out. I still plan to keep this site up, but unfortunately too many other things take up ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/not-dead-just-sleeping/ Wyrd studios is set to release their new documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown. Directed by Frank H. Woodward, the film features interviews with Guillermo Del Toro, Neil Gaiman, John Carpenter, Peter Straub, Caitlin Kiernan, Stuart Gordon, Ramsey Campbell, S.T. Joshi and few other Lovecraft scholars. The DVD is scheduled ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/lovecraft-fear-of-the-unknown/ Featured artist at the Temple of Dagon Paul Carrick has informed us that he is ready to take pre-orders for a new set of Cthulhu Statues featuring a new color scheme. Paul has been keeping busy lately. In addition, his first written and illustrated children's book Watch Out For Wolfgang ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/new-batch-of-cthulhu-statues-from-paul-carrick/ Hello again! Something recently came to my attention that I just HAD to share with you all. A few days ago I signed up for a few online courses on emailcollege.co.uk. (A result of boredom and unemployment!) One of the courses was Analysing Horror Stories. This course focuses on several authors, a few ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/analysing-horror-on-emailcollegecom/ Ladies and gentlemen, greetings from myself, Nyarsetna. For my first post, I'm going to try and revive interest in Guillermo Del Toro - does - At The Mountains Of Madness. Here is an MTV Movies Blog interview with Guillermo posted in January of this year. So far it seems to be ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/del-toros-at-the-mountains-of-madness/ Paul Carrick, a featured artist here at the Temple of Dagon, is now accepting preorders for his Cthulhu statues. These 8.5" tall, hand painted resin statues feature a faux oxidized bronze finish, and clearly display the artistic skill he is known for. Be sure to visit his website at http://blog.nightserpent.com/, ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/cthulhu-by-paul-carrick/ The Maison d'Ailleurs, a science fiction museum in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, is planning a Lovecraft exhibition for October 2007, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the author's death. The show is based upon the "Commonplace Book", a set of notes and ideas written by Lovecraft, and will showcase works by several ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/lovecraft-exhibition-at-the-maison-dailleurs/ While I am not a practitioner of tarot, I am most certainly a fan of anything related to Lovecraft and the mythos. In particular, I enjoy lovecraft inspired artwork because it is a subject that lends itself very well to visual interpretation. It is for this reason that I ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/necronomicon-tarot-by-donald-tyson/ We are happy to announce the inclusion of Richard Allen Poppe to the Featured Artists section of the Temple of Dagon. From a young age, Richard has been interested in horror, and his Lovecraft inspired pieces capture the true feel of the mythos. He works primarily in polyester resin, as ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/please-welcome-richard-allen-poppe/ "The underground fungus [is] estimated to be between 2000 and 8500 years old . . . .  [It] spreads mainly along tree roots, but also through the soil using shoestring-like structures called rhizomorphs . . . .  Researchers thought that individual fungus organisms grew in distinct clusters in the forest, marked ... http://www.templeofdagon.com/archives/giant-fungus-challenges-traditional-ideas-of-individuality/