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Cthulu eats the Soul of George Lucas Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

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Posted 21 February 2009 - 07:12 PM



H.P.Lovecraft was an American Author of last century; creator of the wonderfully creepy Cthulu Mythos. Lovecraft wrote many stories developing the series. Probably the two most famous ones are "The Call of Cthulu" and "The Dunwich Horror". The stories are both in the public domain, so I suggest you grab them before Disney works out a way to copyright them:
http://manybooks.net...r06cthulhu.html
http://manybooks.net...06dunwitch.html

Warning: I know some folks don't like to read and will google for movies, but I really must ask you. Would you rather hear these creepy stories as told by H.P.Lovecraft or Tori Spelling?

There's a salient tome often referred to throughout Cthulu Mythos: The Necromonicon. I'd love to get my hands on a copy: It's ancient author is purported to be the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred and much of what it describes seems based on Summerian and Bablylonian mythology. Quoted in part in some of Lovecraft's works, the books name roughly translates to "Concerning the Laws of the Dead." Among other things, the work contains an account of the supernatural Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.

Is it a real book? Many readers have believed it to be a real work, with booksellers and librarians receiving many requests for it; pranksters have listed it in rare book catalogues, and a student smuggled a card for it into the Yale University Library's card catalog. There is a text called Simon's Necromonicon that has been published and continues to float around the net. It's considered to be a commercial fake.

But what about the real Necromonicon?



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"Now about the “terrible and forbidden books” — I am forced to say that most of them are purely imaginary. There never was any Abdul Alhazred or Necronomicon, for I invented these names myself. Robert Bloch devised the idea of Ludvig Prinn and his De Vermis Mysteriis, while the Book of Eibon is an invention of Clark Ashton Smith's. Robert E. Howard is responsible for Friedrich von Junzt and his Unaussprechlichen Kulten.... As for seriously-written books on dark, occult, and supernatural themes — in all truth they don’t amount to much. That is why it’s more fun to invent mythical works like the Necronomicon and Book of Eibon."

H.P.Lovecraft


Lovecraft released some notes after his death called "The History of The Necromonicon", so that other authors who wrote of it (this is before congress started selling made-to-order IP laws to corporations) could do so consistently. But fans of Lovecraft hoping he would release the entire Necromonicon, albeit fictional, were disappointed:

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Despite frequent references to the book, Lovecraft was very sparing of details about its appearance and contents. He once wrote that "if anyone were to try to write the Necromonicon, it would disappoint all those who have shuddered at cryptic references to it."


Now there is a master storyteller: "What you don't tell is just as important as what you do."

And this is precisely the mistake that George Lucas made with his Prequel Trilogy. It wasn't just that he told us too much and didn't tell it well, but that he even told us at all.

http://en.wikipedia....ki/Necronomicon
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Posted 26 February 2009 - 01:32 AM

Was pointed out to me in a PM so should clarify: When I said "I'd love to get my hands on this" I was joking. I don't think any of this is real. Nor any of the hundred odd Necromonicon's being sold on eBay:

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Written in Damascus in the eighth century. Book is in good condition.


Yes, of course it is. This quote sums it up nicely:

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"...the Necronomicon, a highly secret magical text released in paperback."
-- William S. Burroughs.

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Posted 28 February 2009 - 06:35 AM

As far as I know the book of Necronomicon was Lovecrafts own fantasy creation. Its said that there was no crazy arab who wrote that book. Funny that such kind of legend is still alive today. laugh.gif Well but who knows, maybe its true but they dont want us to know about. wink.gif

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Posted 28 February 2009 - 05:28 PM

It did say in one of his books that it was written by the mad Arab. Also, this doesnt appear to have a lot to do with SW and might do better in the book forum. Oh, and if you want to read crazy magical nonsense go for the writings of the wickedest man in the world, Aleister Crowley

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Posted 28 February 2009 - 06:06 PM

QUOTE (J m HofMarN @ Mar 1 2009, 08:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It did say in one of his books that it was written by the mad Arab. Also, this doesnt appear to have a lot to do with SW and might do better in the book forum. Oh, and if you want to read crazy magical nonsense go for the writings of the wickedest man in the world, Aleister Crowley


I said this at the end of my original post: Lovecraft refused to write a fictional Necronomicon because he knew whatever he put down would disappoint fans: What you don't write is as important as what you do. Yet Lucas, unaware of this, stumbled into the PT, and set himself up for a failure. Our mystical energy field becoming midichlorians, etc.

And if you read the Secret History Of Star Wars http://www.secrethis...ofstarwars.com/ I think Lucas' original backhistory, a lensman-type thing, is even worse. Some things are better left to the audience's imagination...

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