Hippocampus Press Announces Two Big Titles: Lovecraft, Ligotti

Hippocampus Press, an instantly recognizable name in today's publishers of weird literature, has announced two big titles for release in 2010. Thomas Ligotti's long awaited book of philosophy The Conspiracy Against the Human Race is due to be published, along with a two volume biography of H.P. Lovecraft entitled I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft. The latter seemingly represents a new unabridged work by S.T. Joshi, an update to his acclaimed H.P. Lovecraft: A Life. Of course, the full list of pending titles on their website lists a number of less earthshaking, but nevertheless high quality books slated for late 2009 and next year.


In the case of Ligotti's Conspiracy, the wait has been a long and somewhat anxious one over the past five years as the treatise changed publishers, tentative dates, and undoubtedly underwent waves of intense editing. During this time, Thomas Ligotti expanded his essay into a book length monument to philosophical pessimism and horror. Today, the virtually finalized version probably bares little resemblance to the rough draft temporarily published on Thomas Ligotti Online in 2007. The finished product will reportedly be a hardcover with an illustrated dust jacket in a print run of about a thousand copies, much like many other Hippocampus tomes.

Both of these mind salivating titles ought to spark a fever of yearning amongst weird fiction readers. Though just a flicker in the distance, 2010 looks to be a stunning year for the dark and unusual side of speculative literature. Hold tight, though, as 2009 may yet hold its own bizarre delights.

-Grim Blogger