The Lovecraft Geek 22-001

Might the success of “The Colour out of Space” both as one of my favorite stories and as one of the most popular could be due to its relative independence from the other stories, which it barely references, unburdened by the whole mythos? Do you feel that the horror genre is too formulaic? Or does this help the audience play along and enjoy it more? Please tell us about the first time you read the Dream Quest stories and what your initial thoughts were. Would you mind discussing your Necronomicon chapter of your Holy Fable volume IV, what led to your drafting it, and your thoughts on it in general? When did Lovecraft's influence upon English authors begin? Did Lovecraft know French and German, or any foreign languages? Latin , perhaps ? To what extent do you think the death of his father, grandfather, and mother informed his ideas about cosmic indifference and a universe that does not respect human ideas of natural order? In “The Shadow over Innsmouth” why is the Esoteric Order of Dagon dedicated to "Dagon", and not some other fish-man god? Or to one of Lovecraft's unpronounceable invented alien names? After the hero escaped Innsmouth and told the authorities, why did they believe his story? Why not just dismiss him as a nut? After the fish people contacted him later, inviting him to join them, promising immortality and no punishment for all the trouble he'd caused why did he believe them? The most famous quote from the Necronomicon is, of course, "that is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even death may die." Do you have an idea of what a more literal translation of the Necronomicon might have said?