<div dir="ltr">I thought the voices were a kind of pun, once I thought about them. They're whisperers, in darkness. Ho ho ho.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Duncan Truter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dtruter@gmail.com">dtruter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">one thing I forgot to mention:<br>
<br>
Lovecraft seemed to have a major issue with people 'breeding' with<br>
people of other races, thus producing 'horrific' offspring. Racist,<br>
much? This is probably what GW was referring to in An Evil Guest when<br>
he mentioned this topic regarding Woldercan.<br>
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Duncan<br>
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On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Duncan Truter <<a href="mailto:dtruter@gmail.com">dtruter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Ok, I have a couple of questions to ask. I have read the book once,<br>
> and am reading it again. I also haven't read everything that everyone<br>
> has written so forgive me if I repeat anything. I am a major Lovecraft<br>
> fan.<br>
><br>
> go here for Lovecraft stories. please read them before you comment on<br>
> what I have to say, if you haven't read them already. Lovecraft's<br>
> stuff is now public domain so me posting this is not illegal.<br>
> <a href="http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/" target="_blank">http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/</a><br>
><br>
> Here are my points:<br>
><br>
> -The watch is from HPL to RC. so that's obviously from Lovecraft to<br>
> Randolph Carter (dream-quest of unknown kadeth, and the two 'silver<br>
> key' books, the last of which ended with RC on earth in the body of an<br>
> alien lizard, trying and failing to get back into his own body, as far<br>
> as I can remember). How is RC involved with this story? Is he Gideon<br>
> Chase? probably not, I think.<br>
><br>
> -the watch tells G. C which time it is. I take that to mean less the<br>
> time of day, and more the 'when' e.g. the century. I'd say G.C is<br>
> fairly old.<br>
><br>
> -the bat people, I'm very very unhappy about them. They're almost<br>
> obviously night-gaunts (creatures of Nyarlathotep, I am fairly sure)<br>
> but night-gaunts are supposed to be faceless. This doesn't make much<br>
> sense. either Wolfe changed the description of them or he messed up. I<br>
> really hope it's neither, and they're not Night-Gaunts, but I think<br>
> they are.<br>
><br>
> -G.C is olive-skinned, and talks about Egypt at some stage.<br>
> Nyarlathotep is from Egypt. Is G.C Nyarlathotep? I suspect not, but<br>
> it's still worth thinking about. Nyarlathotep seems to be involved<br>
> *somehow*. Furthermore, Nyarlathotep is generally one of the scariest<br>
> Lovecraft characters because he is actually interested in what humans<br>
> do, whereas the rest see us as bugs or insects.<br>
><br>
> -Reis seems to actually be a rather genuine guy, and Chase to be the<br>
> evil one. I think that Chase is the bad guy. yes, they're both bad,<br>
> but Chase seems to be far worse. Think about it: who is dead in the<br>
> end, and who got EXACTLY what he wants? (sorry to capitalise a word).<br>
> Miskatonic U has a copy of the Necronomicon. Soon after Chase got<br>
> tenure there, he became the ambassador to Woldercan. So he got access<br>
> to a book he needed to read (possibly) then became ambassador, which<br>
> he asked for in the start as far as I can remember.<br>
><br>
> -in the end it seems fairly certain to me that she's going to<br>
> Woldercan to get revenge. I think that the night-gaunts are the<br>
> creatures of chase/Nyarlathotep, and they didn't help her in the end,<br>
> they abandoned her.<br>
><br>
> -Apart from the possible Nyarlathotep and the definite Cthulhu, who<br>
> else from the Mythos is present in this story?<br>
><br>
> -the voices in Chase's car... Are they from Mi-Go Brain Cases? it<br>
> seems fairly reasonable to me that they are. it also makes Case far<br>
> more evil than we suspect. (read the whisperer in darkness).<br>
><br>
> -linking to the previous Q, I immediately thought 'PLUTO!' (Mi-Go home<br>
> planet, AKA Yuggoth) when Cassie asked if it were possible to go to<br>
> Mars in a ... what are they called? hopper I think.<br>
><br>
> Who are the Man-men (or whatever... animal that turns into a man. It's<br>
> been mentioned, so there must be one in the story. Scott the wolf<br>
> might have been one. remember that Scott the wolf kills Scott the ex,<br>
> in that case, who was the werewolf? (who was phone!!!??? sorry.)<br>
><br>
> Why does Cassie have silver bullets?<br>
><br>
> Why does Cassie say: 'why do you know my name' when Reis calls her<br>
> (sorry, I forgot): "queen Cassiopeia of 'something'"? who IS she?<br>
><br>
> It doesn't seem that Reis' subjects are Storm King worshipers to me.<br>
> They sacrificed Reis to 'call off' Cthulhu, because Reis was the<br>
> mastermind behind the anti-Cthulhu plan, and Cthulhu was attacking.<br>
><br>
> Please comment/rip my theories apart/whatever.<br>
><br>
> Duncan<br>
><br>
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