tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post2682303429451526954..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Cheerleaders for Miskatonic UniversityGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-53948401023238743382011-04-10T08:41:33.544-07:002011-04-10T08:41:33.544-07:00Okay, I feel compelled to say that A, it may be pu...Okay, I feel compelled to say that A, it may be purple, but no one else does heavy, ten-dollar-word description like Lovecraft; and 2, yeah, okay, purple by any other name, no matter how archaic, is still purple.<br /><br />But it can be incredible how little homework these people actually do, before releasing their "newly translated" Necronomicons. Simon, and a Donald Tyson, who's done a pack of things in this vein, none of these people take the time to include those quotes from these documents which Lovecraft sprinkled through his works. In addition to his Necronomicon, Mythos tarot deck, and related others, Tyson also has a biography of al Hazred, the "Mad Arab", and no where in that, or any other, is there a single quote that would be recognizable to a reader of Lovecraft, most certainly not that most famous couplet.<br /><br />And returning to the tarot mentioned, what mental debate has to occur before you're comfortable selecting any entity, or pair of, from the Mythos, for The Lovers card?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com