A rendering of the fictional Lovecraft entity Cthulhu.

LoveFest 2018, the Second Life Lovecraft festival

I returned to Second Life just in time for the 7th annual LoveFest, one of the virtual world’s literary events. LoveFest celebrates the work of American horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. The 10-day festival takes place around 20 August, the day Lovecraft was born. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was virtually … Read more

A young man wearing a VR headset and reaching out. From Ready Player One, cyber-dystopia.

Living in a cyber-dystopia

At the start of the year, I set a reading goal based on how many books I read the previous year. I don’t define what kinds of books I’ll read, but a pattern sometimes emerges. This year is turning out to be a year of dystopian fiction and cyberpunk, not just in books, but also … Read more