Who is this Cthulhu fellow anyway

NapoleonGH · Post by **NapoleonGH** » 2003-05-14 04:49pm

Ok im a little clueless and my search of the forums didnt turn up any topics that looked like they would answer my question, so ill ask flat out, who/what is this Cthulhu thing people refer to. I infer that it is some form of satan/evil diety, am i correct, if so what details are there about it?

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-05-14 04:53pm

Look for H.P. Lovecraft

Specifically in OSF. There's a link there to all of his works.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2003-05-14 05:09pm

Howard Phillips Lovecraft. If the horror genre had a lineage, he would be the son of Edgar Allan Poe, brother to August Derleth and Robert E. Howard, and father of Stephen King.

God Emperor · Post by **God Emperor** » 2003-05-14 05:18pm

This is Cthulhu
http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~rjc/backgrounds/cthulhu.gif

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-05-14 05:41pm

you heathen! how can you not know the great old one!?!?

this is he: http://www.gizmology.net/lovecraft/works/cthulhu.htm

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-05-14 06:10pm

Achem, Thread moved to OSF

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DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-05-14 08:15pm

Maybe it's time for a Lovecraft sticky topic?

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-05-14 09:13pm

http://www.cthuugle.com
Search for Call of Cthuulhu, Shadow over Innsmouth, and Dunswich Horror.
They are what you need to really understand the backbone behind most of this stuff.
For the veterans, whats a a good nyalathotep story?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-05-14 10:40pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Maybe it's time for a Lovecraft sticky topic?

A wise idea. It shall be done.

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-05-14 11:44pm

Yay! No more explaining the crazy zany antics of Cthulhu to noobs!

Also. Can we get an "Amber and the Amberites" Sticky?

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-05-15 01:49pm

Ia! Ia Cthulhu Fhtagn!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-05-15 10:56pm

Big big importent information

Keep in mind that it is NOT pronounced "ka-thoo-loo". That's just something the RPG made up because they didn't know.

Most experts agree that it is pronounced someting like "khloo'loo".

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-05-20 02:33am

There is a Call of Cthulhu game in the works for the PC

I wish that stupid octopus would just roll over and die

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-05-21 03:19pm

Hamel wrote:There is a Call of Cthulhu game in the works for the PC

Didn't Metallica have a tune by that name in Ride the Lightning?

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2003-05-21 04:28pm

SyntaxVorlon wrote:http://www.cthuugle.com
Search for Call of Cthuulhu, Shadow over Innsmouth, and Dunswich Horror.
They are what you need to really understand the backbone behind most of this stuff.
For the veterans, whats a a good nyalathotep story?

Two of them: Nyarlathotep is, I believe, a self-titled story by Lovecraft. Then there's The Crawling Chaos.

Raoul Duke, Jr. · Post by **Raoul Duke, Jr.** » 2003-05-21 04:33pm

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
SyntaxVorlon wrote:http://www.cthuugle.com
Search for Call of Cthuulhu, Shadow over Innsmouth, and Dunswich Horror.
They are what you need to really understand the backbone behind most of this stuff.
For the veterans, whats a a good nyalathotep story?
Two of them: Nyarlathotep is, I believe, a self-titled story by Lovecraft. Then there's The Crawling Chaos.

Oops, wrong about The Crawling Chaos -- not a Nyarlathotep story, but I'm pretty sure Nyarlathotep is a Nyarlathotep story.

Another very, very good directly Cthulhu-related story by Lovecraft is At The Mountains Of Madness. Give it a read.

And on a "tooting my own horn" note, there's a piece in fanfic by the title Storm Warning. It's a teaser for a novel called Stormfront which incorporates Lovecraftian mythology (vs. Norse Mythology.)

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-05-22 12:49am

jegs2 wrote:
Hamel wrote:There is a Call of Cthulhu game in the works for the PC

Didn't Metallica have a tune by that name in Ride the Lightning?

Yes, but they spelled it "Ktulhu," I think.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-05-22 01:14am

Durandal wrote:
jegs2 wrote:
Hamel wrote:There is a Call of Cthulhu game in the works for the PC

Didn't Metallica have a tune by that name in Ride the Lightning?
Yes, but they spelled it "Ktulhu," I think.

Same reason they spelled it "Cathulu" on The Real Ghostbusters. Legalities.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-05-22 06:46pm

What's in a name?
Would Og Sothoth not eat cows by sucking out their innards if we called him bob?

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-05-22 06:47pm

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-05-23 04:21pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:
Durandal wrote:
jegs2 wrote:

Didn't Metallica have a tune by that name in Ride the Lightning?
Yes, but they spelled it "Ktulhu," I think.
Same reason they spelled it "Cathulu" on The Real Ghostbusters. Legalities.

Cradle Of Filth have a tune called 'Cthulhu Dawn' and funnily enough I was listening to it when I read this topic.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-05-23 10:40pm

This is what Cthulhu is like.

Hopefully it isn't too big of a picture.