AtD - Anarchy vs Terror

[rich]

lovecraft is high on my list too

his letters are pretty fascinating as well (and there is alot of them)

rich

On 12/4/06, The Great Quail <quail at libyrinth.com> wrote:
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> Jasper writes,
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> > I thought of a Lovecraftian Great Old One or Elder God.
> >
> > rich wrote:
> >> I thought also tangentally of the story/movie The Thing--something in
> >> somewhat human form brought up from the ice and bringing havoc and
> mayhem
>
> Yes, it had a definite Lovecraftian feel -- specifically, "At the
> Mountains
> of Madness." Which was also a huge influence on John Campbell when he
> wrote
> "Who Goes There?", which inspired the movie "The Thing." (Especially the
> Carpenter version). So, everything is connected.
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> Although I didn't think of King Kong when I read it, I did get a Godzilla
> vibe, especially in light of "Vineland," and the general symbolism behind
> the Godzilla story: nature's revenge on mankind, etc. But for me,
> Lovecraft
> was the definite touchstone -- even the way the chapter is narrated, as a
> journal, is very Lovecraftian.
>
> Of course, I see HPL in everything. He's my second favorite dead American
> writer, right after Melville....
>
> --Quail
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