http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Ichor Posts tagged with 'Ichor' at MetaFilter. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:13:44 -0800 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:13:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/86277/The%2DLurking%2DFear <a href="http://io9.com/5391563/lovecraft-101-get-to-know-the-master-of-scifi+horror">Lovecraft 101: Get To Know The Master of Scifi-Horror</a>. For more detailed insights into each of <a href="http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/">Lovecraft's tales</a> in publication order you might want to follow the <a href="http://blog.hppodcraft.com/">H.P.Lovecraft Literary Podcast</a>. For another story-by-story guide to Lovecraft you might want to check out Kenneth Hite's <a href="http://princeofcairo.livejournal.com/tag/tour+de+lovecraft">Tour De Lovecraft</a> (also available in expanded form as a <a href="http://atomicovermind.com/blog/?page_id=121">book</a>). China Mieville on <a href="http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=7340">Lovecraft and racism</a> and a lecture at <a href="http://www.treadwells-london.com/">Treadwells</a> by Archaeologist James Holloway which delves deep into <a href="http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=593">Lovecraft and identity</a>. <a href="http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=57">The making of the Call of Cthulhu RPG</a>. <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=592323&hp">The making of Cthulhu</a> (Hipsters! Ego! Madness!). Happy Halloween with H.P. Lovecraft! tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.86277 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:13:44 -0800 Archeology ChinaMieville Cthulhu CthulhuMythos Film Ftagn Gibbous GrantCogswell Halloween Horror HPLovecraft Ichor Identity JamesHolloway KennethHite Lecture Lovecraft Podcast Racism RolePlayingGames RPG Sciencefiction Treadwells Writing Artw http://www.metafilter.com/68364/Another%2DReason%2DIm%2DGlad%2DIm%2DNot%2DAn%2DAnt Continuing the recent theme of <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/67462/How-To-Be-A-Good-Host">horrifying</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/67741/Brainwashed-by-a-parasite">parasites</a>, here's an <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080116142805.htm">infectious little nematode</a> that makes its host swell up into a plump, juicy, red berry so that birds will mistakenly eat its bloated ichorous abdomen and spread the eggs. <small><small><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/21/parasite-turns-ants.html">(via)</a></small></small> By the way, in case anyone was wondering, Wikipedia says that nematodes have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematode#Reproduction">amoeboid sperm</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68364 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:41:11 -0800 ant ants ichor ichorous ick icky nematode nematodes parasite parasites parasitic squick squicky XMLicious