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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/t
by 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 agoHe 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.