MOB Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Coming for Christmas! http://www.chaosium.com/blog/coming-for-christmas-hp-lovecrafts-the-call-of-cthulhu-for-beginning-readers/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girtablilu Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Love it! Quote "Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned." Anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius West Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 LOL, who will stop the Rise of Cutethulhu? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 We got R.J Ivankovic a sample copy of his book, HP LOVECRAFT'S THE CALL OF CTHULHU (for beginning readers). He was very pleased with the final product! The printing presses are already rolling (in the US and Lithuania), and this 118 page, full color hardback will be ready to purchase after Thanksgiving at chaosium.com, in plenty of time for Christmas! http://drfaustusau.deviantart.com/art/Dead-Tree-Edition-643564980 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jux Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 What makes it for beginning readers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Cultists attack you when you crack open the spine. Then reading the forward summons Cthulhu, who eats you before you have to go through the pronunciation guide. If, you somehow survive all that, you know enough of the plot so that you don't actually have to read the book. 1 Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 hour ago, jux said: What makes it for beginning readers? Anapestic tetrameter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayerson Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 hour ago, MOB said: Anapestic Soooo less 'Horton hears a who' and more like 'Horton hears a nameless cry of inhuman terror and decides to go about his day otherwise'? 2 Quote Say no to censorship "Did he say he was a Rune Lord or that he knew one?" "Go, and never darken my towels again." "Ach Crimmens! Ye smited me...ye craven. Worra, worra. What would me Mum say?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Four metrical feet per line?!! EEk they're mixing Metric and Imperial measurements! No wonder the buildings have non-Euclidean geometry! 1 Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 I guess your never too young to lose SAN! Hmm, I wonder what the game stats would be for this book? Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 The stars are right—HP Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu (for beginning readers) is available now from Chaosium's US warehouse!* Glorious, full color 102 page hardback, with PDF included. Order it here: http://www.chaosium.com/hpls-call-of-cthulhu-for-beginning-readers/ (*will be available soon in UK and Australian warehouses too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 US and Canadian customers: order by Dec 5 for pre-Christmas delivery http://bit.ly/HPLTCoC (UK and European customers - copies will be available from our UK warehouse soon, and you'll have more time to get your order in for Christmas delivery) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 HP Lovecraft's THE CALL OF CTHULHU (for beginning readers) is available NOW from our UK warehouse! UK customers: order by Friday December 16 for pre-Christmas delivery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Now available from our AUSTRALIAN warehouse too! Australian customers: order by Friday December 16 for pre-Christmas delivery! New Zealanders - get your order in TODAY (Dec 13) for pre-Christmas delivery! http://bit.ly/HPLTCoC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmtooth Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Arrived in the U.K. today. One of my sons is now being indoctrinated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g33k Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 On 11/5/2016 at 4:58 AM, Atgxtg said: I guess your never too young to lose SAN! Insanity is heritable. You get it from your children... Quote C'es ne pas un .sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) This is a great article, but regarding the G&S headline "Call of Cthulhu now a Seuss book", we just want to make very clear H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers is NOT a derivative "Dr. Seuss book" repackaged with Mythos themes—this is H. P. Lovecraft's classic short story "The Call of Cthulhu" reimagined as a children's book. It is not a reskinning of a Dr. Seuss story. It contains entirely original art (obviously influenced by Theodor Geisel's style but not derivative of any Geisel piece), and is Lovecraft's original 1928 story seamlessly and gracefully retold in anapestic tetrameter by “genius poet-artist” RJ Ivankovic. We don't want anyone to purchase this book thinking this is something other than what it is! http://geekandsundry.com/call-of-cthulhu-now-a-seuss-book-and-its-terrifying/ Edited December 24, 2016 by MOB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mankcam Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) I wasn't digging the idea of another lampoon product, but I was pleasantly surprised after seeing this review. Especially since the reviewer sums it up with a line such as: " This book does not make Lovecraft funny. Rather, it makes Seuss scary. " Now this has got my interest Edited December 24, 2016 by Mankcam Quote " Sure it's fun, but it is also well known that a D20 roll and an AC is no match against a hefty swing of a D100% and a D20 Hit Location Table!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 On 12/24/2016 at 7:37 PM, Mankcam said: I wasn't digging the idea of another lampoon product, but I was pleasantly surprised after seeing this review. Especially since the reviewer sums it up with a line such as: " This book does not make Lovecraft funny. Rather, it makes Seuss scary. " Now this has got my interest Yep, this is definitely not a lampoon. Chaosium pretty restricts that sort of thing to "Cthulhu for President" every four years. It's also not a reskinning of a Dr. Seuss story, nor does it use any Dr Seuss characters, storylines or images. While R.J. Ivankovic was influenced by Theodor Geisel's amazing artwork (his use of non-Euclidian geometry was visually second to nobody, after all) we also acknowledge the influence of Shel Silverstein, Jules Feiffer, Maurice Sendak, and every other sanity-damaging children's book illustrator of our youth (and also Clement Clarke Moore for his popularization of anapestic tetrameter). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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