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Related: About this forumPaging BMUS and Dancing Cthulthu
Happy 125th birthday of H.P. Lovecraft!
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Paging BMUS and Dancing Cthulthu (Original Post)
onager
Aug 2015
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My wife whose mastery of the English language dwarfs mine, wasn't familiar with the word "eldritch"
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2015
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Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)1. My wife whose mastery of the English language dwarfs mine, wasn't familiar with the word "eldritch"
...until last night.
Thanks, H.P. Lovecraft!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)2. Mwah!
My dad weaned me off nursery rhymes with sci-fi and horror stories from all the greats. Of course my mom didn't approve but I turned out all right. Sort of.
onager
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)3. IIRC,
I was introduced to Lovecraft through Scholastic Books. Saki and Bierce too. Some subversive editors in my early years, apparently!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)5. And you're not an ax murderer either.
At least I hope you're not.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)6. One never knows....
deucemagnet
(4,549 posts)4. Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!
A man way before his time.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)7. Never knew he was a polydactyl guy ;)