The Shadow Over Innsmouth

Acooljt · Post by **Acooljt** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:58 pm

I know the infamous quote, "That is not dead which may eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die" is in The Shadow Over Innsmouth, but I must have overlooked it. In what chapter of the story is it?

Jehar · Post by **Jehar** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:16 am

Actually, I believe it first appeared in "The Nameless City".

Acooljt · Post by **Acooljt** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:20 pm

Well in the book I have, I don't have The Nameless City. I'm not even looking for it's origin, I just wanna know where it was in The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:38 pm

I'm not too sure it was there, to be honest. The story doesn't involve the ol' squiddy, and the couplet's usually used to describe him. It's originally from "The Namless City" all right, but it crops up in "The Call of Cthulhu" as well.

Acooljt · Post by **Acooljt** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:00 pm

Hmmm, I don't remember reading it in The Call of Cthulhu. Where was it at in that?

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:36 am

i'm not one of those guys with a photographic memory for text.. so when i wanted to find a certain line, i went to that online lovecraft library (linked from this site, somewheres) and then used my browser to [f]ind the lines i wanted

Dwight L. MacPherson · Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:56 pm

It's actually a quote from The Necronomicon in "The Nameless City." It also appears in "The Call of Cthulhu" in Chapter II--also as a quote from the Necronomicon.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:44 pm

Acooljt wrote:Hmmm, I don't remember reading it in The Call of Cthulhu. Where was it at in that?

Many many times. When they were discussing the statuette, I do believe.

jp · Post by jp » Mon May 22, 2006 12:39 pm

As far as I know the quote doesn't appear in "Shadow Over Innsmouth". Thus far I've only encountered it in "Call of Cthulhu" and "The Nameless City".

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:11 pm

To be honest, I think those are the only places it's used.

~anothercell~ · Post by **~anothercell~** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:00 am

I don`t remember reading it in Shadow over Innsmouth...I think it was in another book.

TheEdge · Post by **TheEdge** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:15 am

I dont believe it was in shadow over innsmouth. If I could guess I would say Call of Cthulhu.

Also does anyone else agree that Shadow of Innsmouth has been whored out a little too much in popular media? I mean why dont they do the lurking fear, The thing on the doorstep, The picture in the house <----- (That one was sooo spooky)

~anothercell~ · Post by **~anothercell~** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:33 pm

Yes,you`re right,it has become a little too much popular,but,in my opinion it`s one of his greatest books.But I wonder why they almost always just mention "The Shadow over Innsmouth" when talking about H.P. Lovecrafts books,too.There are so many others of Lovecraft,that are just as great as this one.

TheEdge · Post by **TheEdge** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:43 pm

Its probably the easiest to weave a story around. I mean you have the villians (Deep Ones, Crazed Town Hybrids) and then you have the Hero (Noir Private Detective)

~anothercell~ · Post by **~anothercell~** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:55 pm

Oh,you mean even people who don`t like H.P. Lovecraft`s Books can like it,cause it`s very stereotypic?That`s a good theory,for almost all of his other books you have to be interested in the myth or at least in themes like that.