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Cosmic Horror

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"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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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Version that is more readable with less jpeg artifacts

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

doing cthulhus work πŸ™

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Honestly I just wanted to read what Meredith was repeating

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month 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 5 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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[–] ekZepp 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago