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DARKBABY67 — In the Walls of Eryx

Published: 2010-06-09 15:29:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 3076; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 172
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Description *Excerpt from "In the Walls of Eryx"

"It was no common series of mischances which had made me lose my way in this roofless, unseen tangle of corridors. Far from it. Beyond doubt. the place was a genuine maze __ a labyrinth deliberatly built by these hellish beings whose craft and mentality I had so badly underestimated. Might I not have suspected this before, knowing of their uncanny architectual skill? The purpose was all too plain. It was a trap __ a trap set to catch human beings, and with the crystal sphereoid as bait. These reptilian things, in their war on the takers of crystals, had turned to strategy and were using our own cupidity against us."

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"In the Walls of Eryx" is a short story by the pulp fiction author H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth J. Sterling, written in January 1936 and first published in Weird Tales magazine in October 1939. It is unusual among Lovecraft's work as a standard science fiction story involving space exploration in the near future.

The story, written in first-person narrative, depicts the life and death of a prospector on the planet Venus who, while working for a mining company, becomes trapped in an invisible maze.

The story takes place in the future, when humanity has developed space travel and begun to explore Venus. There, they discover valuable crystal orbs that can be used as a source of electrical power, as well as a race of primitive lizardmen who guard the crystals fervently and who attack any humans who try to take them.

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Credits ~

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Resurgere

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Funerium

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Angelia61-stock

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Space Explorer


Poisongrin

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Crystals


Ravenarcana

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Crystal Sphere


eddyhaze

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Alien Creatures (cat skull)


pokoachondria

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Night-fate-stock

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Kizistock

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Amptone-stock

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Fotocali

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Frozenstocks

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shad0w-gfx

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Comments: 20

DarkGoddess26 [2010-06-10 20:05:12 +0000 UTC]

this one is pretty wild! excellent work! xoxo

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Demon-of-Sins666 [2010-06-10 19:40:07 +0000 UTC]

I like it, its fun to look at!

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ravenarcana [2010-06-10 15:47:52 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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DARKBABY67 In reply to ravenarcana [2010-06-10 16:02:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your amazing stock and for the

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Inferno42 [2010-06-10 01:06:12 +0000 UTC]

I really don't know what the hell I'm looking at, which makes it just the way Lovecraft intended it to be...

Great job!

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DARKBABY67 In reply to Inferno42 [2010-06-10 01:37:15 +0000 UTC]

oh and what your seeing in my pic is the explorer sitting in the middle of an invisible maze she cant escape from or see only feel holding the crystal sphere that she found in the maze and through the glass wall of the maze she can see the lizard men creatures (they are seen in the reflection on the glass..thats why we can see them too)..who came to watch her die when she runs out of air tablets and food tablets

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DARKBABY67 In reply to Inferno42 [2010-06-10 01:28:42 +0000 UTC]

..lol..thats why i put in a paragraph from the story and a small disciption about the story..didnt want folks to get to lost..thank you btw..

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Inferno42 In reply to DARKBABY67 [2010-06-10 20:51:21 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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ArcanexAngel [2010-06-09 18:58:42 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful!

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DARKBABY67 In reply to ArcanexAngel [2010-06-09 19:09:48 +0000 UTC]

thank you mucho!

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ArcanexAngel In reply to DARKBABY67 [2010-06-09 19:13:56 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome^^

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tobaal [2010-06-09 18:55:11 +0000 UTC]

that's my favorite story ever................ever. cool pic.

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DARKBABY67 In reply to tobaal [2010-06-09 19:11:22 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Thrashmaniacwarrior [2010-06-09 16:12:22 +0000 UTC]

Wicked artwork! i love this pics!

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DARKBABY67 In reply to Thrashmaniacwarrior [2010-06-09 16:37:08 +0000 UTC]

Hi Dwayne! Thank you

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Thrashmaniacwarrior In reply to DARKBABY67 [2010-06-09 16:56:04 +0000 UTC]

How are you my friend?

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DARKBABY67 In reply to Thrashmaniacwarrior [2010-06-09 19:10:15 +0000 UTC]

Im good! justworking on s new pic..what r u up to today dwayne?

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Thrashmaniacwarrior In reply to DARKBABY67 [2010-06-09 19:31:37 +0000 UTC]

I'm working on artwork for friend on deviantart!

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DARKBABY67 In reply to Thrashmaniacwarrior [2010-06-09 21:06:11 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! i cant wait to see it!

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Thrashmaniacwarrior In reply to DARKBABY67 [2010-06-09 21:10:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! i'm drawing Jordyn from Miss-Enigma.Deviantart.com

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