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So I just got past the part where Brys Beddict visits the Dolmen, and it seemed like Erickson gave Cthulhu a cameo with the way he described one of the statues... Anyone pick up on that? Do they play a further role eventually? Seems like Erickson is a fan of Lovecraftian horror as I have had several instances where it shined through- like the Heborics Durhang enduced vision with the jade giants filled with people floating through space.
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Dolmen and the Cthulhu mythos.
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Posted 04 November 2011 - 09:26 PM
Never really considered that as a Lovecraft reference.... Interesting...
I'm trying to think if there is anything else Lovecraftian in Malazan, but I can't think of any... it's kinda hard to uncover sanity shattering truths when your philosophy is to throw sharpers and cussers at whatever might attack you.
I'm trying to think if there is anything else Lovecraftian in Malazan, but I can't think of any... it's kinda hard to uncover sanity shattering truths when your philosophy is to throw sharpers and cussers at whatever might attack you.
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Posted 05 November 2011 - 12:10 AM
Orlion, on 04 November 2011 - 09:26 PM, said:
Never really considered that as a Lovecraft reference.... Interesting...
I'm trying to think if there is anything else Lovecraftian in Malazan, but I can't think of any... it's kinda hard to uncover sanity shattering truths when your philosophy is to throw sharpers and cussers at whatever might attack you.
I'm trying to think if there is anything else Lovecraftian in Malazan, but I can't think of any... it's kinda hard to uncover sanity shattering truths when your philosophy is to throw sharpers and cussers at whatever might attack you.
which just proves how damn good that philosophy is!
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Posted 08 November 2011 - 02:29 PM
Yup, It was a definite nod to the Cthulhu mythos. And it also makes sense -life came out of water.. so where else would really old (now mostly forgotten) gods reside? I loved that part with Brys in the Deep. And The Guardian is a really nice chap too. 
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Posted 08 November 2011 - 03:38 PM
Minhasing Bheget, on 05 November 2011 - 12:10 AM, said:
Orlion, on 04 November 2011 - 09:26 PM, said:
Never really considered that as a Lovecraft reference.... Interesting...
I'm trying to think if there is anything else Lovecraftian in Malazan, but I can't think of any... it's kinda hard to uncover sanity shattering truths when your philosophy is to throw sharpers and cussers at whatever might attack you.
I'm trying to think if there is anything else Lovecraftian in Malazan, but I can't think of any... it's kinda hard to uncover sanity shattering truths when your philosophy is to throw sharpers and cussers at whatever might attack you.
which just proves how damn good that philosophy is!
The notion that when you're seeing a god you're actually only seeing one small aspect of it that your mind can process is something Lovecraft and his by-blows played with quite a bit. SE doesn't dwell on the point and he doesn't take it in the 'because your mind would be FUCKED. UP.' direction that the Cthulu work tends to, but it is there throughout the series.
I never considered that particular scene in MT to be a ref, but now that you mention it it's not unthinkable.
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