The strange ruler of North Korea reminds me of the wicked decadent Thubla Mleen in “The Hashish Man,” by Lord Dunsany: a tyrannical, insane man-child with a chilling aura of innocent evil. Enough eldritch adjectives in there? Or, come to think of it, something out of Lovecraft.
Odd, how our perceptions of good and evil have shifted from the realm of the supernatural into that of the worldly and political. Before science fiction provided rational explanations for mysteries, and modern fantasy writing provided irrational explanations for fairy tales, Dunsany, Lovecraft, and the last of the ghost story writers portrayed a reality vastly beyond our perceptions that didn’t care unless people stumbled into it. They attempted an explanation of metaphysics in physical terms..And now, metaphysics are being discarded. Now, our evils have names and nationalities, and death usually makes an end of them. But is that all there is? Stephen King and Harlan Ellison, Clive Barker and George R.R. Martin continue the metaphysical traditions in a modern tone..So at what point do the cries of our miserably murdered reach the realms of some elder gods and call down their vengeance or bring them to feasting?.Bu-wha-hahaha. Not sure that all means anything, but it gave me a slight chill.
Varnes almost 11 years ago
Come on, does anybody really believe he likes girls? Besides Dennis Rodman?….Puleeeease…..
Ottodesu almost 11 years ago
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Allen Rymer almost 11 years ago
Ummmm….. I think even the bad guys know that life isn’t fair….
emptc12 almost 11 years ago
The strange ruler of North Korea reminds me of the wicked decadent Thubla Mleen in “The Hashish Man,” by Lord Dunsany: a tyrannical, insane man-child with a chilling aura of innocent evil. Enough eldritch adjectives in there? Or, come to think of it, something out of Lovecraft.
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
hey ri, who shaved the panda? think bieber with nukes
Boise Ed Premium Member almost 11 years ago
So what’s a ri-sol-ju?
emptc12 almost 11 years ago
Odd, how our perceptions of good and evil have shifted from the realm of the supernatural into that of the worldly and political. Before science fiction provided rational explanations for mysteries, and modern fantasy writing provided irrational explanations for fairy tales, Dunsany, Lovecraft, and the last of the ghost story writers portrayed a reality vastly beyond our perceptions that didn’t care unless people stumbled into it. They attempted an explanation of metaphysics in physical terms..And now, metaphysics are being discarded. Now, our evils have names and nationalities, and death usually makes an end of them. But is that all there is? Stephen King and Harlan Ellison, Clive Barker and George R.R. Martin continue the metaphysical traditions in a modern tone..So at what point do the cries of our miserably murdered reach the realms of some elder gods and call down their vengeance or bring them to feasting?.Bu-wha-hahaha. Not sure that all means anything, but it gave me a slight chill.