Lovecraftian net short story
2 years, 7 months ago
There is a fantastic short story over at monochrom based on H.P.Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu and inspired by Goatse. Here is a snip:
The many data networks, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
…It makes me gleefully happy. Monochrom describes itself as a art-technology-philosophy group, and though I haven’t yet given it the time it seems to deserve, a cursory look at their site suggests it’s totally rockin’. My kind of people, especially since I am a self-styled art-technology-philosophy person myself! 
November 21st, 2005 at 10:54 pm
Really? That’s a mighty big self-infulgent technological new-age, slightly egotistical wordy, claim.
November 22nd, 2005 at 1:12 am
I’m guessing you mean self-indulgent
Remember it’s based on H. P. Lovecraft: It’s completely in line with the way the H. P. Lovecraft writes (read: wrote). It’s all very dark, gothic, wordy, and baroque.
In fact, on further research, here’s a snip from the original story, The Call of Cthulhu, from which the above is inspired:
The complete story is located on Wikisource, if you want to have a look.