Holadem
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Never read HP, I am intrigued by this creature. Is it OK to start with Call of the Cthulhu or is there a prerequisite?
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Holadem
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Holadem
Is it OK to start with Call of the Cthulhu or is there a prerequisite?
That's a fine place to start. The opening paragraph pretty much sums up the theme of Lovecraft's fiction:
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."
This is what HPL meant to scare readers with, not with the mere appearance of any entity, regardless of how powerful it may be. But Joe is right, if you don't "get it" from the stories then no one can really explain it to you.
Sounds like Cthulhu doesn't keep his end of the bargain.....
This could well (and most likely) be true. All we really know of Cthulhu is what has been passed down through a hidden cult that was given no doubt very carefully crafted dreams that may or may not reflect the Great Old One's true intentions...
If we stir the pot enough, will JulieK make an appearance?She had dissapeared for like a month, a couple of weeks ago. It seems she has dissapeared again...
btw, I couldn't find Lovecraft at the local library . Isn't he from Rhode Island, which is next door?
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Holadem