China Mieville on "The Horror at Red Hook"

This brief clip has China Mieville, one of the world's preeminent authors of politicized weird fiction and fantasy, discussing one of his favorite New York based stories: H.P. Lovecraft's "The Horror at Red Hook." Mieville is well known as a writer who approaches weird fiction and life from a left-wing vantage point. Though many have condemned the more obvious racist elements of Lovecraft at their strongest in tales like "Red Hook," far fewer have approached the question from the precise worldview Mieville espouses.



Agree or disagree, it's always notable when one weird writer discusses another's work--even if the writers in this instance happen to be separated by a couple generations.

-Grim Blogger