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Cosmic Horror

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A community to discuss Cosmic Horror in it's many forms; books, films, comics, art, TV, music, RPGs, video games etc.

"cosmic horror... is a subgenre of horror fiction and weird fiction that emphasizes the horror of the unknowable and incomprehensible more than gore or other elements of shock... themes of cosmic dread, forbidden and dangerous knowledge, madness, non-human influences on humanity, religion and superstition, fate and inevitability, and the risks associated with scientific discoveries... the sense that ordinary life is a thin shell over a reality that is so alien and abstract in comparison that merely contemplating it would damage the sanity of the ordinary person, insignificance and powerlessness at the cosmic scale..."

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[–] Cenotaph@mander.xyz 63 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Version that is more readable with less jpeg artifacts

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

doing cthulhus work πŸ™

[–] Cenotaph@mander.xyz 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Honestly I just wanted to read what Meredith was repeating

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Meredith is saying she didn't read the book: Je (I in French) Nicht (not in German) LeΓ­ (read in Italian) Hon (book in Japanese)

Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1950xwx/book_club/

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Meredith is such a slacker. If she put half the energy into reading as she learnung 4 languages and how to float in the air while projecting hoary necromagic from her orifices, she would be able to participate in the conversation.

IDK, I feel like she might have put just a teeny bit too much effort into reading.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tried the auto detect and it failed. Anyone know what she is saying?

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[–] MattW03@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago
[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Meh! The english translation sucks. It took me five whole chapters before even start crying blood. Way better the original arab edition from al-Azif Press.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago