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« on: April 19, 2011, 01:40:06 PM » |
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If you only read one story in your life about brain-stealing space lobsters, make it "The Whisperer in Darkness."
If you read two, make the other "Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley" by Richard A. Lupoff. It's quite good, and is one of those rare stories that makes me think Lovecraft pastiches don't always have to suck. The ending is very disturbing, and it does very strange things with the character of Henry Akeley.
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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2011, 01:50:59 PM » |
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Sorry, Genus Unknown, but I have to call "FOWL" on you for posting on a thread before the episode actually airs.  Shame on you for jumping the gun. I will have to now unleash gibbering, squamous, unnameable, batrachian horrors on you. Bob PS - I'll have to check that story out. Thanks. |
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2011, 01:53:31 PM » |
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Yeah, well, we know the episode is coming, we know what it's about, and we know we're gonna be talking about "Whisperer," so I figured why not. I'm not jumping the gun, I'm just following the old Shoggoth Scout motto: "Be Prepared (for eldritch horrors beyond the ken of mortal man)."  EDIT: Sorry, Genus Unknown, but I have to call "FOWL" ...
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2011, 11:05:58 PM » |
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It will be great to hear Andrew back on the podcast again...that is that I am looking forward too in this next episode.
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'Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.'
Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 04:14:30 PM » |
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WOOHOO, the episode's out!
I'm excited. Too bad I have to wait until I'm off work to listen.
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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2011, 12:32:29 PM » |
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I listened, and a fine episode it was! Although the lengthy digression about Charles Fort was amusing, seeing as how his place in the story is limited to a single throwaway line.
Not complaining though. I'm a big fan of Charles Fort, and it's always nice to see the old crank get some recognition. Did you know he and I share a birthday? It's true.
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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2011, 11:09:30 AM » |
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Haha I knew exactly what that was going to be before I clicked it. This was a good episode, I love the chemistry between Chris, Chad and Andrew. |
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« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2011, 05:23:50 PM » |
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Conan Doyle and Houdini really were friends, and they were both lead toward and away from spirituality (respectively) by the death of a loved one. Houdini, as an illusionist, saw straight through all of the psychics and mediums that flocked to him, and was so disgusted that he spent a large part of the rest of his life debunking them (he also almost co-wrote a nonfiction book, The Cancer of Superstition, with H.P. Lovecraft, but he died before that could happen). Doyle, on the other hand, believed in the Cottingley Fairies, and thought that Houdini had magic powers that he was hiding in the same way a Baptist preacher might hide his homosexuality.
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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2011, 12:24:35 AM » |
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This was a very traumatic event for Vermonters at the time. When my grandparents were alive they could barely speak of the flood without tearing up, they both knew people who were killed during the flooding. |
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'Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.'
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« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2011, 07:49:07 PM » |
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This has always been one of my favorite stories. I part of it is the location. I live in Western Massachusetts, and Brattleboro is quite literally up the road from me. Before reading this story, I'd never before encountered fiction that took place anywhere I personally had ever been. It was really neat.
Also, I did much snorting and chuckling to myself at the very idea of "space lobsters" in the beginning. But by the end, I was pretty much freaking out. It's just so creepy and well written.
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« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2011, 10:46:25 PM » |
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On the topic of locale; I just want to say that I have always had a deep fascination with New England which is largely attributed to reading HPL stories (and King, as well) at an early age. Which is difficult for me because it's so far away from where I live. But my wife and I did have the opportunity to visit Boston and Cape Cod on our honeymoon and we loved it. And have wanted to go back ever since. Also, YAY! Episode two is up as I write this  |
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« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2011, 07:04:59 AM » |
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The Superman vibrating his face thing is "true" and utterly ludicrous. The sad part? It's from the 1980s, when John Byrne did a full reboot of the character.
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