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The Call of Cthulhu
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Ketutar Jensen
Oct 31, 2020 rated it really liked it
It is interesting... racist, of course, but that would have come up sooner or later.
I like the "non euclidean geometry" that makes one uncertain of if the sea is level... and acute angles that behave like obtuse angles. Lovecraft's stories give one this kind of feeling, one isn't really certain of anything :-D
Reminds me of the great late Andrew Gold's The Creature from the Tub
"Clammy and slimy, gooey, yucky, grimy
Icky and sticky, hope it doesn't lick me
Wobbly, runny, "Mommy, it's not funny"
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