tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5272515619300408353..comments2024-03-19T04:29:47.922-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Lovecraftian InspirationsJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-42300479955027694122010-08-23T01:06:24.553-04:002010-08-23T01:06:24.553-04:00Even the masters of satire at The Onion have poste...Even the masters of satire at The Onion have posted a tribute to HPL:<br /><a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/mysterious-crate-arrives-from-london,17923/" rel="nofollow">Mysterious Crate Arrives From London</a>Todd A. Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16177477114706281373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37307332634476406662010-08-22T06:49:15.885-04:002010-08-22T06:49:15.885-04:00> Politeness aside, I'm sorry if your utter...> Politeness aside, I'm sorry if your utterly incoherent and obviously rum-soaked mind can't grasp this. (That's an ad hominem attack, look that up on Wikipedia).<br /><br />"I have no idea what you are talking about, do you?" was already an ad hominem attack, if you wish to call it that. And no, I don't need to look it up on Wikipedia.<br />And a good day to you, too. :)irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-42494135957268580592010-08-22T06:39:37.073-04:002010-08-22T06:39:37.073-04:00@ibyz - I posted my original reply to point out th...@ibyz - I posted my original reply to point out that HPL's quote has a conviction not unlike the many enthusiastic "amateurs" bring to gaming.<br />Politeness aside, I'm sorry if your utterly incoherent and obviously rum-soaked mind can't grasp this. (That's an ad hominem attack, look that up on Wikipedia).<br />Good day sir!B. Portly Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15481964118769949033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-41135383224052508832010-08-22T06:26:29.468-04:002010-08-22T06:26:29.468-04:00@Scallop Skulled Skald - Pretty bad times for many...@Scallop Skulled Skald - Pretty bad times for many people and not so easy to imagine on a day-to-day basis in most of our comfortable "Western" countries nowadays, I guess.<br /><br />However, there is also truth in the likes of http://www.wired.com/table_of_malcontents/2007/02/the_mysterious_/ ;<br /><<<br />In the last year or so of their marriage, Greene lived on the road, traveling for her job. She sent Lovecraft a weekly allowance that helped him pay for a tiny flat in the then-working class Brooklyn Heights. Greene slept there one or two days out of the month. During this time, Lovecraft claimed in letters that he was so poor that he lived for three days on one loaf of bread, one can of cold beans, and a hunk of cheese. But he never managed to get a job. He was essentially a house husband who occasionally sold a short story to Weird Tales.<br />>><br /><br />Difficult to set aside reputation (especially posthumous reputation) to get a picture of day-to-day reality at such a remove?irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66502753724925838472010-08-22T06:17:19.421-04:002010-08-22T06:17:19.421-04:00I know exactly how Lovecraft felt, even if, in ret...<i>I know exactly how Lovecraft felt, even if, in retrospect, it's clear that HPL gave to the world even more than he took from it. </i><br /><br />The world really didn't give him a lot. While rereading <i>The Shadow Over Innsmouth</i> as a "mature" reader, the most horrific passage in the novella was the narrator's description of a "frugal lunch" composed of cheese crackers and ginger wafers. Just thinking of the borderline poverty that he lived in for much of his life scares me more than any tentacled beastie ever could.Scallop Skulled Skaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614954870582728737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40137355673680692242010-08-22T06:15:16.915-04:002010-08-22T06:15:16.915-04:00@ B. Portly Esq. - of course, I do. Please ask mor...@ B. Portly Esq. - of course, I do. Please ask more politely if you feel you must.irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-22032165046317634632010-08-22T05:19:28.455-04:002010-08-22T05:19:28.455-04:00@ ibyz - I have no idea what you are talking abou...@ ibyz - I have no idea what you are talking about, do you?B. Portly Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15481964118769949033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-81707987567545664192010-08-21T23:13:40.311-04:002010-08-21T23:13:40.311-04:00@B. Portly Esq. - True enough; good to be keeping ...@B. Portly Esq. - True enough; good to be keeping up HPL's tradition, telling tales of cosmic horror and unearthly rites practiced in such quaint settings. First dibs on the Risk variant... ;)<br /><br />@James - it would be interesting conjecture HPL's thoughts on the professional focus which has been given to only a tiny section of his beloved assemblage of amateurs. Perhaps it's better for writers and fans to leave posterity to its own devices?irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40161141800027714392010-08-21T22:39:22.948-04:002010-08-21T22:39:22.948-04:00@ irbyz - Hobbyist Gaming is a quaint term encompa...@ irbyz - Hobbyist Gaming is a quaint term encompassing anything from a new Risk map up to a fantasy heartbreaker ; )B. Portly Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15481964118769949033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2005207079185374522010-08-21T22:32:47.446-04:002010-08-21T22:32:47.446-04:00@ Will: Thank you for those links. "The Fun...@ Will: Thank you for those links. "The Fungi from Yuggoth" alone makes my day.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155926145150934199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-57289993710593454902010-08-21T22:21:42.089-04:002010-08-21T22:21:42.089-04:00> A wonderful quote, and one I have never read....> A wonderful quote, and one I have never read. Where does this text appear?<br /><br />=> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraft:_a_Biography<br /><br />> Substitute "Hobbyist Gaming" for "Amateur Journalist" and it takes on an apt parallel or analogy. <br /><br />"Amateur Journalist" is a rather quaint term (APAs didn't have to claim to be different from fanzines back then /jk/) that requires a degree of semantic shifting to bring it into more modern contexts, anyhow. :)irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60120164718610265192010-08-21T22:08:24.645-04:002010-08-21T22:08:24.645-04:00A wonderful quote, and one I have never read. Wher...A wonderful quote, and one I have never read. Where does this text appear?<br /><br />Substitute "Hobbyist Gaming" for "Amateur Journalist" and it takes on an apt parallel or analogy.B. Portly Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15481964118769949033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69123867297597800202010-08-21T21:51:42.244-04:002010-08-21T21:51:42.244-04:00> I know exactly how Lovecraft felt, even if, i...> I know exactly how Lovecraft felt, even if, in retrospect, it's clear that HPL gave to the world even more than he took from it.<br /><br />A fair enough observation, but were it not for private collectors and fans, HPL's writings might still be obscure works in ancient APAs and scattered letters that would more likely than not have been burnt.irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193584357850337816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-16631688846709475192010-08-21T21:38:00.228-04:002010-08-21T21:38:00.228-04:00"Whatever his other virtues, HPL was a great ..."Whatever his other virtues, HPL was a great friend, colleague, and mentor to his fellow writers"<br /><br />Very true. I can savage him as a writer all day, as he's pretty much dreadful without any reservation in my book, but this definitely is so.Will Mistrettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18403399118961902073noreply@blogger.com