My tribute to Kheph...H. P. Lovecraft ~ Call of Cthulhu....

[jus_the_facts]

This quote from 'Call of Cthulhu seems almost prophetic now....it was a favorite topic of Kheph's..he loved all things regardin' Cthulhu and Lovecraft....I shared his love of these tales...RIP Man! :)



...."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 deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age. ~H.P.Lovecraft~ The Call of Cthulhu

...from Black Seas of Infinity-The Best of H.P.Lovecraft selected by Andrew Wheeler

About H P Lovecraft

Renowned as one of the great horror-writers of all time, H.P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 and lived most of his life in Providence, Rhode Island. Among his many classic horror stories, many of which were published in book form only after his death in 1937, are ‘At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror’ (1964), ‘Dagon and Other Macabre Tales’ (1965), and ‘The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions’ (1970).


http://books.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c0/c2867.htm



...another link to Lovecraft stories you can read online....
http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thecallofcthulhu.htm

[Rick Myers]

1. He loved Lovecraft!!!

Peace, Kef!!!

[jus_the_facts]

2. if I could search in the old DU1 archives...

...I'd definitely dig up a slew o'Cthulhu threads...sigh...good times inDEED! :hi:

[7th_Sephiroth]

3. Whilst at the bookstore

my father found a conspiracy theory book that called to him, whilst walking away from the section i noticed a book where i thought there wasent before, on the side cover in big white letters "Necronomicon"

[jus_the_facts]

4. shhhhh...don't speak of it.......

The Arabic version of the famous couplet

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange eons even death may die.

is from the fifth edition of the Call of Cthulhu sourcebook

[7th_Sephiroth]

5. the book called out to me

and so i purchased it

[jus_the_facts]

7. "The heavy old book was bound in thick black leather...."

".....much cracked and flaking with age. It was sealed with hinges and a lock of rust-eaten iron, in the manner of books printed in Europe during the 17th century. I opened it gingerly, and was appalled at the noxious miasma of decay that arose to my nostrils from the withered, stained, and yellowed pages; nevertheless, I had come too far to hesitate now. Mastering the involuntary spasm of nausea that welled up in me as I breathed in the almost palpable reek of corruption that arose from the ancient and moldering tome, I pored over the thickly printed pages."

[arcane1]

17. it tends to do that :P

we'll miss you Keph :evilfrown:

[jus_the_facts]

18. definitely does...

:hi:

[7th_Sephiroth]

24. nah, i know alot of demon banishing spells

i'll be fine

[arcane1]

31. good luck

you'll need them :scared:

[DrWeird]

20. Al Azif?

why? What's wrong with talking about Al-Az... agghhh! Nooo! aagghkkhchcggaga!


Ia! Ia!

[Rick Myers]

6. I have a copy of the "Necronomicon"

Used to keep it next to the bible, but too many friends were 'wierded out' by that...

[MrScorpio]

8. In tribute, I add this archived thread i did once

Unfortunately, the poll has been consumed by the Great Old One

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1710164

Some more

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=548289

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=191858

[jus_the_facts]

9. Thank you for sharin' this Mr.Scorp....here's Kheph's reply to your thread

Khephra (1000+ posts) Fri Sep-17-04 11:18 PM
Response to Original message

As Cthulhu is well known to be my roommate


I'd offer the young cultist a chance to meet his master earlier than the rest of humanity as I'm impressed with his zeal and piety toward his lord--and my roomie--Cthulhu.

Plus I was about to rustle up some food for Cthulhu anyway, so serving up the young lad would save me some time.

:evilgrin:

(Between you and me, don't worry about Cthulhu screwing things up--he's only running to take votes away from Bush. He'll drop out before the actual election, so there's no need to worry about him being a spoiler candidate.

What? You thought he was evil enough to support Bush over Kerry? Man, my boy Cthulhu is awesomely evil, but he's not evil and stupid like the sheep that follow Bush around.)

[Downtown Hound]

10. "Don't settle for the lesser evil."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[jus_the_facts]

13. LOL..."My Cthulhu ate your honor roll student" bumpersticker....

....priceless!! Thanks for these too!! :hi:


BTW...I have Barry programed into my greeting and "you have mail" preferrences on my ISP...the greeting in his smooooth voice says..."Welcome, Baby!" the mail one says.."Where you been Baby, You've got mail!" :)

[Swamp Rat]

28. Thanks. n/t

[Az]

11. Manditory Hello Cthulhu pic

[jus_the_facts]

12. `Hello Az.....here's a link to Lovecraft stories online.....

:hi:
.....bookmark and read at your leisure...if you DARE! ;-)


Call of Cthulhu
http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thecallofcthulhu.htm

...here's the library of Lovecraft online....
http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/index.html

[Az]

14. Have the printed versions

A big fan from way back. Thanks for the link though. :evilgrin:

[jus_the_facts]

15. My pleasure.....

.....hope others will enjoy 'em as well....would love to know I was able to turn someone else on to these classics!! :D

[jus_the_facts]

16. "Cthulhu fhtagn", "Cthulhu fhtagn."

[DrWeird]

19. Cthulhu was originally an assistant math professor.

On the plant Voorhl, deep in the 23rd nebula.

Bet you didn't know that.

[jus_the_facts]

21. ahh yes...on Voorhl....at the University....

......where the landscape was a matrix of huge concrete slabs of various shapes...hmmmm? :shrug:

I remember readin' that but can't recall the title of that particular one at present...but yes I do remember it!! :hi:

[DrWeird]

23. I think it was called "The Gaurdian of the Book"

Or very similar. Can't remember the author.

[GCP]

25. Don't forget the insane geometry of the landscape and slabs

Love those books!

[Elidor]

22. Cthulhu as Frosty

And who could forget Plush Cthulhu?


All those happy memories of merciless Great Old Ones slaughtering hapless millions of innocents. :) Those were good old days, indeed.

[jus_the_facts]

26. Indeed....thanks for those too.......

:hi:

.....ahhh the memories!! ;-)

[Taxloss]

27. "A doom-dragged whine"

"It was a godless sound; one of those low-keyed, insidious outrages of nature which are not meant to be. To call it a dull wail, a doom-dragged whine or a hopeless howl of chorused anguish and stricken flesh without mind would be to miss its most quintessential loathsomeness and soul-sickening overtones."

(From "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward")

What a fabulous, fabulous writer. Khephra had a lot of taste.

[jus_the_facts]

29. Yes indeed....

....I will think of Kheph always...when I think of Lovecraft! :loveya:

[jus_the_facts]

30. Yes indeed....

....I will think of Kheph always...when I think of Lovecraft! :loveya: