Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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A sleep deprived Karnaj stammered:
Does anyone know which Lovecraft stories are considered part of the "Cthulhu mythos?" Aside from "The Call of Cthulhu," of course.
I'm pretty sure Call of Cthulhu is the only one.
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Demos stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Which is what makes the fact that Cthulhu is so popular odd, in the same way that George Lucas was suprised Boba Fett was so popular, even for the low exposure he got on screen.
All things considered, it's an image thing. Both Cthulhu and Boba both had limited appearances, but they looked cool enough that the fans saw past how pathetic they were.
I mean, Boba Fett was killed by a blind man with a stick, and as far as Lovecraftian horrors go, Cthulhu is on the low-end of the spectrum.
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Karnaj had this to say about dark elf butts:
Does anyone know which Lovecraft stories are considered part of the "Cthulhu mythos?" Aside from "The Call of Cthulhu," of course.
Most of his stuff actually..
At the Mountains of Madness is particularly good. As is Dagon.
Several of his shorter stories too.
"At the Mountains of Madness" is the most comprehensive story for details about Cthulhu's origins, along with several other kinds of mythos creatures. [ 02-18-2004: Message edited by: MorbId ]
Edit: Unless I'm completely wrong. [ 02-18-2004: Message edited by: Tegadil ]
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Sakkra attempted to be funny by writing:
I mean, Boba Fett was killed by a blind man with a stick, and as far as Lovecraftian horrors go, Cthulhu is on the low-end of the spectrum.
I hate to break it to ya, but the Fett man never dies. Read "Tales from Jabba's Palace" and it will explain how he escapes the Sarlacc.
Even though Cthulhu and the others may not appear or are mentioned most are considered to be in the same universe of all his other stories, even Reanimater and colour out of space.
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Lechium Model 2000 was programmed to say:
I hate to break it to ya, but the Fett man never dies. Read "Tales from Jabba's Palace" and it will explain how he escapes the Sarlacc.
Is that a movie? No. So it means all of nothing. 
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Lechium painfully thought these words up:
I hate to break it to ya, but the Fett man never dies. Read "Tales from Jabba's Palace" and it will explain how he escapes the Sarlacc.
A glorified fanfic does not continuity make.
It's not something people hear about.
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Sean was naked while typing this:
Jabba's Palace is canon, duders.
Lucas has the whole, "It's not canon unless I personally shove it down your throats, Jar-Jar style" thing going. It's canon in the EU, but it's not canon canon.
(Keep in mind...he can't even keep continuity between the two trilogies, so canon isn't saying much )
Everyone get set to whack him with your lightsabers. [ 02-19-2004: Message edited by: Callalron ]
But like Star Wars, there's an "Extended Universe" of stuff that people riding on Lovecraft's coat tails created with it afterwards. Some of it is good, even for coat tail riding (don't get pissed, up until the NJO, I liked a lot of the stuff that people wrote riding on George Lucas' coat tails), but a lot of it is third-rate, don't-get-what's-so-creepy-and-therefore-can't-write-it-well tripe where the big horror is that it got published. They overdo a lot of the flavor and subtlety of Lovecraft.
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