{"id":581,"date":"2011-05-03T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/?p=581"},"modified":"2011-04-30T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T18:27:55","slug":"cthulhu-101-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/home\/2011\/05\/cthulhu-101-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Cthulhu 101 (Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Cthulhu<\/a>

Cthulhu 101, from Atomic Overmind Press<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cthulhu 101: A Beginner\u2019s Guide to the Dreamer in the Deep<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
Published by Atomic Overmind Press, $8.95<\/strong>
\nBy Kenneth Hite<\/strong>
\nReviewed by Matthew Pook<\/strong> <\/p>\n

As you can see in his Trail of Cthulhu<\/a><\/em>, Ken Hite is Call of Cthulhu<\/em>\u2019s number one fan. He is more than qualified to write an initiate\u2019s guide to Cthulhu and the Cthulhu Mythos. Cthulhu 101<\/a><\/em> is just that guide, a pocket-sized book from Atomic Overmind Press that explains who Cthulhu is, where he is from \u2013 both in and out of the fiction \u2013 and what he does and does not do.<\/p>\n

It explores who H.P. Lovecraft was, what he wrote, and what were his inspirations. It discusses the good and the bad of August Derleth. (He kept Lovecraft\u2019s writings in print, but himself wrote bad stories and claimed too much when it came to copyrights.) And it suggests an awful lot of bests and not-so-bests — the best and not-so-best stories, comics, movies, television, music, games, and toys, all rounded out with suggested next steps.<\/p>\n

In places it gets as basic as, \u201cHow do you pronounce Cthulhu, exactly?\u201d In others its gets a little more complex, such as the discussions of Lovecraft\u2019s inspiration for his creation, and what exactly Cthulhu might symbolize. For the most part Hite gives us just the facts, but Derleth does come out of this in a wholly favorable light.<\/p>\n

Much of Cthulhu 101<\/a><\/em> will be familiar and too basic to the Oath<\/em>‘s readers. Basic can still be useful, though, and this is a handy reference. It is easy to imagine Hite delivering Cthulhu 101<\/em> as the PowerPoint presentation from R\u2019lyeh, so it’s worth six phobias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This review appeared in The Eye of Light and Darkness in\u00a0The Unspeakable Oath<\/em> 18<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reviewed items are rated on a scale of one to ten phobias:<\/p>\n

1-3:<\/strong> Not worth purchasing.
\n4-6:<\/strong> An average item with notable flaws; at 6 it\u2019s worth buying.
\n7-10:<\/strong> Degrees of excellence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Cthulhu 101: A Beginner\u2019s Guide to the Dreamer in the Deep Published by Atomic Overmind Press, $8.95 By Kenneth Hite Reviewed by Matthew Pook  As you can see in his Trail of Cthulhu, Ken Hite is Call of Cthulhu\u2019s number…<\/p>\n

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