Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. One. grotto, an opening 1
5. Two. Early adventures of the earthly gods 25
6. Three. the puppet tractates 47
7. Four. the strange history of the american fantastic 75
8. Five. H. P. lovecraft and the great heresies 101
9. Six. symmes hole, or the south polar grotto 139
10. Seven. is this real or am i crazy? 163
11. Eight. Two old birds and their new feathers 189
12. Nine. The new expressionists 213
13. Ten. The hermeticon of umbertus E. 235
14. Eleven. The great twentiethcentury puppet upgrade 249
15. Twelve. The door in the sky 273
16. Notes 293
17. Acknowledgments 337
18. Index 341