{"id":8401,"date":"2016-08-15T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/?p=8401"},"modified":"2016-08-15T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T13:00:54","slug":"review-i-am-providence-by-nick-mamatas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-i-am-providence-by-nick-mamatas\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#8216;I Am Providence&#8217; by Nick Mamatas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Am-Providence-Novel-Nick-Mamatas\/dp\/1597808350\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471226134&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=i+am+providence+nick+mamatas\" target=\"_blank\"><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8402\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Providence-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Providence\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>I Am Providence\u00a0<\/em>by Nick Mamatas<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Night Shade Books\u00a0(August 2016)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>256\u00a0pages; $10.66 paperback; $15.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankMErrington\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Michaels Errington<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can&#8217;t say I read a lot of Nick Mamatas, but what I have read, I&#8217;ve certainly enjoyed. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick&#8217;s most recent work is dissimilar from anything I&#8217;ve read before. Set at the fictional, annual Summer Tentacular&#8212;&#8220;Providence&#8217;s premiere literary conference about pulp-writer, racist, and weirdo Howard Philips Lovecraft&#8221;&#8212;the book is an inside look at the craziness such an event would give rise to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The attendees at said conference seem to be based on a combination of real writers and an amalgamation of the writers and fans who frequent such a happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story is told from two separate points of view: that of first-time attendee and recently published Lovecraftian writer, Colleen Danzig; and the other, her roommate, a writer know as Panossian who spends most of the book in the morgue, lying on a slab.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goings on in <em>I Am Providence<\/em> \u00a0may seem strange to the average reader, unless you&#8217;ve ever been to a social occasion like this&#8212;then it reads more like a documentary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, I enjoyed this tome from Mamatas, and the scene where several of the characters are digging in the woods in hopes of finding the remains of Lovecraft&#8217;s cat was hysterical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were some great lines, too; one of my favorites: &#8220;Like Richard Matheson told me, &#8216;Nobody likes a name dropper.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, however, <em>I Am Providence<\/em> is little more than a murder mystery and I found myself wanting something more.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Am Providence\u00a0by Nick Mamatas Night Shade Books\u00a0(August 2016) 256\u00a0pages; $10.66 paperback; $15.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington I can&#8217;t say I read a lot of Nick Mamatas, but what I have read, I&#8217;ve certainly enjoyed. \u00a0 Nick&#8217;s most recent work is dissimilar from anything I&#8217;ve read before. 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