![]() They have remade the Earth to better suit themselves, after nearly wiping out the whole of humanity in the process. ![]() Fans of Mad Max, The Dark Tower and the computer game franchise Fallout will feel right at home with the post-apocalyptic setting of this story.Ĭthulhu Armageddon is the first in a series of novels that are set a century after the great old ones such as Cthulhu, Hastur and Nyarlathotep have risen from their watery resting places. He is a self-professed gamer who has utilised his comprehensive knowledge of the role-playing game, Call of Cthulhu, to produce a novel that clearly shows its influence throughout. Imagine how I felt and how taken aback I was when my daughter later asked me if all the men in action films - "back in the day" - were so over the top? Forced to reply in the affirmative, I received the 'eye-roll of death' and I was left feeling embarrassed at enjoying such a display of overt machismo.Ĭthulhu Armageddon had much the same effect on me.Ĭ. T. Phipps has created an interesting contribution to the Cthulhu mythos here. I hadn’t actually seen it since the ‘90s but I thought it was still a fantastic movie. ![]() I recently watched Predator with my teenage daughter. ![]()
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