http://www.metafilter.com/tags/elderthings Posts tagged with 'elderthings' at MetaFilter. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:15:57 -0800 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:15:57 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/101660/Maps%2Dof%2DTime%2DSpace%2Dand%2DWords%2Din%2DLovecraft While constructing a <a href="http://cthulhuchick.com/free-complete-lovecraft-ebook-nook-kindle/">free ebook of the complete Lovecraft stories</a>, <a href="http://cthulhuchick.com/">Cthulhu Chick</a> made a <a href="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3232255/Lovecraft%27s_Complete_Works_%28horizontal%29">wordle</a> of Lovecraft's corpus, and <a href="http://cthulhuchick.com/wordcount-lovecraft-favorite-words/">notes on word frequency.</a> (Surprise: he only used "squamous" <i>once.)</i> Another fan has made <a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/jordan179/pic/0000543c/">a geopolitical map of Pangaea</a> c. <a href="http://jordan179.livejournal.com/181531.html">252 million years ago</a>. The <a href="http://www.dracandros.com/Jebgarg/Nidoking/cthuchrono.htm">Cthulhu Mythos Timeline</a> explains what's going on. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.101660 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:15:57 -0800 artwbait cthulhu cthulhumythos elderthings greatrace hplovecraft lovecraft pangaea r'lyeh yith Zed http://www.metafilter.com/53145/Cthulhoid%2DCelluloid <a href="http://www.cthulhuthemovie.com/">Cthulhu: The Movie.</a> Filmed not in <a href="http://www.hplovecraft.com/life/biograph.asp">Providence</a>, but on the other side of the country in <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0478126/locations">Astoria</a>. <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0478126/">Starring</a> nobody I've ever heard of. Featuring a cameo by <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0001760/">Tori Spelling</a>. Given that <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0522454/">previous attempts over the last forty or so</a> to capture <a href="http://www.necfiles.org/part1.htm">Lovecraft's mythos</a> on film have been more <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0436067/">miss</a> than <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0089885/">hit</a>, all these signs point to yet another missed mark. But I must confess ... the last tracking shot over the water in <a href="http://www.cthulhuthemovie.com/cthulhutrailer.htm">the trailer</a> compels me. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.53145 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:39:30 -0800 cthulhu dwellerinthegulf elderthings fatherdagon film greatoldones horror lovecraft shub-niggurath grabbingsand