Lovecraft the Astronomer (w/ Horace Smith)

Horace Smith, professor emeritus of astronomy at Michigan State University, joins the show to discuss a book he's writing with Eddie about H.P. Lovecraft and astronomy. They talk telescopes, gravity repulsion, the ether, life on Venus, and Planet X. Bill realizes that some of the astronomy he learned as a child is out-of-date now.

You can find Smith's article on Lovecraft and the moon (which will become a chapter in the book) here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26868583