(urth) spoilers re: evil guest. Lovecraft-esque theories.

[Greg Bates]

I thought the voices were a kind of pun, once I thought about them. They're
whisperers, in darkness. Ho ho ho.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Duncan Truter <dtruter at gmail.com> wrote:

> one thing I forgot to mention:
>
> Lovecraft seemed to have a major issue with people 'breeding' with
> people of other races, thus producing 'horrific' offspring. Racist,
> much? This is probably what GW was referring to in An Evil Guest when
> he mentioned this topic regarding Woldercan.
>
> Duncan
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Duncan Truter <dtruter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, I have a couple of questions to ask. I have read the book once,
> > and am reading it again.  I also haven't read everything that everyone
> > has written so forgive me if I repeat anything. I am a major Lovecraft
> > fan.
> >
> > go here for Lovecraft stories. please read them before you comment on
> > what I have to say, if you haven't read them already. Lovecraft's
> > stuff is now public domain so me posting this is not illegal.
> > http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/
> >
> > Here are my points:
> >
> > -The watch is from HPL to RC. so that's obviously from Lovecraft to
> > Randolph Carter (dream-quest of unknown kadeth, and the two 'silver
> > key' books, the last of which ended with RC on earth in the body of an
> > alien lizard, trying and failing to get back into his own body, as far
> > as I can remember). How is RC involved with this story? Is he Gideon
> > Chase? probably not, I think.
> >
> > -the watch tells G. C which time it is. I take that to mean less the
> > time of day, and more the 'when' e.g. the century. I'd say G.C is
> > fairly old.
> >
> > -the bat people, I'm very very unhappy about them. They're almost
> > obviously night-gaunts (creatures of Nyarlathotep, I am fairly sure)
> > but night-gaunts are supposed to be faceless. This doesn't make much
> > sense. either Wolfe changed the description of them or he messed up. I
> > really hope it's neither, and they're not Night-Gaunts, but I think
> > they are.
> >
> > -G.C is olive-skinned, and talks about Egypt at some stage.
> > Nyarlathotep is from Egypt. Is G.C Nyarlathotep? I suspect not, but
> > it's still worth thinking about. Nyarlathotep seems to be involved
> > *somehow*. Furthermore, Nyarlathotep is generally one of the scariest
> > Lovecraft characters because he is actually interested in what humans
> > do, whereas the rest see us as bugs or insects.
> >
> > -Reis seems to actually be a rather genuine guy, and Chase to be the
> > evil one. I think that Chase is the bad guy. yes, they're both bad,
> > but Chase seems to be far worse. Think about it: who is dead in the
> > end, and who got EXACTLY what he wants? (sorry to capitalise a word).
> > Miskatonic U has a copy of the Necronomicon. Soon after Chase got
> > tenure there, he became the ambassador to Woldercan. So he got access
> > to a book he needed to read (possibly) then became ambassador, which
> > he asked for in the start as far as I can remember.
> >
> > -in the end it seems fairly certain to me that she's going to
> > Woldercan to get revenge. I think that the night-gaunts are the
> > creatures of chase/Nyarlathotep, and they didn't help her in the end,
> > they abandoned her.
> >
> > -Apart from the possible Nyarlathotep and the definite Cthulhu, who
> > else from the Mythos is present in this story?
> >
> > -the voices in Chase's car... Are they from Mi-Go Brain Cases? it
> > seems fairly reasonable to me that they are. it also makes Case far
> > more evil than we suspect. (read the whisperer in darkness).
> >
> > -linking to the previous Q, I immediately thought 'PLUTO!' (Mi-Go home
> > planet, AKA Yuggoth) when Cassie asked if it were possible to go to
> > Mars in a ... what are they called? hopper I think.
> >
> > Who are the Man-men (or whatever... animal that turns into a man. It's
> > been mentioned, so there must be one in the story. Scott the wolf
> > might have been one. remember that Scott the wolf kills Scott the ex,
> > in that case, who was the werewolf? (who was phone!!!??? sorry.)
> >
> > Why does Cassie have silver bullets?
> >
> > Why does Cassie say: 'why do you know my name' when Reis calls her
> > (sorry, I forgot): "queen Cassiopeia of 'something'"? who IS she?
> >
> > It doesn't seem that Reis' subjects are Storm King worshipers to me.
> > They sacrificed Reis to 'call off' Cthulhu, because Reis was the
> > mastermind behind the anti-Cthulhu plan, and Cthulhu was attacking.
> >
> > Please comment/rip my theories apart/whatever.
> >
> > Duncan
> >
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