tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post8340031270321891650..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: Houdini's SecretPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-10603672169532036252014-07-11T05:47:06.444-07:002014-07-11T05:47:06.444-07:00I like the basalt look of the sphinx creature espe...I like the basalt look of the sphinx creature especially the base. It’s also nice that it reminds me a little of those orientalized Hittite stone lion figures. Of the composite figures that crop up in so commonly in Egyptology, the Sphinx is probably the most recognizable. The scarab actually looks like steatite and the inscription is aesthetically pleasing. This is really a nice assemblage. <br /><br />Speaking of composite figures check out the Amen-Re figure at the Walters, which would be good as a prop idea.<br />http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Composite_Figure_of_Amen-Re_-_Walters_542083.jpg <br /><br />Text of Under The Pyramids on The H P Lovecraft Archive http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/up.aspx <br /><br />You might just want to cut to the chase via the Internet Archive to the “Nearly Complete HP Lovecraft Collection” of audio stories and get them all: https://archive.org/details/NearlyCompleteHPLovecraftCollection <br /><br />One of the lost Holy Grails of Lovecraft collecting is the missing original draft of this story at the Providence railroad station. It would be nice to turn it up at an antique shop stuffed into an old leather briefcase monogrammed HPL.CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.com