tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post1958023245975362148..comments2024-03-28T16:39:46.847-04:00Comments on Tellers of Weird Tales: Weird Tales and the End of the WorldTerence E. Hanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-14886823756138245212013-01-08T22:20:13.989-05:002013-01-08T22:20:13.989-05:00Jason,
Lovecraft didn't write about the end o...Jason,<br /><br />Lovecraft didn't write about the end of the world. Robert Bloch did it for him in Strange Eons, though. I guess we should make a distinction. "The end of the world" could mean the end of our civilization or the end of our species, or it could mean that the earth itself is destroyed. If humanity is exterminated but Cthulhu still reigns over the earth, is that the end of the world?<br /><br />THTerence E. Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268641371264950572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852401976091776228.post-69866723489820666082013-01-08T16:14:43.355-05:002013-01-08T16:14:43.355-05:00It's a shame Lovecraft never wrote a real, in-...It's a shame Lovecraft never wrote a real, in-the-moment end-of-the-world story (aside from stories in which it's implied or stated the world *will* end eventually, just not right now). "Nyarlathotep" counts, but it's so short. And "'Till All the Seas" sorta fits the bill, though I wish Lovecraft had rewritten it to show the lizards rising to dominate the Earth after the last man dies. jason@mockman.comhttp://www.mockman.comnoreply@blogger.com