Friday, September 07, 2012

No Pink Flamingos: Lovecraft, Instead

Readers familiar with the travelogs, anthropological and zoological works of H. P Lovecraft will no doubt recognize the fossil -- or estivating example -- neighbors near Roseholme Cottage have chosen to adorn their lawn. Yes, it's an Elder Thing, perhaps a little worse for the eons. (Compare with this photo from the 1930 Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation-funded expedition.)

I've yet to work up nerve to lend them a copy of At The Mountains Of Madness. Do you think they know? And if so, why aren't they deeply, deeply worried?
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6 comments:

  1. The JackSeptember 7, 2012 at 7:46 PM

    Maybe they have... protection.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWT07iRvI9M

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  2. kishneviSeptember 7, 2012 at 8:32 PM

    At least we have an explanation of why The Gnome ran away. He saw this and decided he did not want to have even a bit part in a Lovecraft story.

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  3. Dave in IndianaSeptember 7, 2012 at 9:28 PM

    Not familiar with Lovecraft. So I feel comfortable saying I don't understand why that leaning tower hasn't fallen over. But then I've been to Knots Berry Farm and watched water run up hill, so nothing surprises me.

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  4. Joe in PNGSeptember 8, 2012 at 6:58 PM

    You haven't perchance heard any evening calls of "tekeli-li" from the house?
    After all, what better yard decoration for the suburban antropomorphic Shoggoth than the preserved corpse of an elder thing.

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  5. Roberta XSeptember 8, 2012 at 7:16 PM

    H'mmm, you may be onto something, Joe -- there's been a rash of lost dogs in the neighborhood of late....

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  6. Don MSeptember 9, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    Today I picked up a copy of "Mountains of Madness" that has been made into a passable graphic novel. Just thought I would tell you that your blog is lifting the economy.

    Thanks!

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