tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post8477816777575820775..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: The Lovecraft LettersPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-13497870128474324452012-09-10T12:09:09.805-07:002012-09-10T12:09:09.805-07:00I think there may be some context for the eye as C...I think there may be some context for the eye as Cthulhu idea in the text of the letters.<br /><br />And not to get all super-sleuthy, but I get the impression that the eye symbolism may be tied into the depiction of Leviathan in the Illuminatus trilogy. That impression is no doubt helped along by the conspiracy nut style rants in the revealed text.Propnomiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-27793431608749810852012-09-10T10:45:56.339-07:002012-09-10T10:45:56.339-07:00I don't recall Cthulhu ever being described as...I don't recall Cthulhu ever being described as an "all seeing eye". Perhaps they're confusing Lovecraft with Tolkien. Personally I think they just found a single vague reference and ran with it thinking "Scary pop-culture we don't understand makes better headlines".scarfdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699856912043241755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-27787713603668893352012-09-10T05:30:55.683-07:002012-09-10T05:30:55.683-07:00Pushes Lucy out of her chair in the Peanuts Psychi...Pushes Lucy out of her chair in the Peanuts Psychiatric Help 5 Cents booth. It’ clear that the writer is both imitating a child and is himself trapped by childhood. The silly daggers and absurdly lettered note and the like belie the pseudo antiwar statement that is just a prop for his feelings of disempowerment. I would almost say it is a criminal hoax, but these things can escalate too. Clearly, this clown had no idea about Lovecraft and the stupid press latched on to his ignorance and magnified it with their own. Rather than exposing, educating, and informing, the modern press is just a mirror of the baseness of their readers, albeit a funhouse mirror. The doctor is out.<br /><br />But I am glad that Propnomicon did post this stuff, the tiny chance that somebody might recognize the drivel and lead to incarnation of this buffoon is worth the photons. The unibomber (not capitalized on purpose) was caught in just such manner.<br />CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-7528424415374968132012-09-09T20:56:42.843-07:002012-09-09T20:56:42.843-07:00Wait a second, I call shenanigans. In what story ...Wait a second, I call shenanigans. In what story is Cthulhu described as a cyclops? I mean, yes his house is described as 'cyclopean,' but I am pretty sure that is just a metaphoric reference to its giant size. This purported connection seems highly tenuous. <br /><br />Also, I have to confess a certain degree of disappointment that this ostensively "Lovecraft-inspired" criminal would employ such pedestrian tactics as a fake anthrax scare to inspire terror. Where are the hoarse whispered blasphemies in the night, the rambling, incoherent descriptions of unspeakable rites? Are we supposed to be scared by that teddy bear picture? "The curses of Allah be upon you?" That is some weak sauce there, dude. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-34837127704492849942012-09-09T14:21:07.567-07:002012-09-09T14:21:07.567-07:00@ Redwalker
Heh. I see they're practicing fo...@ Redwalker<br /><br />Heh. I see they're practicing for their move to an online operation. I'm surprised Sean Kirst didn't weigh in on this. I believe he's quite a Lovecraft fan.<br /><br />Oh, and for anyone that's curious I deleted one comment because it was a double post of Redwalker's message. Blogger has been a bit wiggy about that lately.Propnomiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-29365634844516400482012-09-09T12:02:24.285-07:002012-09-09T12:02:24.285-07:00It was funny to see in this morning's newspap...It was funny to see in this morning's newspaper that they ran a photo of Lovecraft along with the story, but it was a fake, Lovecraft's face on another body with tentacles shopped in. Good work Syracuse Post-Standard.Redwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927871278122232730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-61026719261748336112012-09-09T11:58:26.647-07:002012-09-09T11:58:26.647-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Redwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927871278122232730noreply@blogger.com