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Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn no more!

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Ia! Ia! Cthulhu nafthftagn!!!

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  1. Imagine my surprise when I came to visit your site to check out what a Jon Stewart fan is like… only to find that you are a super-intellectual with a picture of a giant stuffed lobster being carted away by some piece of heavy machinery! And the buffaloes, what’s that about? Balancing the intellect with humor, no doubt. Granted… it IS funny… :-) What I found funnier still (or is the word ‘puzzling’?) is why you would categorize this particular post under “Religion”. I’m missing something, right?

    Honestly, though… I enjoyed perusing your site and visiting some of the links you provide. Yes, many of them offer viewpoints that differ from mine, but if we only listen to what we want to hear, we live in a vacuum and our opinions are valueless, no?

    Thanks again for your help at the Support Forum.

    – Debi

  2. Thanks! That’s very kind of you. And I agree that we need to be in touch with people we aren’t always in perfect agreement with. Someone wise once said, “when two partners always agree, one of them is not neccessary.”

    You need to familiarize yourself with the Cthulhu mythos if you don’t think this is religious! Iä! Iä! Cthulhu naftfhtagn!

  3. Debi,

    it is decidely pleasant to see people agreeing to disagree, instead of shouting “Evil! Pure Evil from the Eighth Dimension!”

    [challenge to raincoaster — can you get the movie reference? I’ll send you a present if you can…I hope I quoted it correctly!]

  8. Well, I was right – I WAS missing something.

    From what I’ve learned during my [very] limited attempt to familiarize myself with Cthulhu mythos, the Cthulhu is a fictional entity created by horror author, H.P. Lovecraft and cannot be properly pronounced or adequately described by humans. Since any description seems to lead to undersea creatures, the lobster now makes more sense. But religion? Would this be for those who have taken August Derleth’s writings as non-fiction?

    Since this comment, and said attempts at familiarization, come not from a super-intellectual, but something closer to a semi-intellectual (or even a pseudo-intellectual), I don’t expect it to carry much weight. But I DID try to understand a little.

    Thanks for not dismissing me when you disagreed with me. Your quote from someone wise (was it you? :-), is profoundly true.

    And to Loricat – I appreciate your taking the time to leave such a positive comment… I agree with you. Rest assured, I rarely (if ever) shout dialogue from Buckaroo Bonzai, regardless of how intense my passions get over any given subject… :-)

  9. What do you mean it’s “fiction?” When the Earth is cleared off, and Shub-Niggurath, the Black Goat of the Woods prances down Wall Street with his thousand young, and Cthulhu rises from R’lyeh, you shall pay for that, mortal!

    I believe this is a registered religion in several countries, like Jediism, only quite a lot scarier.

    HP Lovecraft was da bomb! The great thing about his stories is, the bad guys always win. The milquetoasty heros all die, go gibberingly insane, or turn into horrible monsters, causing them to kill themselves. SO frickin’ cool.

    Seriously, it’s nice to see the bad guys win, for once. I got sick of Dickens and his bloody sentimentality.

    But don’t read August Derleth. Derleth was crap.

  10. And my education continues…

    I knew that ‘fiction’ reference would draw a reaction. It’s a bit horrifying that this is a registered religion (though I saw it compared to a cult during my web travels). Can’t say I’m THAT surprised, though… Science Fiction writer spawns a religion… hmm…

    I can see where the bad guys [finally] winning holds a certain appeal… it’s, uh, refreshing.

    Thanks for the heads-up – here I was, moments away from running out to buy Derleth’s “The Trail of Cthulhu”.

  11. NO!!!!! NO!!!!! Gawd that book is dreadful.

    What you want is The Shadow over Innsmouth and a book of stories containing The Call of Cthulhu, both by HP Lovecraft. Also, At the Mountains of Madness, probably his most moving novella.

    Derleth was a far inferior writer. I only have his stuff because I’m addicted to the mythos, but there are many, many fine writers who have worked within it, including Robert Bloch and Thomas Ligotti. Some of the paperbacks with stuff Lovecraft assisted with or inspired are also good, but they can be a mixed bag. Stick with the real Lovecraft for now; those three should be the best place to start.

  12. OK… OK….. !!

    In the future, I’ll have to add ” :-/ ” to indicate my sarcasm: I was NOT running out the door to purchase “The Trail of Cthulhu” or anything else by Derleth.

    Perhaps I’ll check out your suggestions when I get the chance, though… thanks… :-)

  13. Okay, raincoaster. You win the prize…only because Metro and I bought it for you ages ago. Now I’ll just have to either take my chances with mailing it to your disreputable neighbourhood, or you’ll have to wait until I can make it down!

    I’m almost ashamed to admit that I’ve never read any HP Lovecraft. Wanted to…but couldn’t get started. I’ll try again. There used to be a Call of Cthulhu RPG — do people still play it?

  14. Well I happen to own it, so if you come down we can play it. And borrow my Lovecraft.

    But don’t come down next week; I’ll be back east doing the family thang, god help me.

    And it might be a good idea to put that bottle of 2Bench in the fridge. Looks like I might be officially employed at some point in the distant but not inconceivable future.

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