a question, some Cthulhiana, and some EG spoilers (maybe)

Duncan Truter · 13 Oct 2008, 03:20 · from 2008-October.txt.gz

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From: dtruter at gmail.com (Duncan Truter)
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:20:48 -0700
Subject: (urth) a question, some Cthulhiana, and some EG spoilers (maybe)
Message-ID: <1a0930df0810122020j57f8911fo529f908876ed7c90 at mail.gmail.com>

Just a quick note here. if GC is one of the elder gods, the only one
it makes sense for him to be is Nyarlathotep. Cthulhu is only awake
for brief periods, and never takes other forms as far as I know.
Also, I wonder if this is a mythos book or a lovecraft-cthulhu book.
if it's a lovecraft-cthulhu book then the elder gods aren't involved.
Has Wolfe given any interviews recently?

Duncan


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> On Oct 12, 2008, at 9:37 PM, Thomas Bitterman wrote:
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>> First, the question.  In the final conversation, between Cassie and
>> Klauser (which
>> really needs extended explanation), Cassie asks Klauser what to take
>> on the trip
>> to Woldercan.  He says, "Women have monthly needs.  You could use
>> rags, and
>> our great-great-grandmothers did, but if you would prefer not
>> to...".  WTF?  Who
>> talks like that?  Why would an old man tell an old woman about
>> menstruation and
>> the historic ways to deal with it?
>
> For some reason, this reminded me of the conversation between Marlowe
> and Sternwood in _The Big Sleep_.  You know, "Orchids remind me too
> much of dead men's flesh."  Also, of course, "I exist largely on
> sleep, like a newborn spider."
>
> I don't know *why* the conversation triggered that memory, but when
> reading Wolfe, often my hunches turn out to be at least sort of
> right.  I think there's something to that, and something, perhaps, to
> the fact that the novel smells like pulp but might be noir.
>
> As far as Gideon Chase being Great Cthulhu: the dude seems much more
> like Nyarlathotep to me.  But...well, the Haunter In Darkness is the
> only one of that crowd with much actual interest in humanity
> (admittedly, the interest of a cat with a mouse).  But I wonder if
> Bill Reis, and the Shark God, and the Volcano God, are mere Gods of
> Earth, while Gideon Chase and the Squid God are something much
> larger.  Of course, if Gideon is driven off-world by the efforts of
> the U.S. Navy....hmm.
>
> Adam
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