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Re: Books!
« Reply #480 on: March 03, 2017, 12:02:30 AM »
I was wondering what would happen if Tuuri found one of Lovecraft's stories and misinterpreted it as an account of an early troll encounter.

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« Reply #481 on: March 03, 2017, 12:59:05 AM »
Quote from: Purple Wyrm on March 03, 2017, 12:02:30 AM
I was wondering what would happen if Tuuri found one of Lovecraft's stories and misinterpreted it as an account of an early troll encounter.

"According to this, sea trolls took over an entire town and no one noticed!"

And then Tuuri realizes that her family has in fact troll ancestry (???) and accepts the infection and the attendant transformation happily (though in dubious sanity).

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Re: Books!
« Reply #482 on: March 03, 2017, 01:12:23 AM »
Quote from: Vafhudr on March 03, 2017, 12:59:05 AM
And then Tuuri realizes that her family has in fact troll ancestry (???) and accepts the infection and the attendant transformation happily (though in dubious sanity).

...I tend to think of Lovecraft crossovers as a recipe for creepy. This, though, would make a delightful piece of crack.

...hm, I wonder if I could possibly find a suitable song...
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Re: Books!
« Reply #483 on: March 03, 2017, 02:30:02 PM »
Quote from: Lazy8 on March 03, 2017, 01:12:23 AM
...I tend to think of Lovecraft crossovers as a recipe for creepy. This, though, would make a delightful piece of crack.

...hm, I wonder if I could possibly find a suitable song...

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« Reply #484 on: March 22, 2017, 10:51:36 AM »
I have been reading as much as I can in the past week, and got through 6 of Lovecraft's stories, and managed to retain my sanity through the experience (probably). So far I've read:
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Dagon - This one was a good introduction to Lovecraft's writings, kinda short but really interesting.

The Nameless City - Suspenseful, although the character seemed a tad naive. Honestly it took him away too long to clue in a that really annoyed me.

The Colour out of Space - It seemed kinda boring at first, but was really interesting. I actually found the ending hilarious - "I'm never drinking the Arkham water again" :))

The Call of Cthulhu - Of course I had to read this one. ;) I love how information was revealed slowly, staying very true to the thing said in the beginning; "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all is contents." It took a long time to piece together all the information, which made it very suspenseful and interesting.

The Shadow Over Innsmouth - Really liked this one. I kinda knew what was coming, but the ending was a true surprise.

The Haunter of The Dark - This one was really creepy, I liked it. However I noticed a bit of a flaw - If yog-sothoth can't be in the light, then what about moonlight?? It would never be able to go anywhere, really. Although I suppose it was raining when the story took place so the moon would have been hidden. You win this time, Yog-Sothoth! *shakes fist at sky*

Next I think I'll read The Dunwich Horror.

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« Reply #485 on: March 22, 2017, 07:28:59 PM »
Quote from: Luth Nightbreeze on March 22, 2017, 10:51:36 AM
...the character seemed a tad naive. Honestly it took him away too long to clue in a that really annoyed me.

You're going to read Lovecraft, you'd better get used to that. Lovecraft's protagonists are cardboard-cutout boring.

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If yog-sothoth can't be in the light, then what about moonlight?? It would never be able to go anywhere, really. Although I suppose it was raining when the story took place so the moon would have been hidden. You win this time, Yog-Sothoth!

If I remember correctly, the story did mention multiple times that it was raining and that the clouds were blocking out the Moon. And that the people then tried to surround the church with candles, but they all got blown out...
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Re: Books!
« Reply #486 on: March 22, 2017, 07:53:44 PM »
The Dunwich Horror is great!

The first version of it I was exposed to was a book on tape read by David McCallum (bets known these days as Ducky from NCIS). His reading of the description of the landscape around Dunwich at the start of the story still gives me chills!
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Re: Books!
« Reply #487 on: March 23, 2017, 12:59:23 PM »
Quote from: Lazy8 on March 22, 2017, 07:28:59 PM
You're going to read Lovecraft, you'd better get used to that. Lovecraft's protagonists are cardboard-cutout boring.

I've noticed. :mikkel: Well, I'm reading it for the story, not for the characters. After all, I usually expect the character to die or go mad at the end of the story anyway! :V

Quote from: Purple Wyrm on March 22, 2017, 07:53:44 PM
The Dunwich Horror is great!

The first version of it I was exposed to was a book on tape read by David McCallum (bets known these days as Ducky from NCIS). His reading of the description of the landscape around Dunwich at the start of the story still gives me chills!

Good to hear! I've heard a lot about it, and am looking forward to reading it. I started reading it last night.
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Re: Books!
« Reply #488 on: March 23, 2017, 01:18:09 PM »
Really weird on the timing of this... I kinda think the turn to lovecraftian horror in this tread coincided around the same time I picked up a copy of the call of cthulhu and other weird stories....


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« Reply #489 on: March 23, 2017, 06:45:32 PM »
Lovecraft seems to be "in the air" right now, I see tons of discussions about how Lovecraft influenced this or that, there seems to be like *dozens* of Cthulhu-themed board games coming out, etc.
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Re: Books!
« Reply #490 on: March 23, 2017, 06:58:19 PM »
It's probably a response to the state of world politics!
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« Reply #491 on: March 23, 2017, 07:42:00 PM »
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It's probably a response to the state of world politics!

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« Reply #492 on: March 23, 2017, 08:31:08 PM »
Not sure whether to laugh at that, or cry!
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Re: Books!
« Reply #493 on: March 23, 2017, 10:27:45 PM »
Quote from: Rollo on March 23, 2017, 06:45:32 PM
Lovecraft seems to be "in the air" right now, I see tons of discussions about how Lovecraft influenced this or that, there seems to be like *dozens* of Cthulhu-themed board games coming out, etc.

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« Reply #494 on: March 24, 2017, 06:25:19 AM »
Heh, I remember Cthulhu running for president of the US was already a running gag in the 90s.
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