Celebrate H.P. Lovecraft’s Birthday With 20 of His Creepiest Book Covers - and - Photos of Real Places Mentioned in Fiction

By Jason Diamond on Aug 20, 2013 Flavorwire

There are very few writers who’ve had a story written in their memory by Jorge Luis Borges. It is also exceedingly rare for an author to serve as the inspiration for great songs by Black Sabbath or Metallica. But that is the unique place H.P. Lovecraft, who was born 133 years ago today, has come to occupy in our cultural memory. … Read More

Then and Now: Photos of Real Places Mentioned in Fiction

By Jason Diamond on Aug 20, 2013 

Looking through Jane Austen’s England by Roy and Lesley Adkins, it’s difficult not to compare the way things were during England’s Georgian and Regency eras with the England of today. The book gives a glimpse at everything from wedding superstitions to the “Bloody Code” (the country’s system of laws and punishments from 1688 to 1815, including the 50 offenses that were punishable by death), which highlight how much has changed since the time of Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. But what about the times and places that influenced other classic authors? More specifically, what do the real places mentioned in famous works of fiction look like now? … Read More