The Weird of Hali: Innsmouth

There is a lot of professional Lovecraft fanfic out there. There's something magnetic about the Cthulhu mythos - authors just cannot resist playing with it. In 'The Weird of Hali', JMG is clearly having great fun flipping the mythos 180 degrees. The unspeakable horrors of Lovecraft are actually paga......more

This is an odd book. I enjoyed it, but it isn't primarily a work of fiction in the modern sense. If you're a long time reader JMG, and have read his fiction, either books or online, then you know what you're in for and should go for it. This book feels like a reason to explore the ideas the author f......more

Preamble I sent author John Michael Greer a review copy of my own book, The Yoga of Strength, back in February when I was getting the ARCs out to folks who might be interested. What drew me to John was the fact that he commented on my review of Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, a thoughtful romp throug......more

(No spoilers) The core conceit of this book is fantastic. You will love the enormous plot twist that happens 1/3 of the way through the book, and the way the world of Arkham and environs is imagined. JMG, a uniquely creative mind as always, has opened up a portal to an entirely new Lovecraftian univ......more