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(, Sun 31 Jul 2022, 9:45, archived)
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>,
Sun 31 Jul 2022, 10:29,
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I'm not into Lovecraft.I've only read one or two of his stories, and most of my knowledge of Cthulu comes from pop culture references.
You're probably thinking of someone else.
(You're probably thinking of someone else.
brb homonecrobatrachophile,
Sun 31 Jul 2022, 14:11,
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Same for everyone. Lovecraft only wrote one early short story about Cthulhu and then forgot about it, never mentioning Cthulhu again. The whole palaver about it is entirely modern pop culture created, and not to do with the real original Lovecraft at all (who in fact built his mythos around a being called Yog Sothoth instead).
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Sun 31 Jul 2022, 17:28,
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I have never read any Lovecraft eitherI know of the Necronomicon only because of the Evil Dead. also, Tolkien and Prattchett were cooler
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Woodkovsky ☹️➝🚻➝🚽➝😣➝💩➝🧻➝😁,
Sun 31 Jul 2022, 18:06,
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Likewise. I think it would be quite boring.There are only so many ways to describe something as indescribable before things get a bit samey.
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jonbob loves you,
Sun 31 Jul 2022, 18:19,
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The one story I do recommend is the novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Its final published version was reworked and improved by its publisher August Derleth and it's a very good read. Very original and inventive. The Dreams in the Witch House and The Dunwich Horror are also good fun. Most of his other stuff isn't, the quality of the writing is uneven at best (and awful at worst) and it's full of racism. But do read Charles Dexter Ward, it's a good yarn.
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Sun 31 Jul 2022, 18:43,
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