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The Call of Cthulhu

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by H.P. Lovecraft

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Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn?
Danielle Cottrell Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.…m´Ç°ù±ðPh'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.(less)
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Hey, I've been looking around for some good fantasy / horror books to read, I'd love to read this but is this book really in some secret language? I can tell by the preview (İnsanoğlunun en eski ve en güçlü duygusu korkudur. En eski ve en güçlü korku da bilinmeyenin korkusudur.) but is the whole book in this language? That'll be extremely annoying to read.
Jules You're looking at the Turkish version. Click the change edition button to switch to the English one.…m´Ç°ù±ðYou're looking at the Turkish version. Click the change edition button to switch to the English one.(less)
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Anybody here knows how to Pronounce Cthulhu?
Mario There is an edition of "The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories" (Penguin, 1999, 420 pages). It has an "Explanatory notes" section, in the note 9 …m´Ç°ù±ðThere is an edition of "The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories" (Penguin, 1999, 420 pages). It has an "Explanatory notes" section, in the note 9 can be read:
"On the pronunciation of Cthulu Lovecraft has left several accounts, all slightly differing; his associates have also supplied contradictory testimonies. The most definitive statement by Lovecraft occurs in a letter of 1934: '...the word is supposed to represent a fumbling human attempt to catch the phonetics of an absolutely non-human word. The name of the hellish entity was invented by beings whose vocal organs were not like man's, hence it has no relation to the human speech equipment. The syllables were determined by a physiological equipment wholly unlike ours, hence could never be uttered perfectly by human throats ... The actual sound -- as nearly as any human organs could imitate it or human letters record it -- may be taken as something like °­³ó±ôû±ô'-³ó±ô´Ç´Ç, with the first syllable pronounced gutturally and very thickly. The u is about like that in full; and the first syllable is not unlike klul in sound, hence the h represents the guttural thickness.' (SL V.10-11)".

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Hi, I'm looking for a ten minute version of anything Cthulhu related. A comedic interpretation, a dramatic cutting of the Call of Cthulhu, it doesn't matter. It just has to be published and about ten minutes in length (if it's significantly greater in length I'll be able to remove parts so that it fits the time). It's for a school forensics performance. Does anyone know of a thing like that?
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Would this be an appropriate book for kids to read in school, something like Edgar Allan Poe?
Barkrow Definitively. If they could read "the black cat" they will like this too.

…m´Ç°ù±ðDefinitively. If they could read "the black cat" they will like this too.

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