THE DEEP ONES: "The Last Hieroglyph" by Clark Ashton Smith
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1gwendetenebre
"The Last Hieroglyph" by Clark Ashton Smith
Discussion begins August 2, 2023.
First published in the April 1935 issue of Weird Tales
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?62566
SELECTED PRINT VERSIONS
Out of Space and Time
The Last Hieroglyph: Volume Five of the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith
Zothique
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy
ONLINE VERSIONS
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/111/the-last-hieroglyph
ONLINE AUDIO VERSIONS
No online audio versions found to date.
MISCELLANY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith
https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2018/03/clark-ashton-smith/
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/sifting-the-good-from-the-bad-a-...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2007/02/18/a-journey-...
https://tinyurl.com/26aszmh2
Discussion begins August 2, 2023.
First published in the April 1935 issue of Weird Tales
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?62566
SELECTED PRINT VERSIONS
Out of Space and Time
The Last Hieroglyph: Volume Five of the Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith
Zothique
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy
ONLINE VERSIONS
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/111/the-last-hieroglyph
ONLINE AUDIO VERSIONS
No online audio versions found to date.
MISCELLANY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith
https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2018/03/clark-ashton-smith/
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/sifting-the-good-from-the-bad-a-...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2007/02/18/a-journey-...
https://tinyurl.com/26aszmh2
2AndreasJ
The evident ineluctability of Nushain's fate is obviously part of the point, but it sort of removes the tension from his journey - he can't very well come to a mishap like Ralibar Vooz in "The Seven Geases", still less make some clever escape.
It's interesting that the god of destiny is himself compelled by some higher(?) power to turn his page. If one takes the perhaps too-obvious view that Vergama is CAS, the author, himself, I guess he's compelled to finish and sell his stories by simple economic necessity.
It's interesting that the god of destiny is himself compelled by some higher(?) power to turn his page. If one takes the perhaps too-obvious view that Vergama is CAS, the author, himself, I guess he's compelled to finish and sell his stories by simple economic necessity.
