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anyone else immediately reminded of this lovecraft tale? https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/nc.aspx https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/f

• testoo 3mo ago
  actually it looks like he wrote several stories on this theme: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/up.aspx https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/up.aspx what did H.P. know that we did not??
  • PapaSpaceDelta 3mo ago
    He was inspired by Iram of the Pillars, which is mentioned in the Quran (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iram_of_the_Pillars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iram_of_the_Pillars). There's an interesting overview of its role in his work here: https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Irem https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Irem.