HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: astoker@nyx.cs.du.edu (Andrew Stoker)
Subject: Re: Clark Ashton Smith
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 00:29:46 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.204907.27572@emr1.emr.ca> gairns@ccrs.emr.ca (Jamie Gairns) writes:
>	CAS is one my FAVOURITE writers, perhaps even more so than
>	HPL.  Also, Lord Dunsany.  I've managed to pick up several
>	CAS and Lord Dunsany paperbacks.  The stories are more
>	mystical and 'fantasy' (oops, did *I* say that ?).

How easy are CAS and Lord D to get hold of?  Usually at weekends, I spend some
time looking round bookshops (1st & 2nd hand), and I can't recall seeing their
names at all :-(

>	I can find out some of the names of his books, if anyone's
>	interested ?  I even have a book called 'Emperor of Dreams'

I'd be interested.

	Andy
--
Andrew J. Stoker | "My lord, I cannot ride!"
Leicester Uni.   | "Capital, we shall give you a horse that can't be ridden."
ajs6@leicester.ac.uk   |		      ``Wyrd Sisters'', Terry Pratchett
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: jgoodric@dante.nmsu.edu (GOODRICH)
Subject: humanity test:
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:15:21 GMT

Survival technique #2 as evidenced by BTS:
	shoot it.  If it dies, it must have been human.  This lets you
tell the cultists from the innocents.
	Yeah, we're sane.

	The Laughing Priest!  {jgoodric@nmsu.edu}

           Member: BTS- 1989-1992
       "We don't negotiate with thangs!"


Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: bcannard@hppcb36.mentorg.com (The Human Mi-Go)
Subject: Re: Hideous Pnakotic Manuscript.
Originator: bcannard@hppcb36
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:41:06 GMT
Reply-To: bob_cannard@mentorg.com
Organization: Best Buy Byakhees Inc.
Keywords: 
Followup-To: 


In article <1ecs5oINN2dg@agate.berkeley.edu>, lizi@soda.berkeley.edu (Cosma Shalizi) writes:
|>    What's so hideous about any of the books? Obviously, any passage that is
|> so mind-boggling its readers go utterly insane is very difficult to transmit,
|> even for Lovecraft, but from the Dreamlands stories (_The Dream-Quest of
|> Unknown Kadath_ and "The Other Gods" spring to mind) it seems the Pnakotic
|> Manuscript is _the_ book of hidden knowledge for our dreamlands, as the
|> Necronomicon is for the waking world.

I should point out that the Pnakotic Manuscripts was written in and of the
waking world, and was taken to the Dreamlands at a later date:

   "Then one very ancient Zoog recalled a thing unheard of by the others;
   and said that in Ulthar, beyond the river Skai, there still lingered
   the last copy of those inconceivably old Pnakotic Manuscripts made by
   waking men in forgotten boreal kingdoms and borne into the land of
   dreams when the hairy cannibal Gnophkehs overcame many-templed Olathoe
   and slew all the heroes in the lands of Lomar."
		- The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

Randolph Carter goes on to look up the tome, and finds it to be of "meager
help". The key question is, how much of the stuff described in the
Manuscripts also migrated to the Dreamlands?

-- 
bob_cannard@mentorg.com			"More dynamite!" - Theron Marks
From: ptrei@bistromath.mitre.org (Peter Trei)
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
Subject: Miskatonic U graduate kit?
Date: 18 Nov 92 20:19:36 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation


    I'm not a heavyweight CoC player, but I enjoy the mythos. Several
years ago I picked up something called the "Miskatonic University
Graduate Kit". I *think* it was from Chaosium. This included pennants,
ID badges (laminate in your own photo), course catalogs, diplomas,
etc, all of which might convince the naive that you'd actually
attended the hallowed halls of Ol' Misk.

     The prize item, as far as I was concerned, was the car decal.  It
was a standard university rear window decal, reading (in white,
official looking letters): "MISKATONIC U.", with a school slogan
beneath in smaller black letters - "Lux et Tenebras" (or something
like that).

     This decal graced my car for many years (my real university
didn't have them when I was there). It had just the right level of
weirdness for me - those in the know would get the joke, those who had
never heard of Lovecraft would ignore it, and some might have vague
memories of something creepy about it.

     About a month ago my rear window was broken in an accident, and I
lost the decal. I'd love to replace it. Does anyone know where I can
obtain another kit (it was $10-$15), or even just the decal? Please
post or write.
						thanks,
							Peter Trei
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: wolf@cheshire.oxy.edu (Clinton Richard Wolf)
Subject: Re: snarf...
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:38:05 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.102618.1@cubldr.colorado.edu> holt_c@cubldr.colorado.edu writes:
>In article <By4vA5.B41@nic.umass.edu>, CLJONES@UCSVAX (CHRISTOPHER L JONES) writes:
>> In <1992Nov22.154952.1641@cheshire.oxy.edu> wolf@cheshire.oxy.edu writes:
>> 
>>> In article <1992Nov22.003546.21268@npal.rn.com> cstewart@npal.rn.com writes:
>>>>meep...
>>>gibber...
>>wubble...
>snarf...
 ^^^^^

 Snarf?!? Which cthulhoid entity EVER made the sound 'Snarf'!?!?

 The Fungi from JELLO, perhaps?
>
>Is this turning into a variation on a cascade.
>
 It might, if people follow your lead and post shit like 'snarf' instead of
good, green-blooded cthulhoid ululations :)

-- Clint
 

Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: twiddyd@pell2l20.alleg.edu (David Twiddy)
Subject: Re: A Question
Organization: Allegheny College
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:40:37 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.131750.1@acad2.alaska.edu> asgds@acad2.alaska.edu  
writes:
> 
> 
> >  and the Tcho-Tcho people (Who are they?).
> 
> 	
	The Tcho-Tcho are a people inhabiting some regions of Asia, esp.  
Central Malaysia (the contintental part).  They are highly involved with  
mythos beings.  For a great story that they play a substanial role in,  
check out "Black Man with a Horn" by T.E.D. Klien in "New Tales of the  
Cthulhu Mythos" from Arkham House.  The book has great cover art, too. 
--

David "master of obscurity" Twiddy <twiddyd@alleg.edu>
"Small wheel turn by the fire and rod
 Big wheel turn by the Grace of GOD"
 			-Jerry Garcia
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: dexter
Subject: Re: Hey, have you seen the hyper-card?
Keywords: Cthulhu, hyper-card, sound
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:34:52 GMT

In article <wright.722091046@latcs1.lat.oz.au>, wright@latcs2.lat.oz.au (Michael G. Wright) writes:
|> 95dmk@williams.edu (DIMITRY M KORSUNSKY) writes:
|> 
|> >Hey, ther is a very cool hyper-card stack, called Cthulhu monsters or other. 

|> Yep, picked up my copy a few months ago, though I can't remember which site. 


anyone who does remember pls post site/path

dexter

Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: royd@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Roy Daniel)
Subject: Re: Masks of Nyarlathotep
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:14:02 GMT

In article <alwalsh.722264533@unix1.tcd.ie> alwalsh@unix1.tcd.ie (Andreas Walsh) writes:
>
>If you've read or played or refereed Mask of Nya...., how much Mythos
>should you get for putting the mask on under the shop in Harlem and
>seeing some of the old ones?
>
>    The old ones? Also any hints for the rest of the adventure (we're still
>
>in New York(or do you leave at all?)).

Hey, do you really think we're going to tell you? Scrupulous or not, we wouldn'twant to ruin your fun...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!


Daniel Roy
for the "Voyageurs sans Permis"
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: James Petts <pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: CoC RPG Crossover
Organization: No Affiliation
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 11:02:24 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1



In article <1992Nov15.201328.3053@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Michael C
LaBossiere, mlabossi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu writes:
>     Other possible crossovers would be Shadowrun-CoC, Dangerous
Journeys-CoC, 
>etc. Since Challenge is looking for new authors, this could be a good
time to 
>get writing on such crossovers.

I did a Paranoia/CoC xover once. The Computer got posessed by 
Nyarlathotep, and all my players wondered why things in Alpha had 
improved so much :-) 

Can you say "Nyarlathotep is your friend. Trust Nyarlothotep?" Course you 
can...

James Petts

********************************************************************
* "We use the classical theory on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, *   
*  and the quantum theory on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays."   *
************************************** Wm. Bragg *******************
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From: jcjordan@pioneer.unm.edu (Jaime Jordan)
Subject: Re: Masks of Nyarlathotep
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 19:23:53 GMT
Organization: Miskatonic Space and Planetary Image Facility

In article <1992Nov20.133414.1@hamp.hampshire.edu> mgrossman@hamp.hampshire.edu writes:
>	In regards to the post that started this thread...I think it's good
>that we're discussing CoC, but could you please put *SPOILER* warning in your
>post if you are going to talk about modules, so that you don't let slip some
>secret and spoil enjoyment of the adventure for those who haven't played it 
>yet?  This isn't a flame and is not directed at a specific person, but I think
>that it's a reasonable request.
> 

Yes, indeed!  Certainly a reasonable request.  Often, especially with reasonably
experienced players, even the slightest hint or information about an adventure
can ruin the fun and suspense...  Now, about passing uncommented *MIS-
INFORMATION* around the net - it'd be an interesting way to confuse a few 
investigators (or at least their players :).  Seriously though, include spoiler
notices, and then if they read-em, it's their own fault for ruining the fun.

Cheers

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I am He who howls in the night          -  My car is the car of death 
I am He who moans in the snow           -  My wings are the wings of dread 
I am He who hath never seen light       -  My breath is the North Wind's breath
I am He who mounts from below.          -  My prey are the cold and the dead.
		H O W A R D   P H I L L I P S   L O V E C R A F T 
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Subject: Re: crossovers
From: burns@latcs1.lat.oz.au (Jonathan Burns)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:14:55 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia

In article <1992Nov18.044308.22979@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
 stame@emunix.emich.edu (Stewart Tame) writes:

> In article <00963C08.0C3986E0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2y16mulsoffr@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>> i've been running a fairly sucessful coc/ cyberpunk crossover foor about 

> Considering they're published by the same company, I've always thought
> that a CoC/Elfquest game would be a natural.
> 
> Wouldn't you *love* to let Cthulhu get its tentacles on those disgusting
> elves?

.... through the ever-present whisper of that towering trackless forest,
you become subtly ... almost subconsciously .... aware of an insidious,
obscene *piping*...

			(*)
			;;;


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jonathan Burns        | His wit never failed him, and he laughed
burns@latcs1.lat.oz.au| himself to death over a book of the dying
Computer Science Dept | a words of famous men.
La Trobe University   |                  Disch, _Camp Concentration_
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: mlabossi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael C LaBossiere)
Subject: CoC RPG Crossover
Keywords: Cthulhu, RPG
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 20:13:28 GMT

Since the Elric stlyle univerrse permits all sorts of crossovers (see the other
books in the Eternal Champion series, espeacilly the one's about Corum) a
Cthulhu-Elric crossover would be possible and easy to do, since both sysyrems
share a similar basic mechanism .
     Other possible crossovers would be Shadowrun-CoC, Dangerous Journeys-CoC, 
etc. Since Challenge is looking for new authors, this could be a good time to 
get writing on such crossovers.
Mike
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: stame@emunix.emich.edu (Stewart Tame)
Subject: Re: crossovers
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:43:08 GMT

In article <00963C08.0C3986E0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2y16mulsoffr@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>i've been running a fairly sucessful coc/ cyberpunk crossover foor about 

Considering they're published by the same company, I've always thought
that a CoC/Elfquest game would be a natural.

Wouldn't you *love* to let Cthulhu get its tentacles on those disgusting
elves?

****************************************************************************
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****************************************************************************
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Disclaimer:  Not only do my opinions represent those of Eastern Michigan
University, but also those of Dan Quayle, Richard Nixon, Frank Zappa,
Pee-wee Herman, Bart Simpson, Tipper Gore, Murphy Brown, Maggie Thatcher,
and the Easter Bunny.
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Subject: <None>
From: fibces01@fib.upc.es
Date: 19 Nov 92 09:49:19 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: fibces01

Hello! I have recently registered for this newsgroup. My name is Jose Beltran,
I am Spanish, currently studying computer science at the Computer Science
College of Barcelona, and 25.

I have been a fan of HPL and his work for years. I also like CoC, of course...
I remember a couple of great CoC "Live Role" games held in Barcelona. One
ended with the destruction of the city at the... "hands" of HIM (I will not
mention his name!). The other ended with a couple of sacrifices in a Hotel
(there were over 50 player characters, but they didn't discover anything...
It's surprising: 50 brains working together and they got completely lost!!
Well, you can't have everything...

Do you have any account of similar "Live Role" games? Thanks!

Yours,

				Jose Beltran Escavy
				fibces01@esaii.upc.es

"For it is not dead what eternally lies,
and, with strange aeons, even death may die..."
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: mlabossi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael C LaBossiere)
Subject: Gibber, Meep, SNarf, et al
Summary: Polite request
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:27:36 GMT

Please don't get me wrong, those of you who are enjoying sending "meep", 
"gibber", etc. messages, but in my opinion, this is a waste of valuable net 
resources (I also hate having to hit 'n' to get past all of these 
non-messages). However, this is our news group, not mine, so you can do as you 
damn well please.
Thanks
Mike
From: sbeitzel@netcom.com (Stephen Beitzel)
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
Subject: Re: : Hey, have you seen the hyper-card?
Date: 19 Nov 92 01:08:00 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)

In article <168A3D846.C521832@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu> C521832@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu writes:
>The title of the file itself I'm not sure of, but last I checked it was
>in the Game directory. It's Cthulhu-something, so you can't miss it.


Here is what archie turned up just now...

Host lth.se

    Location: /pub/mac/info-mac/game
           FILE -rw-r--r--    1006872  Jan 16 1992  cthulhu-monsters.hqx

Host plaza.aarnet.edu.au

    Location: /micros/mac/umich/hypercard/fun
           FILE -r--r--r--     989411  Jan 24 1992  cthulhumonsters1.0.cpt.hqx


Host toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp

    Location: /mac/mnt/01-06/01
           FILE -rw-r--r--     902777  Sep 29 15:09  cthulhu-monsters.hqx.Z

Host wuarchive.wustl.edu

    Location: /mirrors3/archive.umich.edu/mac/hypercard/fun
           FILE -rw-rw-r--     989411  Jan 24 1992  cthulhumonsters1.0.cpt.hqx

The one at toklab appears to be different - it's been subjected to tar rather
than having been compressed using CompctPro.  I haven't looked at it, since
I have the stack already, but I assume it's for
people who don't have the ability to uncompact files.

Steve
-- 
Stephen Beitzel        | "Jack the sound barrier.   | Disclaimers are for 
<sbeitzel@netcom.com>  | Bring the noise."          | sucks; these opinions
<sbeitzel@wet.com>     | - Neal Stephenson          | belong to EVERYONE!
From: rmr@acsu.buffalo.edu (Richard M. Romanowski)
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
Subject: Re: Clark Ashton Smith
Date: 17 Nov 92 23:39:57 GMT
Organization: UB

gairns@ccrs.emr.ca (Jamie Gairns) writes:


>	CAS is one my FAVOURITE writers, perhaps even more so than
>	HPL.  Also, Lord Dunsany.  I've managed to pick up several
>	CAS and Lord Dunsany paperbacks.  The stories are more
>	mystical and 'fantasy' (oops, did *I* say that ?).

	Let every knee be bent;  let every hashish-eater fall silent,
	at the mention of the sacred DUNSANY.

	Lovecraft wrote that believers in the occult frequently write
less convincing horror stories because they have something to prove, 
and the axe-grinding gets in the way of the atmosphere.  He had a point.

	But then there are occult writers who KNOW what they're talking 
about from experience.  I would class Lovecraft as one of these, since
0th century occultists would call his dreams astral workings, but he had 
little technical grasp -- kind of like Shakespeare might be if he never 
learned to read.  But Dunsany LIVED what he wrote.  Hell, so did Poe,
but Dunsany lived on an heroic scale.  Dunsany was a Lord, and he could
go and kill people with the same ease that rednecks can go poaching.
Lovecraft looked to the time when men would rise up to lust and slay;
Dunsany lived in it ... and saw the horrors of mediocrity that are
infinitely less desirable than the horrors of evil genius.  THe evil
genius has Miltonic splendor -- the merely mediocre needs nothing but the
boot.

	_Time_and_the_Gods_ ought to be required reading for every living
organism of this planet.  _A_Dreamer's_Tales_ should be taught before
children have teeth.  _If_I_Were_Dictator_ ought to be graven in brass
and posted on every streetcorner -- or at least read thoroughly before
young persons peruse the Constitution and other fundamental documents
of citizenship.

suat 358
Rick
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: jbuhler@owlnet.rice.edu (Jeremy Daniel Buhler)
Subject: Re: CoC RPG crossovers!
Summary: Coc & Toon 
Keywords: CoC Toon Catchoolu
Organization: Rice University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:46:16 GMT

>TOON/CoC crossover - called Call of Ctoonlu

There is an official crossover between these two available in the Toon
extension guide.  The name is "Crawl of Catchoolu," which is very similar
in concept but has some interesting twists.  For instance, Toon characters
start with 60 points of IN-sanity and become progressively more sane as
they are exposed to slurping horrors.  Some of the monsters include
Catchoolu <need I say more :-)?>
Crisponions
Hamstur the Unbearable (he who should not be smelled)
Nyuk-Nyuk-Nyukaschlep
Yu-Go, the fungi from Cleveland
Tsoggywahaha the Unfunny One, comedian of the Elderly Gods
The shiftless spawn of Tsoggywahaha
Qwertyuiop Asdfghjkl Zxcvbnm (he whose name cannot be pronounced)
and Zok-Hotdog (he who contains beef by-products)

Having played this particular version, I can attest that it is well worth
your time and energy.

BTW, there are other Toon crossovers in this book - a D&D clone, MekToon,
CarToon Wars, and Toonpunk 2020-and-a-half, to name some.  All we need is
a Toon version of Paranoia (or would that be redundant...?).

							
-- 
     Jeremy Buhler        <        Ceci n'est pas une .sig
 jbuhler@owlnet.rice.edu  >        
Rice U., Houston, TX, USA < Funetik spelers uv the wurld yoonite!
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu,alt.necromicon
From: mkelly@dumpster.helios.nd.edu (michael kelly)
Subject: Re: FAQ? (Was: Questions about one story and some anthologies.)
Reply-To: mkelly@dumpster.helios.nd.edu (michael kelly)
Organization: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:35:25 GMT

 bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu (BILLY JOE BISSETTE) writes:

> Thothwechchaath aikottathllogg gaoaoa gaaurotlol gtloithrahosh gaaizceebiayo? 
> Kniniagliachta khshoiauathyu achthoonchogg aachshagg ghchaimmgi wyooiathy'
> iaghneghga uayishoichzhaau oghnachm'iao eoashlashwoa oaghkondbona gaorgathbah
> shogltab gnbiaiuu Iammothggoo...

No.

-- 
+               Mike Kelly, Notre Dame Department of Physics                +
+                                                                           +
+ mkelly@doc.helios.nd.edu          "The more you drive,                    + 
+ mkelly@undhe5.hep.nd.edu                 the less intelligent you are."   +
From: rmr@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Randy M. Roberts)
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
Subject: Re: CoC RPG crossover
Date: 19 Nov 92 22:12:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin
In-reply-to: mlabossi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu's message of 14 Nov 92 19:33:57 GMT

There is a Roleplayer article volume approx. 24 which talks about
converting CoC to GURPS.

Regards,
Randy
--
Randy M. Roberts
rmr@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu,alt.necromicon
From: bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu (BILLY JOE BISSETTE)
Subject: FAQ? (Was: Questions about one story and some anthologies.)
Originator: bjbisset@c00032-118dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu (BILLY JOE BISSETTE)
Organization: Raise A Great Old One Foundation
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:44:27 GMT


 Does this group have a FAQ?  Something nice for it would be list of
anthologies and stories which are considered Mtyhos...
-- 
----------bill the insane cultist, bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu
Please make a donation to the "Raise a Great Old One" Foundation.
Everyone chant with me:  Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
                         Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

Newsgroups: alt.horror.cthulhu
From: ehenness@willamette.edu (Ethan D. Hennessey)
Subject: Decal
Organization: Willamette University, Salem OR
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 03:15:08 GMT

  Peter Trei posted asking where to get a new Miskatonic U. window decal. 
If anyone knows, just post, I'd like to know too, and I'm sure several
others would as well.