So I got funded for my PhD on New Weird fiction, and I'll be doing a deep analysis of Thomas Ligotti and arguing his ideas have instrumentally made a massive effect on how we approach fiction as it approaches the real world!
All this to say that, I wanted to ask if people we're curious about seeing the research I'd done for on that masters that got my PhD funded. Without Ligotti, without this community, without every one of us -- this wouldn't have been possible. Writers like Ligotti...
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TLO has suffered in membership decline and participation over the past few years, including dedicated social media resources (e.g. Facebook groups) that fulfill many of the interests and needs Thomas Ligotti followers. TLO had also suffered from a my absence in maintaining the reliability and performance of the site. I had so heavily modified the vBulletin 3 version of the forums that any upgrade to newer versions or other platforms would lose most custom features, most of which were not...
Collapse IV features a series of investigations by philosophers, writers and artists into Concept Horror. Contributors address the existential, aesthetic, theological and political dimensions of horror, interrogate its peculiar affinity with philosophical thought, and uncover the horrors that may lie in wait for those who pursue rational thought beyond the bounds of the reasonable.
This unique volume continues Collapse‘s pursuit of indisciplinary miscegenation, the wide-ranging...
In an attempt to address issues with the migration to XenForo, I am going to establish lists which identify and prioritize resolutions.
HIGH PRIORITY ERRORS
Email notifications not working. Your are not likely receiving email notifications if you are watching threads, etc. This is a high priority as it would also result in issues trying to reset your password. Please let me know if you have received emails prior to today. I made changes this morning that may have fixed the problem, but...
After struggling to stabilize TLO with outdated forum software and unsuccessfully upgrade it to a newer version of vBulletin, the agonizing decision to migrate to XenForo was made. Benefits should include stability, speed, improved mobile device access, and ensure future data integrity. The concessions list is daunting, but here are a few points to address out of the gate:
I have imported all data, which includes all core data including members, threads, posts, etc.
You may have to clear...