Comments on: Pseudopod 69: The Excavation http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/ The Sound of Horror. Pseudopod is the world\'s first audio horror magazine. We deliver bone-chilling stories from today\'s most talented authors straight to your computer or MP3 player. Thu, 17 May 2012 03:55:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gish http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-28405 Gish Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:59:57 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-28405 <p>Very good story, definitely see the Lovecraft connection with the horrible things we can not understand approach. My only criticism is that the guy keeping his discovery a secret wasn't fleshed out well. We see no reasons for his motives and there is little explanation for his weird behavior. Lovecraft did a much better job of illustrating the path to madness of his characters.</p> Very good story, definitely see the Lovecraft connection with the horrible things we can not understand approach. My only criticism is that the guy keeping his discovery a secret wasn’t fleshed out well. We see no reasons for his motives and there is little explanation for his weird behavior. Lovecraft did a much better job of illustrating the path to madness of his characters.

]]> By: anangbhai http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-25045 anangbhai Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:23:13 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-25045 <p>That's the point of the story. Don't think these readers have read much Lovecraft or listened to it. The concept of the elder gods and the mythos is supposed to be that there are things we're not meant to know and that these creatures inhabit strange worlds with weird geometries and dimensions we can't perceive. That's the point of the stories, the inconceivable in the face of science and something physically repulsive and terrifying to our species.</p> That’s the point of the story. Don’t think these readers have read much Lovecraft or listened to it. The concept of the elder gods and the mythos is supposed to be that there are things we’re not meant to know and that these creatures inhabit strange worlds with weird geometries and dimensions we can’t perceive. That’s the point of the stories, the inconceivable in the face of science and something physically repulsive and terrifying to our species.

]]> By: Mari Mitchell http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-21740 Mari Mitchell Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:29:17 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-21740 <p>This was so much fun. I understood the world but never thought I was being talked down to or was anything plopped down to explain anything. It all happened naturally.</p> <p>The description was perfect.</p> <p>I found the story to very well read.</p> <p>I would have liked the story even more if I was not told before hand of the Lovecraft connection. It would have increased my fun to have made the discovery for myself.</p> This was so much fun. I understood the world but never thought I was being talked down to or was anything plopped down to explain anything. It all happened naturally.

The description was perfect.

I found the story to very well read.

I would have liked the story even more if I was not told before hand of the Lovecraft connection. It would have increased my fun to have made the discovery for myself.

]]> By: Kangaroo Deziner http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-19416 Kangaroo Deziner Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:47:54 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-19416 <p>I was linked here by a friend, and was curious, is there a written transcript for this? I'm really not the "books on tape" type of person; I don't do well listening to a story being told to me, especially when there's dialogue.</p> I was linked here by a friend, and was curious, is there a written transcript for this? I’m really not the “books on tape” type of person; I don’t do well listening to a story being told to me, especially when there’s dialogue.

]]> By: Chris http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-12247 Chris Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:58:30 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-12247 <p>Enjoyed this one a lot, I love creepy crawly bugs of the sort and could really feel the suspense build.</p> Enjoyed this one a lot, I love creepy crawly bugs of the sort and could really feel the suspense build.

]]> By: Spork http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-11989 Spork Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:51:31 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-11989 <p>I liked this, but Lise nailed one of my criticisms already. How and why would sea creatures ever be an instant threat on land?</p> <p>What I failed to grasp was why the other fellow kept it a secret from his university pal. Why? What purpose could have been served by this? I kept wondering about it, and thusly missing large parts of the story and having to rewind only to find my lingering questions weren't answered.</p> <p>I cannot come up with any serviceable, yet plausible, reason to keep the discovery of living prehistoric creatures a secret from your partner at a dig site. None.</p> I liked this, but Lise nailed one of my criticisms already. How and why would sea creatures ever be an instant threat on land?

What I failed to grasp was why the other fellow kept it a secret from his university pal. Why? What purpose could have been served by this? I kept wondering about it, and thusly missing large parts of the story and having to rewind only to find my lingering questions weren’t answered.

I cannot come up with any serviceable, yet plausible, reason to keep the discovery of living prehistoric creatures a secret from your partner at a dig site. None.

]]> By: Grrom / Pseudonym http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-11335 Grrom / Pseudonym Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:22:09 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-11335 <p>I hope i have the right Author. The story was well written and i enjoyed the time spent listening. Thank you for the Clue that led me here.</p> I hope i have the right Author. The story was well written and i enjoyed the time spent listening. Thank you for the Clue that led me here.

]]> By: Ben Thomas http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-11308 Ben Thomas Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:32:20 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-11308 <p>Thanks all for the kind and encouraging words. Nothing keeps me writing (and sculpts my style) like positive comments and criticism from readers. It's so heartening to hear that tasteful readers are keeping these sorts of stories alive!</p> <p>I love these classic-style weird tales, so I'd encourage you to check out my blog if you haven't already; I keep it up to date with news about upcoming projects and events.</p> Thanks all for the kind and encouraging words. Nothing keeps me writing (and sculpts my style) like positive comments and criticism from readers. It’s so heartening to hear that tasteful readers are keeping these sorts of stories alive!

I love these classic-style weird tales, so I’d encourage you to check out my blog if you haven’t already; I keep it up to date with news about upcoming projects and events.

]]> By: Tom http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-11072 Tom Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:07:52 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-11072 <p>Wow I haven't enjoyed a story as much as this one in a long time. Great atmosphere, and the mental deterioration and "other worldly" horror felt just like Lovecraft.</p> Wow I haven’t enjoyed a story as much as this one in a long time. Great atmosphere, and the mental deterioration and “other worldly” horror felt just like Lovecraft.

]]> By: Mark http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-10897 Mark Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:11:03 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-10897 <p>Excellent story! It was so Lovecraftian, its as if Lovecraft came back from the dead and wrote it.</p> Excellent story! It was so Lovecraftian, its as if Lovecraft came back from the dead and wrote it.

]]> By: Lise http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-10880 Lise Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:03:56 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-10880 <p>This one didn't really 'do it' for me. It's not that I can't suspend disbelief for the creatures to be dormant for 600 million years, but to transition from that to them somehow being land animals, capable of not only surviving in the dry air, but swim through it to attack just doesn't work. It turned what could have been a really good horror story to the literary equivalent of a really cheesy horror movie, complete with bad spfx.</p> This one didn’t really ‘do it’ for me. It’s not that I can’t suspend disbelief for the creatures to be dormant for 600 million years, but to transition from that to them somehow being land animals, capable of not only surviving in the dry air, but swim through it to attack just doesn’t work. It turned what could have been a really good horror story to the literary equivalent of a really cheesy horror movie, complete with bad spfx.

]]> By: Dom http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-10877 Dom Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:32:31 +0000 http://pseudopod.org/2007/12/21/pseudopod-69-the-excavation/#comment-10877 <p>Nice. Very nice. I loved the images I came up with as he tried to get away from those creatures. I wonder what happened to him afterwards...?</p> Nice. Very nice. I loved the images I came up with as he tried to get away from those creatures. I wonder what happened to him afterwards…?

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