Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
160 Book which induces sleep on reading — cannot be read — determined man reads it — goes mad — precautions taken by aged initiate who knows — protection (as of author and translator) by incantation.
Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
159 Certain kind of deep-toned stately music of the style of the 1870’s or 1880’s recalls certain visions of that period — gas-litten parlours of the dead, moonlight on old floors, decaying business streets with gas lamps, etc. — under terrible circumstances.
The Shadowy Thing (1928; first published as The Remedy, 1925)
by
H. B. Drake
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Lesung bei Libri-Vox:
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The Thing on the Door-Step • [Cthulhu Mythos] • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of The Thing on the Doorstep)
Weird Tales Jan. 1937
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. . . leaving him a conscious corpse in cellar. [Thing on Doorstep]
The Thing on the Doorstep
By H. P. Lovecraft
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Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
158 Man has terrible wizard friend who gains influence over him. Kills him in defence of his soul - walls body up in ancient cellar - BUT - the dead wizard (who has said strange things about soul lingering in body) changes bodies with him . . .
[...] Man afraid to shut eyes - he has been somewhere on a terrible pilgrimage and this fearsome seeing faculty remains.
[...] Man afraid to shut eyes - he has been somewhere on a terrible pilgrimage and this fearsome seeing faculty remains.
Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
157 Vague lights, geometrical figures, etc., seen on retina when eyes are closed. Caus’d by rays from other dimensions acting on optick nerve? From other planets? Connected with a life or phase of being in which person could live if he only knew how to get there? [...]
Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
156 Adventures of a disembodied spirit — thro’ dim, half-familiar cities and over strange moors — thro’ space and time — other planets and universes in the end.
Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
155 Steepled town seen from afar at sunset—does not light up at night. Sail has been seen putting out to sea. [Fungi]
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Fungi von Yuggoth
Sonett VIII, „The Port“
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Pausanias Beschreibung von Griechenland (deutsch)
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Relevant ist das neunte Buch, neununddreißigstes Kapitel.
Der Eintrag "154" ist im Commonplace Book zwar auf 1928 datiert, aber es fehlen Einträge zu 1929 und es geht mit der Datierung 1930 weiter. Es kann also durchaus der passende Artikel sein.
Stanley Casson
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Lempriere's Classical dictionary
Publication date: 1843
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"Bœotia in August" by Stanley Casson
August 1929 Issue of "The Atlantic"
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A classical dictionary of greek and roman biography mythology and geography
by Sir William Smith
Publication date: 1925
Trophonius (Seite 975)
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Agamedes, Trophonius Bruder (Seiten 32 und 33)
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Trophonios-Orakel bei Levadia
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Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
154 Trophonius — cave of. Vide Class. Dict. and Atlantic article.
(deutsch: "Trophonius — seine Höhle. Siehe klassisches Wörterbuch und Artikel im Atlantic.")
Trophonios
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Lovecraft dachte fälschlich, Dwyer habe die Idee verwendet.
Bernard Austin Dwyer (1897-1943)
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[...] — strange outcome (never wakes up? or makes bizarre discovery of an elder world outside 3-dimensioned space?) [Used by Dwyer]
Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
153 Black cat on hill near dark gulf of ancient inn yard. Mew hoarsely — invites artist to nighted mysteries beyond. Finally dies at advanced age. Haunts dreams of artist — lures him to follow — [...]
R u ready 2 fly?
Mike the Headless Chicken
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„The Monster Maker“ in The Ape, the Idiot, and Other People (1897)
von William Chambers Morrow (1854–1923)
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Auf deutsch als "Der Monstermacher" in "Der Affe, der Idiot und andere Leute"
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Lovecrafts Commonplace Book
152 Autonomic nervous system and subconscious mind do not reside in the head. Have mad physician decapitate a man but keep him alive and subconsciously controlled. Avoid copying tale by W. C. Morrow.
Sie verlieren ihren Sinn und Zweck und sterben.
