But what are strange aeons? Why will Death die?
Reading Lovecraft: You’re doing it wrong.
Strange eons are many and long aeons; HPL thinks in a steady state cosmos where the universe is indefinitely old. Death will die in the Christian phrasing—the non-human menaces grow more powerful over time and their ‘sleep’ periods will shrink.
But what are strange aeons? Why will Death die?
Reading Lovecraft: You’re doing it wrong.
Strange eons are many and long aeons; HPL thinks in a steady state cosmos where the universe is indefinitely old. Death will die in the Christian phrasing—the non-human menaces grow more powerful over time and their ‘sleep’ periods will shrink.