Octoberation

The most merciful thing in the world, I think is the inability of the human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

H. P. Lovecraft--the open of "The Call of Cthulhu"

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  1. FredOctober 7, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    Stephen,

    A very ironic opener since his fictions do voyage very far from that placid island of ignorance and his readers read him because they are enchanted by these far voyages.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 10, 2011 at 4:53 AM

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  3. StevenOctober 11, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Dear Fred,

    Indeed. One of the great and powerful works that H. P. has done. I'm fascinated by both the strengths and the weaknesses of his art.

    shalom,

    Steven

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  4. TSOctober 21, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    I like this. A lot.

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