Date: 2015-10-16 08:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bruce munro (from livejournal.com)
Well, in the long run we're doomed to an unspeakable ending in the Lovecraftian universe, but archeologists _can_ make it happen sooner. If we don't, say, rile up the polypous abominations below Australia, it may be millennia yet before it comes down to Who Will be Eaten First.

Date: 2015-10-16 08:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] w. dow rieder (from livejournal.com)
A fair point. Managing to die sane, of natural causes, is what passes for winning in such settings.

Date: 2015-10-16 08:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anzhalyumitethe.livejournal.com
pshaw.

That was in the pre atomic bomb 20th century: any mess can be cauterized properly with the appropriate and enthusiastic application of vigorous atom splitting.

;)

Date: 2015-10-16 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bruce munro (from livejournal.com)
"What happens when we nuke Cthulhu?" The answer is, of course, "He reforms fifteen minutes later. But now he's radioactive."

Date: 2015-10-16 10:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seth ellis (from livejournal.com)
When you nuke the abyss, the abyss nukes you.

Date: 2015-10-16 10:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bruce munro (from livejournal.com)
Nuking the abyss is just throwing your atoms down a hole.

Date: 2015-10-17 01:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anzhalyumitethe.livejournal.com
So, we have a 1/450 Hz nuclear furnace. Just have to build a containment vessel in 15 minute increments. duuur.

;)

Date: 2015-10-17 07:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eub.livejournal.com
You say "Cthulhu", I say "Orion pusher plate".

Date: 2015-10-17 08:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roseembolism.livejournal.com
I've never notify that idea. This was a creature they was discriminated by a fishing boat- obviously an artillery shell would do the same.

So if Big C awakes, then simply sustaining a continuous artillery barrage should keep it occupied more or less permanently.

Date: 2015-10-27 02:21 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I'm guessing you never read A Colder War?

It's available online: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm

Profile

james_davis_nicoll: (Default)
james_davis_nicoll

May 2025

S M T W T F S
     1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 910
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 293031

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated May. 30th, 2025 04:54 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios