2020- What's your goal?

[WValtakis]

I almost bought the Necronomicon the same time I picked up this book, and I should've. I've since learned to somewhat better separate the art product of an individual from their ideology. Interestingly, Lovecraft's writing was in part fuelled by his bigotry and the fear that's intrinsic with that.

Similarly, R. E. Howard was known to have written his Conan stories at all hours, spurred on by a very real sense that Conan himself was standing over his shoulder, ready to disembowel him with a scimitar, impale him with a spear or sever his head with an axe, should he fall asleep while writing, or dawdle. The 'black lotus' featured prominently in many of his stories, and I'm pretty sure that he and his contemporaries, ie; Lovecraft, were frequent users of certain mind altering substances. Pretty sure everyone was on the cocaine those days.

And opium, don't forget the opium

 

[Lorien]

how could I forget the opium?

 

[bluemax_1]

And opium, don't forget the opium

Yep.

Back in the day when it was a popular ingredient in 'Patent medicines' and readily available. (Eg. One of the most well-known examples being Samuel Coleridge's 'Kubla Khan').

Seems to have been one of the most popular drugs in literature, way back when.

 

[WValtakis]

how could I forget the opium?

Too much opium maybe?

 

[jlauffer]

Opium den sounds much more elegant than crackhouse and meth lab

 

[Lorien]

my opium den is as bad as your standard crackhouse or meth lab. Maybe worse, given the...um. Nevermind

to be fair, opium is still pretty popular

 

[bluemax_1]

my opium den is as bad as your standard crackhouse or meth lab. Maybe worse, given the...um. Nevermind

to be fair, opium is still pretty popular

The difference appears to be that no one's producing great literary works on it these days

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

The difference appears to be that no one's producing great literary works on it these days

Yeah. That's a problem.

 

[ronnie hood]

Chasing the dragon isn't a Cantonese I would recommend.

My only goal is to finish a year as a better person than I started it

 

[WValtakis]

One goal accomplished...the mill has been moved for the LAST time

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Mills are heavy. Moving Mills is hard

 

[WValtakis]

Mills are heavy. Moving Mills is hard

Even baby ones like mine

 

[BIGDORK]

been reading the hell out of this book for a couple years. Never gets old.

Thanks again for posting this!
Just received my copy today, now just need the free time
Hope to really dig in over the holiday

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

I just want to make it through. Please?

 

[Murphjd25]

I just want to make it through. Please?

I’m thinking the same thing!

 

[Big DJ]

I just want to make it through. Please?

My thoughts exactly. Lets put it behind us PLEASE!