The ‘firefall’ novels (‘blindsight’ and ‘echopraxia’) are… Not exactly that, but very close, and better written than lovecraft could dream of. ‘Echopraxia’ does not hold your fucking hand at all though.
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partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 day agoI like the concept of Eldritch horror that it is so fearful and alien that its impossible to describe in terms that could make you feel it. The most that words could do would give a view of the shadow of it instead of the horror itself. To finally understand the horror requires surrendering your sanity. If nothing else its a great literary tool.
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Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve been looking for something new to read and this looks like exactly what I’m feeling.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
They’re really good.
otacon239@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This makes all the difference between a good Call of Cthulhu DM and a bad one.
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
"This horror that stands before you is no man, nor it anything resembling man in any facsimile other than it stands upon two appendages that could be mistaken for feet. The realization of it’s mere and miserable existence finds you stricken with a cold sweat akin to the feel of a pale and slimy fish at the market. It’s visage strikes in your being a fear that cores your stomach deeper than any forgotten, but suddenly realized promise. "
Shit like that?
otacon239@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bam. Spot on. That makes for great storytelling. There’s even a sanity mechanic.
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That was kinda my approach, “How would I describe something that is so foreign to anything I’ve ever experienced that I’m entirely overwhelmed by the sheer realization of it’s existence. So much so that I can only describe the fear felt when seeing it?” The focus would first be on primal instincts before your brain could even begin with physical characteristics.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
I think I could be a good DM for it, then. 😃
I literally only sought to read Lovecraft’s stuff because several friends of mine I had shared my own stories with, constantly asked if I was inspired by him and how similarly my writing was.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Well is your writing your way of expressing how you felt when you found out your uncle was Welsh? That’s the real key to Lovecraft.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
Nah; I can comprehend the Welsh, even if I may not comprehend Welsh.
I just like trying to describe the indescribable.