AtD - Anarchy vs Terror

[rich]

i'm thinking also of the music of erich zann; the case of charles dexter
ward also

subtitle for AtD could be The Thing on the Doorstep
rich

On 12/4/06, Joe Varo <vjvaro at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>  Seeing as I had been rereading some Lovecraft just a couple of weeks
> prior to getting AtD, I had been thinking maybe that I was just projecting
> that similarity onto AtD.  It's nice to know that others of you are seeing
> it also.
>
> I was especially seeing a connection with The Color Out of Space.
>
>
> On 12/4/2006 12:21 PM, rich wrote:
>
> 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:
> >
> > Jasper writes,
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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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