This day, 113 years ago in Providence, RI...

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-20 01:42am

... Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born.

Just for your information.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. LOVECRAFT!

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-08-20 04:18am

IA CTHULHU! IA SHUB NIGGURATH! BLACK GOAT OF THE WOODS WITH A THOUSAND YOUNG! IA F'TAGHN RY'LEH! IA IA IA!

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-08-20 06:57am

ahhh, yes. i shall make a pilgrimage to his birthplace.
::sticks head out window::
ok i'm back.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-08-20 12:30pm

And now, a moment of abject terror in his memory.

Sothis · Post by **Sothis** » 2003-08-20 12:49pm

Errrr, WHO is this guy?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-08-20 12:49pm

He was born in Providence? That seems so anti-climatic.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-08-20 12:57pm

HemlockGrey wrote:He was born in Providence? That seems so anti-climatic.

i can think of a lot of places around here that could have damaged his childhood psyche. gothic shit and gargoyles everywhere. you know as a kid he spent a lot of time at Butler mental hospital while his (mother?) went nutszo. that old cavern makes Bellevue look like the Ritz-Carlton

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-20 01:48pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:He was born in Providence? That seems so anti-climatic.
i can think of a lot of places around here that could have damaged his childhood psyche. gothic shit and gargoyles everywhere.

Emphasis mine.

Strangely enough, the faceless gargoyle-like creatures known as "Night-Gaunts" featured in The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath first appeared in a nightmare Lovecraft had as a child.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-08-20 02:02pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:He was born in Providence? That seems so anti-climatic.
i can think of a lot of places around here that could have damaged his childhood psyche. gothic shit and gargoyles everywhere.
Emphasis mine.

Strangely enough, the faceless gargoyle-like creatures known as "Night-Gaunts" featured in The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath first appeared in a nightmare Lovecraft had as a child.

everyone is a product of their environment. if Lovecraft hadn't grown up in a gothic urban industrial setting with frequent trips to visit his mother in the mental ward maybe he'd have written love stories.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-20 02:06pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote: i can think of a lot of places around here that could have damaged his childhood psyche. gothic shit and gargoyles everywhere.
Emphasis mine.

Strangely enough, the faceless gargoyle-like creatures known as "Night-Gaunts" featured in The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath first appeared in a nightmare Lovecraft had as a child.
everyone is a product of their environment. if Lovecraft hadn't grown up in a gothic urban industrial setting with frequent trips to visit his mother in the mental ward maybe he'd have written love stories.

Actually, I think HPL's interest in horror stories was triggered by his grandfather's Edgar Allan Poe collection.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-08-20 02:11pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote: Actually, I think HPL's interest in horror stories was triggered by his grandfather's Edgar Allan Poe collection.

what a nice grandfather. as if the kid wasn't scarred enough from visiting mom in the mental ward. 'here ya go kid. if you wern't scared enough already, read this!"

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-08-20 04:26pm

Whoa, you mean to say someone actually got some in Rhode Island? Mr. & Mrs. Lovecraft got laid?!

Well, that in and of itself is noteworthy.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-08-20 05:06pm

Zaia wrote:Whoa, you mean to say someone actually got some in Rhode Island? Mr. & Mrs. Lovecraft got laid?!

Well, that in and of itself is noteworthy.

smartass

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-08-20 05:49pm

Sothis wrote:Errrr, WHO is this guy?

O_O

HEATHEN!!!

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu Rl'yeh wgah-nagl fhtagn.

Or to you: In his house at Rl'yeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-08-20 09:26pm

Happy birthday to H.P. Lovecraft then.

*looks at the sky*

In a month...mmm...Fomault will be visible.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-08-20 10:22pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Zaia wrote:Whoa, you mean to say someone actually got some in Rhode Island? Mr. & Mrs. Lovecraft got laid?!

Well, that in and of itself is noteworthy.
smartass

You bet.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-08-20 10:27pm

Alred Hitchcock had his birthday just a short while ago. Masters of horror they are. On the plus side, we have more excellent reading/viewing material; on the negative, there are now killer birds encircling the building as well as an ancient submerged alien about to drive us all mad. I suppose you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-08-21 07:00am

Zaia wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:
Zaia wrote:Whoa, you mean to say someone actually got some in Rhode Island? Mr. & Mrs. Lovecraft got laid?!

Well, that in and of itself is noteworthy.
smartass
You bet.

you know now that i'm married i get some anytime i want.....well, in theory.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-21 10:32am

Andrew J. wrote:Happy birthday to H.P. Lovecraft then.

*looks at the sky*

In a month...mmm...Fomault will be visible.

Not to be a nitpick, but Cthugha (that giant fireball-monster that dwells near Fomalhaut) is a creation of August Derleth, not Lovecraft.

Zaia wrote:Whoa, you mean to say someone actually got some in Rhode Island? Mr. & Mrs. Lovecraft got laid?!

Well, that in and of itself is noteworthy.

That's probably how they earned that surname.

(come on, you saw that coming!)

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-08-21 10:37am

Simon H.Johansen wrote:... Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born.

Just for your information.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. LOVECRAFT![/b]

He looks like a Nazi Sympathizer.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-21 10:50am

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:... Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born.

Just for your information.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. LOVECRAFT![/b]
He looks like a Nazi Sympathizer.

(insert reference to "The Horror At Red Hook")

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