A\u00f0 skipta \u00far Edgar Allan Poe yfir \u00ed Rudyard Kipling er einsog a\u00f0 koma ofan af Vatnsskar\u00f0i \u00ed blindbyl ni\u00f0ur \u00ed Skagafj\u00f6r\u00f0 um sumar. \u00dear \u00e1 \u00e9g vi\u00f0 ritst\u00edlinn en ekki efni\u00f0. \u00d6ll vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00e9g-sins (allar s\u00f6guhetjur Poes eru \u00e9g<\/i>) \u00ed The Fall of the House of Usher<\/i> (ekki \u201et\u00f3nlistarmannsins\u201c) eru yfirdrifin, \u00far samhengi vi\u00f0 a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur; \u00e9g-i\u00f0 er myrkf\u00e6lin \u201edramadrottning\u201c. Svo er hann rasisti, sem passar vi\u00f0 skr\u00edmslate\u00f3r\u00eduna m\u00edna; hinar villtu \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ir<\/i> eru, \u00ed mannkynss\u00f6gunni, \u00f3freskjur. Kipling hefur oft veri\u00f0 tengdur vi\u00f0 k\u00f3l\u00f3n\u00edalisma, ekki s\u00edst af eftirlendufr\u00e6\u00f0ingum, en \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir alla hans hv\u00edtu byr\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 finnur ma\u00f0ur ekki hj\u00e1 honum \u00fe\u00e1 sko\u00f0un a\u00f0 m\u00faslimar s\u00e9u \u00f3mennskir. \u00devert \u00e1 m\u00f3ti g\u00e6tu h\u00f6r\u00f0ustu d\u00f3marnir sem finna m\u00e1 \u00ed The Man Who Would Be King<\/i> allt eins veri\u00f0 l\u00fdsing hans \u00e1 Lund\u00fanum ef ma\u00f0ur a\u00f0eins skiptir \u00fat indversku termin\u00f3l\u00f3g\u00edunni.<\/p>\n
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\u00cd hryllingsb\u00f3kmenntum (kvikmyndir teljast \u00fear me\u00f0) er lausnin alltaf f\u00f3lgin \u00ed einni b\u00f3k, e\u00f0a einhverju einu \u00edtemi \u00f6\u00f0ru. Hafi\u00f0 \u00fei\u00f0 teki\u00f0 eftir \u00feessu? S\u00f6guhetja fer til s\u00e1lfr\u00e6\u00f0ings\/galdral\u00e6knis eftir a\u00f0 hafa lent \u00ed yfirn\u00e1tt\u00farulegum hremmingum og vi\u00f0komandi segir henni a\u00f0 lesa \u00feessa<\/i> b\u00f3k. Svo reynist svari\u00f0 liggja \u00fear. Galdra-Loftur leitar einnar galdrab\u00f3kar, Rau\u00f0skinnu, sem \u00e1 a\u00f0 leysa \u00f6ll hans vandr\u00e6\u00f0i (lesist: valdaf\u00edkn). Jack Nicholson \u00ed Wolf<\/a> er upp\u00e1lagt a\u00f0 lesa eina tiltekna b\u00f3k, sem hann af\u00feakkar. Hann f\u00e6r \u00fe\u00e1 einn tiltekinn verndargrip sem \u00e1 a\u00f0 af\u00falfa hann, ef svo m\u00e1 a\u00f0 or\u00f0i kve\u00f0a. Hann h\u00e6ttir a\u00f0 nota hann \u00fe\u00f3tt lj\u00f3st s\u00e9 a\u00f0 gripurinn virkar. \u00cd Dumasarf\u00e9laginu<\/i> er \u00fea\u00f0 ein b\u00f3k, sem var\u00f0veist hefur \u00ed \u00ferem fr\u00e1brug\u00f0num eint\u00f6kum af annarri b\u00f3k, en allt anna\u00f0 er fals. H. P. Lovecraft var au\u00f0vita\u00f0 me\u00f0 Necronomicon.<\/p>\n \u00deetta sama m\u00e1 svo, sj\u00e1lfsagt engum til fur\u00f0u, finna \u00ed \u00feeim samf\u00e9l\u00f6gum e\u00f0a undirsamf\u00e9l\u00f6gum \u2013 l\u00edklega m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0 menningarkima \u2013 sem a\u00f0hyllast einhverja dulspeki. Sumum n\u00e6gir einfaldlega a\u00f0 lesa eina uppdikta\u00f0a Necronomicon \u2013hverja af \u00feeim m\u00f6rgu b\u00f3kum sem ganga undir \u00fev\u00ed heiti sem er \u2013 e\u00f0a nokkrar svolei\u00f0is, til a\u00f0 \u00feykjast hafa h\u00f6ndla\u00f0 sannleikann. M\u00e9r finnst \u00fea\u00f0 vera merkileg hugmynd, a\u00f0 telja a\u00f0 sannleikur einhvers m\u00e1ls geti leynst \u00ed einni b\u00f3k, hva\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 heils heims. Kannski finnst m\u00e9r \u00fea\u00f0 ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur merkilegt af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 einhvern t\u00edma var \u00e9g haldinn \u00feessari s\u00f6mu ranghugmynd um b\u00e6kur. Til \u00feess a\u00f0 komast a\u00f0 sm\u00e1v\u00e6gilegum s\u00f6gulegum sannleik \u00fearf \u00e9g hinsvegar a\u00f0 lesa heil \u00f3grynni af b\u00f3kum. Framsetningin er au\u00f0vita\u00f0 au\u00f0veldari svona, og hugmyndin er heillandi, a\u00f0 finna eina gamla skr\u00e6\u00f0u \u00ed gleymdu b\u00f3kasafni og leysa me\u00f0 henni g\u00e1tur. Poe var alltaf me\u00f0 \u00feetta \u201eforgotten lore\u201c. En s\u00e9\u00f0 utan fr\u00e1 m\u00e6tti l\u00edka segja a\u00f0 hryllingsheiminn hrj\u00e1i akadem\u00edsk leti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A\u00f0 skipta \u00far Edgar Allan Poe yfir \u00ed Rudyard Kipling er einsog a\u00f0 koma ofan af Vatnsskar\u00f0i \u00ed blindbyl ni\u00f0ur \u00ed Skagafj\u00f6r\u00f0 um sumar. \u00dear \u00e1 \u00e9g vi\u00f0 ritst\u00edlinn en ekki efni\u00f0. \u00d6ll vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00e9g-sins (allar s\u00f6guhetjur Poes eru \u00e9g) \u00ed The Fall of the House of Usher (ekki \u201et\u00f3nlistarmannsins\u201c) eru yfirdrifin, \u00far samhengi vi\u00f0 … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: L'\u00e9tranger e(s)t le monstre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,36,19,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bkur","category-kvikmyndir","category-nami","category-saga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13897,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3978\/revisions\/13897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/arngrimurv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}