Henrik S. Harksen
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October 2007
Urban Cthulhu: Nightmare Cities (Hplmythos.com #2)
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1900 - Et århundredes tusmørke
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2022
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Fra Skyggerne og andre Cthulhu Mythos noveller (Hplmythos.dk, # 1)
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2007
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Lyden af vanvid (Hplmythos.dk, # 2)
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2010
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Grufulde mørke: nye Cthulhu Mythos noveller (Hplmythos.dk, # 3)
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2012
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Dystre Danmark
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2009
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Dystre Danmark 2
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2011
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“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― Supernatural Horror in Literature
― Supernatural Horror in Literature
“If you imagine the 4,500-bilion-odd years of Earth's history compressed into a normal earthly day, then life begins very early, about 4 A.M., with the rise of the first simple, single-celled organisms, but then advances no further for the next sixteen hours. Not until almost 8:30 in the evening, with the day five-sixths over, has Earth anything to show the universe but a restless skin of microbes. Then, finally, the first sea plants appear, followed twenty minutes later by the first jellyfish and the enigmatic Ediacaran fauna first seen by Reginald Sprigg in Australia. At 9:04 P.M. trilobites swim onto the scene, followed more or less immediately by the shapely creatures of the Burgess Shale. Just before 10 P.M. plants begin to pop up on the land. Soon after, with less than two hours left in the day, the first land creatures follow.
Thanks to ten minutes or so of balmy weather, by 10:24 the Earth is covered in the great carboniferous forests whose residues give us all our coal, and the first winged insects are evident. Dinosaurs plod onto the scene just before 11 P.M. and hold sway for about three-quarters of an hour. At twenty-one minutes to midnight they vanish and the age of mammals begins. Humans emerge one minute and seventeen seconds before midnight. The whole of our recorded history, on this scale, would be no more than a few seconds, a single human lifetime barely an instant. Throughout this greatly speeded-up day continents slide about and bang together at a clip that seems positively reckless. Mountains rise and melt away, ocean basins come and go, ice sheets advance and withdraw. And throughout the whole, about three times every minute, somewhere on the planet there is a flash-bulb pop of light marking the impact of a Manson-sized meteor or one even larger. It's a wonder that anything at all can survive in such a pummeled and unsettled environment. In fact, not many things do for long.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
Thanks to ten minutes or so of balmy weather, by 10:24 the Earth is covered in the great carboniferous forests whose residues give us all our coal, and the first winged insects are evident. Dinosaurs plod onto the scene just before 11 P.M. and hold sway for about three-quarters of an hour. At twenty-one minutes to midnight they vanish and the age of mammals begins. Humans emerge one minute and seventeen seconds before midnight. The whole of our recorded history, on this scale, would be no more than a few seconds, a single human lifetime barely an instant. Throughout this greatly speeded-up day continents slide about and bang together at a clip that seems positively reckless. Mountains rise and melt away, ocean basins come and go, ice sheets advance and withdraw. And throughout the whole, about three times every minute, somewhere on the planet there is a flash-bulb pop of light marking the impact of a Manson-sized meteor or one even larger. It's a wonder that anything at all can survive in such a pummeled and unsettled environment. In fact, not many things do for long.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Oct 31, 2012 05:43PM
Thanks for the comment on my Lovecraft :-) I see I neglected to thank you for friending me - probably caught me at a busy time ... wait, they're all busy times... oh, well... :-)
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Alan wrote: "Hi Henrik - good to know you. I see you write in the Lovecraft genre. I'm currently rereading Call of Cthulhu. I like to write a bit like that too from time to time."
Hi Allan. Thanks for the invitation; I sure look forward to getting to know you.
Yes, I write, edit & publish in the Lovecraftian genre. And study it too. What can I say? I'm a geek;-)
"Call of Cthulhu" is a classic; I reread it every few years. It's always a pleasure. What have you written in the genre? Care to share it?
Hi Allan. Thanks for the invitation; I sure look forward to getting to know you.
Yes, I write, edit & publish in the Lovecraftian genre. And study it too. What can I say? I'm a geek;-)
"Call of Cthulhu" is a classic; I reread it every few years. It's always a pleasure. What have you written in the genre? Care to share it?
Hi Henrik - good to know you. I see you write in the Lovecraft genre. I'm currently rereading Call of Cthulhu. I like to write a bit like that too from time to time.
Hello Henrik,
Thank you for being my friend. When you have the time, please visit the Happy & Brainy Group.
Have a great day!
Best regards,
Ilyn
Thank you for being my friend. When you have the time, please visit the Happy & Brainy Group.
Have a great day!
Best regards,
Ilyn