After some recent discussion I thought that I’d post about something that I’ve been thinking about since the end of Chamber of Secrets i.e. that Voldemort is a Lich- a powerful wizard or magician who keeps themselves from destruction by hiding their soul in powerful magic items- though they must die to achieve this.
The word lich (lych) is Old English for corpse and is a good visual description of the Lich. It also points to the undead nature of the creature.
I first encountered liches in the Dungeons and Dragons game but, upon [click to continue…]
B.J. Harrison has just put his latest up his latest reading and, joy of joys, it is The Music of Erich Zann by HP Lovecraft.
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Lovecraft/Tolkien/Potter/Lots-of-other-fascinating-subjects scholar and somtimes Hog’s Head commenter Amy H. Sturgis has some updates that will be of interest for Hog’s Head readers:
Hi friends!
As you may know, I’ve begun narrating contemporary science fiction stories for the UK audio science fiction magazine StarShipSofa (http://www.starshipsofa.com). (You can hear my narration of Elizabeth Bear’s “And the Deep Blue Sea” at http://www.starshipsofa.com/podcast/StarShipSofa_Elizabeth_Bear_And_The_Deep_Blue_Sea.mp3 and other narrations will go up soon.)
As of today, I’ve also begun contributing an audio “article” for StarShipSofa’s “Aural Delights” Wednesday program, in which I give my commentary about a science fiction topic. These will run once a month. My first is available on today’s show at http://www.starshipsofa.com/podcast/Terry_Bisson_Bears_Discover_Fire_mp3.mp3 and it begins approximately 10 minutes into the podcast. If you listen, I hope you enjoy!
Have a great day!
Amy
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