Void
Posted by:
Minicthulhu (IP Logged)
Date: 11 April, 2020 02:28PM
Hello.
In reading older fiction one sometimes comes across the word "void." What exactly does it mean? Cosmic emptiness? Another dimension? Some other concept?
"Baumoff died of heart-failure, of course, obviously! I should never be so foolish as to suggest to any sane jury that, in his extraordinary, self-hypnotised, defenseless condition, he was "entered" by some Christ-apeing Monster of the Void." (Baumoff Explosive by W.H. Hodgson)
"It is a force generated by conditions; but, nevertheless, this does not bring us one iota nearer to its explanation, any more than to the explanation of electricity or fire. They are, all three, of the outer forces--monsters of the void." (The Derelict by W.H.Hodgson)