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I can't wait to get this book!
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Huh? What language is that?
Come on, Graeme...I just know you know better than that.
I've always felt that gawker sites don't really qualify as journalism, and the above sloppiness is one reason why: even the so-called "professional contributors" can't consistently summon proper grammar of even the simplest sort.
Not only is "out've" not a contraction of two words you would put together, it isn't even shorter than the two words it ostensibly replaces ("out of"). How utterly daft.
It is difficult to sustain respect for this site when its content sometimes reads like it is composed by learning-challenged 4th graders. Hey, Analee, who edits the editors?
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Wow is "bitchy" in your vocab then, because you sure are giving a banner representation of it?
Lay off Graeme. We're lucky to have him here.
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And I liked the Muffy stories, tho before he died, Geo. got very tired of being asked about them; I think he was upset that they were more well-known and talked about than his years of serious work.
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@braak: "Oooooh. My name's braak! I'm soooo smart!"
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Lovecraft and gaming: two abominable things that are otherworldly together!
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And Lovecraft did do science fiction. "Shadow Out of Time," is a good example of this. Actually a lot of his stories had science fictional themes, disembodied brains, bizarre aliens bent on global conquest, bizarre hyperspatial physics, etc.
Of course back then the genres weren't so clearly defined. The phrase science fiction hadn't even been invented yet. It all seems sort of steampunkish to us now but, according to ST Joshi a leading scholar of Lovecraft's works, Lovecraft's later stuff began to read more and more like straight SF. Many of Lovecraft's stories predate themes commonly found in UFO abduction stories, involving bizarre creatures, dreamlike, nightmarish, visceral.
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But there's a case to be made for Lovecraft being a dick if you include in the category of dickish behaviors "deep-seated and pernicious racism."
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The latest "Garrett P.I." book from author Glen Cook deals with a very Cthulhu-esque primordial sleeping monster, who is being roused from his ancient slumber by a bunch of very unpleasent giant burrowing insects who have decided he looks rather tasty.
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[www.infinityplus.co.uk]
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2 bucks is "inordinate"?
It's a fun read.
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Nevermind, nevermind.
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"Resume with Monsters" - freaking hilarious. Cuthulu meets Office Space.
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Uh ... what? Have you actually read Wells' book, or are you just going by the Spielberg crapfest? 'Cause that's the only version of the story where the Martians were buried.
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