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Hunterhr posted:Ibid is pretty funny. Did Lovecraft write any other satire like that? "Herbert West - Reanimator" is a parody of Frankenstein, but it's pretty weak. The main problem is the structure: the story was serialized, so each chapter ends with a cliff-hanger and begins with a recap of the previous chapter. Lovecraft wasn't used to using those devices, and he doesn't do it well. There's some fun ideas, though. Just watch the movie Re-Animator instead.
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Alhazred posted:There's also the Hound, which incidentally contains the first mention of the Necronomicon. Not to mention his funniest "horrific" italics: quote:We only realized, with the blackest of apprehensions, that the apparently disembodied chatter was beyond a doubt in the Dutch language. 
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I agree about Crooked. The climax of the book is Nixon's allies having an epic showdown against eldritch horrors during the Watergate "break-in." Nixon is hiding downstairs during the battle and gives us a short second-hand account. Hardly a satisfying pay-off! The book does name-drop the Battle of Peleliu, which I only recently learned about and think could make a good horror story in its own right. It was one of the most horrific battles of World War Two: the U.S. forces firebombed the tropical jungle that covered the island, but the defenders just hid in their vast network of underground tunnels and were left virtually untouched. What was supposed to be a 4-day assault turned into a two-month slog as the Americans staggered through the 115 degree heat with no cover or shade while the fighting-fresh Japanese popped out of their caves to wreak havoc on them. For every Japanese soldier killed, over 1500 rounds of ammunition were fired. Attrition took its toll, however, and the Japanese surrendered after 10,700 of the island's 10,900 defenders were killed. In one transmission to central command the Japanese soldiers promised to fight on even after they had been turned into nightgaunts.   Artist's depiction of a
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It is actually Tom Lea's Marines Call It That 2,000 Yard Stare. Lea was a war correspondent with Life Magazine and that painting is one of several he made as part of his Peleliu coverage. Before Peleliu Lea's military paintings were generally on the theme of gently caress YEAH AMERICA, but the Peleliu series showcases the horrors of war. That painting and The Price ( ) are two of Lea's best-known works; both are Peleliu paintings.
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