“No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity."
- Through the Gates of the Silver Key
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“No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity."
- Through the Gates of the Silver Key
This is Lovecraft's version of The Wizard of Oz.
Randolph Carter = Dorothy
Boston = Kansas
Oz = Dreamland
Scarecrow/Tin Man/Lion = Ghouls/Nightgaunts/Cats
Flying Monkeys = Hippocephalic bird abominations
Witch/Wizard = Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos