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Nathilus posted:Same with the shadow out of time. Dude got to experience an utterly alien (not to mention godlike) culture in utter safety and comfort, then was put back more or less exactly as he was found. Where do I sign up for a yith field trip. On the other hand, oh no! Evil polyps! (Just dont gently caress with them or go underground. It's fine). presumably when the great race bitched out and quantum leaped into the far future beetlefolk, the beetlebros must have woke up flailing around in unfamiliar bodies while semi ethereal floating tumors systematically sandblasted them to death. so imo the yith are a bunch of jerks and pussies who rely on easy lightning gun frags and logging to bump their K/D.
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Helical Nightmares posted:Enjoy Thanks for this. "I walk the world's black rim "loving ruled. I don't think the spoiler is really a spoiler since its what actually pushed me to read it. Awesome stuff.
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neil gaiman wrote the ghostbusters reboot lmao gently caress that guy
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Your Dead Gay Son posted:Thanks for this. "I walk the world's black rim "loving ruled. I don't think the spoiler is really a spoiler since its what actually pushed me to read it. Awesome stuff. It's one of Michael Minnis better works I think. I really really like the ending, and the ending after the ending. It really encapsulates this existential cosmic horror. The story goes from "who is the true monster?" to does the question even matter? what a curious worry these humans have If you like what you read, throw Michael Minnis a couple bucks (ok $3) and get Your Poisoned Dreams: Horror Stories https://www.amazon.com/Your-Poisoned-Dreams-Horror-Stories-ebook/dp/B00JPBN0DO#nav-subnav
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Wtf Michael, respect your loving work. 2.33. Dude isn't even getting 70% when he gives it away. Bought anyway.
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edgar allen poo - aka - the dook of spook
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This thread has more angry defences of lovecrafts racism (lots) than attacks on lovecrafts racism (none) and i think thats the damndest thing Internaut! posted:it's almost like people who are programmed not to be able to get past "X = racist" come up with other excuses to avoid X so they don't seem like small minded ideologues Heres a random one reallivedinosaur posted:Mark Twain was ok but some of his books deal with "racist" stuff so I declare it unreadable I am very sensitive to the feelings of people I never intend to spend any time or attention on. Heres another lmao
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Sep 9, 2016 04:19
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reallivedinosaur posted:neil gaiman wrote the ghostbusters reboot lmao gently caress that guy No he didn't.
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8-Bit Scholar posted:No he didn't. he did so go watch it and wait for the credits its the last one to scroll by
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Let's all tell this goonlord that we find his views on race problematic that will definitely teach him a lesson he needs to learn sooner or later and plus we can show everybody how enlightened we are. (In case you can't tell I'm upset I wasn't selected the gently caress is wrong with my angry defence of eldritch racism)
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mark twain named a character the "n" word thank god nobody will print that filth anymore without censoring it
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reallivedinosaur posted:he did so go watch it and wait for the credits its the last one to scroll by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters:_Answer_the_Call http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers
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8-Bit Scholar posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters:_Answer_the_Call No, you have to watch it yourself. It's an easter egg. Wikipedia and IMDB are in on it, and aren't including him in the credits.
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reallivedinosaur posted:he did so go watch it and wait for the credits its the last one to scroll by So you're exploring this Antarctic ruin you just excavated out of the ice and you're alone in a dark cyclopean ruin with noneuclidian corridors branching off in all directions and then from a tunnel you know goddamn well no human being could possibly be down you hear a "human" voice calling for help alternating with penguin calls. This post is like that except getting the flesh eaten off your bones by an amorphous congeries of carnivorous bubbles you watch Ghostbusters.
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8-Bit Scholar posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters:_Answer_the_Call he "ghost wrote" it hes only in the actual movie credits you have to go pay money to see the movie in a theater its the big surprise at the end, so funny how they reveal it
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Shoggoths are basically grey goo gone sentient, and are thus kind of existentially terrifying.
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SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:I am obsessed with the racism of a dead author Edited for clarity.
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I like The Rats in the Wall a lot generational taint of so called nobility, horrific truths behind local folklore, unimaginable depravity of man secretly extending beyond prehistory, proto-hardboiled noir detective narration style but the cats name jesus hp
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1982 Subaru Brat posted:Voted all and for once it wasn't ironically. That is pretty much the actual answer
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Also I think Deep Ones are rad, in case you can't tell from my username and avatar
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Pththya-lyi posted:Also I think Deep Ones are rad, in case you can't tell from my username and avatar Lovecraft rad, vaginas are terrifying. Yes, it was all very well spelled out from your username and avatar. Well done.
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:Lovecraft rad, vaginas are terrifying. Yes, it was all very well spelled out from your username and avatar. Well done. TBF all genitals are gross-looking I still like dudes, though
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Helical Nightmares posted:It's one of Michael Minnis better works I think. I really really like the ending, and the ending after the ending. It really encapsulates this existential cosmic horror. The question of who is the true monster, I'm spoiling now : I walk the black rim is a retelling of beowulf, is a similar question raised in John Gardners 1984 Grendel. It's a first person, very contemporary take on beowulf from grendels perspective and while not horror, I highly recommend
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I also wanna reiterate, dumbass Mike is literally only earning 69 cents per purchase on that kindle collection cause the mother fucker is selling below the 70% 2.99 threshold
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Has anybody recommended Ruthanna Emrys' The Litany of Earth? 'Cause I liked it.
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You guys know that there are literally so many talented authors that have been judged accordingly by history that you could spend a lifetime reading them all, yet you read lovely third rate genre fiction authors? Why are you wasting your time on that poo poo.
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One of my all-time favorite authors who explicitly referenced Lovecraft as an influence was Roger Zelazny. That dude wrote some great stuff.
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:You guys know that there are literally so many talented authors that have been judged accordingly by history that you could spend a lifetime reading them all, yet you read lovely third rate genre fiction authors? Why are you wasting your time on that poo poo. Because it's fun. Why do you post on SA?
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CaptainSarcastic posted:One of my all-time favorite authors who explicitly referenced Lovecraft as an influence was Roger Zelazny. That dude wrote some great stuff. There is absolutely no denying his influence. Anyone who thinks that is up for debate is a moron. He just kind of sucked, like the fictional author Kilgore Trout that Kurt Vonnegut talks about in his novels.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Edited for clarity. Forget lovecraft this joker needs to learn how to read, period😂 (My post was commenting on the number of defences of lovecraft despite nobody having attacked lovecraft. In your rush to do the same you've mistaken my post for the first such attack  )
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Pththya-lyi posted:Because it's fun. Why do you post on SA? To poke people and see if they will stand up and defend what they think or immediately crumble.
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SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:Forget lovecraft this joker needs to learn how to read, period😂 I'm terribly sorry if it was a misfire - your avatar just makes me irrationally angry.
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:There is absolutely no denying his influence. Anyone who thinks that is up for debate is a moron. He just kind of sucked, like the fictional author Kilgore Trout that Kurt Vonnegut talks about in his novels. if you think lord of light is poo poo you are, in fact, poo poo
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:To poke people and see if they will stand up and defend what they think or immediately crumble. I'm not seeing what I need to defend here. I agree that Lovecraft is pretty lovely and dumb, and I also agree that there's better work out there that deserves more attention. We just disagree over whether or not dumb genre fiction is fun or not.
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A Tasteful Nude posted:I like The Rats in the Wall a lot its named after his real life cat who he loved very much
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Jose Mengelez posted:presumably when the great race bitched out and quantum leaped into the far future beetlefolk, the beetlebros must have woke up flailing around in unfamiliar bodies while semi ethereal floating tumors systematically sandblasted them to death. so imo the yith are a bunch of jerks and pussies who rely on easy lightning gun frags and logging to bump their K/D. Law of the jungle dawg: survive. I don't deny it was a bit of a dick move but its also Not My Problem. The humans they interact with merely get to go on a cool athropological (xenopological?) field trip and are then deposited safely back in their meat husks.
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One shouldnt judge lovecrafts stories by todays standards imo. I mean the "Great Race" were basically cones with 4 tentacles or something like that? This would get you laughed out of any pre school today, but back then it might have horrified people. Its like saying the Wright Brothers were poo poo at building aircraft cause their plane didnt look like an F16.
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