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Post by foxroe on Oct 5, 2014 13:20:32 GMT -6
…because “Easter egg” just doesn’t seem appropriate. I was reading through the book the other day, and upon scanning hex description 2501 I was struck by a sense of “familiarity”… Then it dawned on me that this was a nod to the Erol Otus illo on the back of the original D&DG hard-cover! I can't believe I missed that the half-dozen other times I read that hex description.  Aside from the previously mentioned Glyuathk’th reference here, are there any other eggs to be gleaned from the text, I wonder? |
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Post by geoffrey on Oct 5, 2014 15:39:24 GMT -6
Aside from the previously mentioned Glyuathk’th reference here, are there any other eggs to be gleaned from the text, I wonder? Definitely. Both Carcosa and Isle of the Unknown have all kinds of little things in them from various sources, TSR and otherwise. |
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Post by burningtorso on Oct 5, 2014 16:49:17 GMT -6
That made me think, Geoffrey, did you intend Hex 0715 to be a reference to the cover of King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King"?  (Red Man frozen in a scream) |
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Post by geoffrey on Oct 5, 2014 20:41:45 GMT -6
That made me think, Geoffrey, did you intend Hex 0715 to be a reference to the cover of King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King"? (Red Man frozen in a scream) No, but I like it! I'm actually pretty ignorant of heavy metal music. My inspiration for hex 0715 was H. P. Lovecraft's "Out of the Aeons", which is his most Carcosan story. |
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Post by burningtorso on Oct 5, 2014 21:45:20 GMT -6
I actually haven't read that story. I need to do that. King Crimson is actually Progressive Rock. (Not to be confused with King Diamond.) I would highly recommend the song, "In The Court of the Crimson King" to anyone who has never heard it. youtu.be/iGTy7eOmL7M |
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Post by geoffrey on Oct 5, 2014 22:13:57 GMT -6
I actually haven't read that story. I need to do that. King Crimson is actually Progressive Rock. (Not to be confused with King Diamond.) I would highly recommend the song, "In The Court of the Crimson King" to anyone who has never heard it. youtu.be/iGTy7eOmL7MNot only am I ignorant of heavy metal, but of progressive rock as well!  That's not a bad song. Thanks for the link. I hope you enjoy "Out of the Aeons". Here it is free: hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/oa.aspx |
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Post by foxroe on Oct 7, 2014 7:26:42 GMT -6
The lizard-rider in Hex 0616 must be a reference to the picture on pg.3 of the Holmes Bluebook.  |
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Post by geoffrey on Oct 7, 2014 10:02:34 GMT -6
The lizard-rider in Hex 0616 must be a reference to the picture on pg.3 of the Holmes Bluebook. Yes indeed.  He is in fact a Saurian, a race that is described in my forthcoming Carcosa book. |
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Post by foxroe on Oct 9, 2014 2:15:13 GMT -6
Yes indeed. He is in fact a Saurian, a race that is described in my forthcoming Carcosa book. Sweet.  |
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That's not a bad song. Thanks for the link. I hope you enjoy "Out of the Aeons". Here it is free:
He is in fact a Saurian, a race that is described in my forthcoming Carcosa book.