Lumlian Knowledge 2010

[sdkdmd]

In 2009 we were left with a question from Kenny...


See if this can be answered before the end of the year.

Name please of Thelred Gustau's nephew(that's the easier part) and his nephew's girlfriend?

You've have got 25hrs 24 mins and counting.

[Silver]

You were very quick off the mark to set up a new 2010 thread! This is the first time I've hit this site so far this year!

I guess we've failed Kenny!

[kenny]

No No. Just seeing if i could pass it on before the new year, that's all.

[sdkdmd]

I've been working to much.

[kenny]

A clue needed i think. Primal Lands Vol 1. Have a look there.

[sdkdmd]

A clue needed i think. Primal Lands Vol 1. Have a look there.

Need more players. I really been busy. I've been working late, working Sat & Sun. working again this weekend...

[kenny]

It's will be a sad day if this is the year that Lumlian Knowledge is no more. With almost 2000 members you'd think that some of them would participate, us DIE HARD Lumlians can't keep it going for ever, you'd need to be near immortal to do that :eek:, now that's a thought.

[sdkdmd]

Erik and Lilly

[kenny]

Find the answer on a coffee break LOL. Correct of course, your go at your leisure:rolleyes:

[Silver]

No, Lumlian knowledge won't die - it can't! I'd play more but it's really hard without my books with me. Hang in there, I'm sure it will survive!

[sdkdmd]

A quickie...Who was Brian in a previous life?

[Silver]

Are you looking for HPL?

[sdkdmd]

Are you looking for HPL?

Yes I am.

[Silver]

See, told you it wouldn't die yet!

I'll have a think about the next question and post one in the next few days.

[Silver]

What was the name of Khasathut's father?

[sdkdmd]

Thanop'et

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Thanop'et

Oh darn you beat me to it at least I was only a couple of days late:)

[sdkdmd]

Oh darn you beat me to it at least I was only a couple of days late:)

Maybe the next one:p

[Silver]

Of course you are correct sdkdmd, over to you...

[sdkdmd]

From the same book.

Who was Ashtarta waiting for at the pool of Yith-Shesh?

[Dr. Freudenstein]

From the same book.

Who was Ashtarta waiting for at the pool of Yith-Shesh?

Khai maybe?

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Khai maybe?

No sorry I was wrong :( I think it was Imthra

[sdkdmd]

You were wrong but now you're right. Over to you.

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Those who are found to be un-thone what are they called?

[kenny]

Is this from House of Doors Books Doc?

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Is this from House of Doors Books Doc?

Yes indeed you r correct from the second visit or maze of worlds and to a lesser extent the original.
<---- good movie
post script: sorry for taking so long to reply but was otherwise engaged.

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Yes indeed you r correct from the second visit or maze of worlds and to a lesser extent the original.
<---- good movie
post script: sorry for taking so long to reply but was otherwise engaged.

No answers ok then did not think that this was too hard a question but as a clue I might say that it sounds like someone who used to be a profiler for the fbi behavioural science unit.

[sdkdmd]

I haven't even tried. I've been way to busy....but I will return.

[Dr. Freudenstein]

I haven't even tried. I've been way to busy....but I will return.

Yeah I can dig that.

[kenny]

Is it Mandy Patinkin's character from Criminal Minds? (Jason)The Gideon (spelling). And this is without looking at the books, so i'm probably wrong.
If i am right then it's my wife i will have to thank as she doesn't like (putting it mildly) any of Brian's works. I know i know i should try and get her to at least read.........Sorry going off on one there.
Cracking clue Doc (if it's right).

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Is it Mandy Patinkin's character from Criminal Minds? (Jason)The Gideon (spelling). And this is without looking at the books, so i'm probably wrong.
If i am right then it's my wife i will have to thank as she doesn't like (putting it mildly) any of Brian's works. I know i know i should try and get her to at least read.........Sorry going off on one there.
Cracking clue Doc (if it's right).

Sorry can't give you that one but you where close it's more of a lovecraft name but without the vowels.

edit. yes it is similiar to Mandy Patinkin's character name

edit again. sorry but meant to say that is is similiar rather than sounds like in my clue

[kenny]

Fair enough, had to have a look and i believe the answer now is Ggyydn.

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Fair enough, had to have a look and i believe the answer now is Ggyydn.

Yah! Correct and Kenny does it yet again.

[kenny]

How did Tarra Khash get to the jungle that hid the secret tomb of Ahorra Izz?

[kenny]

Time for a clue perhaps for all you newbies out there. He was fishing in The Bay of Monsters, caught a large fish........ It's what caught the large fish?

[kenny]

That dropped him from the sky into the jungle.

[Silver]

I'm sure it was a bird but I can't remember the name of it and haven't had the time to look.

[kenny]

Yes it was a bird Silver, your go.
(Oh bythe way it was a Roc, Page 21 Primal Lands Vol II)

[Silver]

I was going to post Roc but then decided against it - thought I was getting confused with an old Sinbad film or something like that where the character gets carried off by one!

I'll post a question soon...

[Dr. Freudenstein]

I was going to post Roc but then decided against it - thought I was getting confused with an old Sinbad film or something like that where the character gets carried off by one!

I'll post a question soon...

Ich kann es nicht erwarten.

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Ich kann es nicht erwarten.

Trying out the little german that I know. Means I can't wait.:grin:

[Silver]

You're going to have to - it was my birthday yesterday so sorry to dissapoint but I did not spend the day thinking of a question for you guys! I will get one to you though, soon.

[Silver]

What was Benjamin Williams' nick name?

[Dr. Freudenstein]

What was Benjamin Williams' nick name?

Crikey good question, as I don't know have break out my shovel and start digging

[Silver]

I think it's still a bit early for a clue but if you haven't dug up anything by mid week I'll give you a clue then.

[Silver]

Ok, it's mid week and not even a guess - so here's a clue.

Benjamin Williams was not a well man, he had a terminal disease - but that didn't stop him from going into space.

Does that help?

[kenny]

Ok, it's mid week and not even a guess - so here's a clue.

Benjamin Williams was not a well man, he had a terminal disease - but that didn't stop him from going into space.

Does that help?

As soon as i read it I knew it was from Screaming Science Fiction. It's from Big "C" and he is known as Benjamin "Smiler" Williams.

[kenny]

I think it's still a bit early for a clue but if you haven't dug up anything by mid week I'll give you a clue then.

Silly me i thought there might have been a clue in this as "if you haven't DUG up anything". I was looking in all sorts of places.:o

[Silver]

You're absolutely right Kenny. This story isn't just in Screaming Science Fiction, it's also in a couple of other short story collections, I have it in Beneath the Moors and Darker Places and I'm certain I have it somewhere else as well!

Your go

[kenny]

What was the nationality of the original Jon Bannerman?

[Numasthrall]

Portugese:)

[kenny]

Welcome back Numasthrall, and with the correct answer.

Over to you.

[Numasthrall]

Thanks Kenny,who stayed at the Queens Hotel before meeting his end on a train.

[Numasthrall]

A clue maybe....
He shouldnt have messed with the norsemen

[kenny]

THAT'S a clue!!!!

[Numasthrall]

:p
good one too...

[Silver]

That is a great clue, I know exactly which story it is but can't remember what the guys name is!

Will have to look it up when I get home tonight - if I remember to!

[Numasthrall]

:(
No ideas...
Another clue then.....Titus and Henri met him:)

[Crow]

Peasley?

[Numasthrall]

Not right Crow sowwy:(

[Silver]

Damit I forgot to look! Will have to do so tonight, that is if I remember to!

[sdkdmd]

Benjamin Sorlson

[Numasthrall]

yes,thats right,from the Vikings stone:D
your go

[sdkdmd]

Who was brought to trial at the high court for murder most foul and spitting on the grass?

[kenny]

Tarra Khash.

[Crow]

Kank Thad

[sdkdmd]

Sorry Kenny. Wrong answer.

Over to Crow for the right answer.

[Crow]

Who stole Yibb Tstll's eye?

[kenny]

Hero.

[Crow]

Hero.

Sure was, shoot.

[kenny]

Who was the Worrior King of Humquass?

[sdkdmd]

Morgath

[kenny]

Your go.

[sdkdmd]

Name the snow Leopards used as watch dogs and by who?

[kenny]

Hritta and Nythlar were Thinistor Udd's guards.

[sdkdmd]

That's them.

[kenny]

Lord Marriot had an audience of 4, name them?

[Silver]

That's a tricky one Kenny. Usually I don't know what the answer is here off the top of my head but I almost always know roughly where to look, but this time I don't recognise the name or situation at all.

Must be something I haven't read for a long time, or haven't read at all!

[sdkdmd]

I may need a little help with this one

[Numasthrall]

:eek:
ye gods:D

[kenny]

A Coven of Vampires.

[Numasthrall]

Lawrence danford,johnathan turnbull,Jason lavery and the observer/adviser whose name does not matter

[kenny]

That's them, over to you.

[Numasthrall]

Thanks Kenny,
whos the barman at the bell and bush and according to Joe what doesnt he like

[sdkdmd]

Harry doesn't like weirdos

[Numasthrall]

well spotted,from The Whisperer,off you go

[sdkdmd]

What did the drunken girl who bumped into Bannerman show him after they went up the alley way?

[kenny]

She opened her blouse for him to see her perfectly shaped, brown tipped breasts.

[sdkdmd]

Come on!!!! That was way to fast;)

[kenny]

Fresh in my mind as i've just finished reading it a couple of weeks ago.

[sdkdmd]

Fresh in my mind as i've just finished reading it a couple of weeks ago.

I remember you mentioning that now

[kenny]

From the same book......

What colour/color was the House of Doors, how many teirs high was it and what size was it at its base. As Brian describes it?

[kenny]

I remember you mentioning that now

Too late.

[kenny]

Have we forgotten about this thread?

[sdkdmd]

Have we forgotten about this thread?

Seems so:confused:

[sdkdmd]

White
Three
60 x 60 feet ,12 feet high

[kenny]

Took your time there sd, but correct. Well worth the wait.

[sdkdmd]

pawing, groping, hideous, shapeless, drifting things that lurk in the outer spaces.

What are they?

[Numasthrall]

hounds of tindalos ??

[sdkdmd]

hounds of tindalos ??

nope!!

[kenny]

pawing, groping, hideous, shapeless, drifting things that lurk in the outer spaces.

What are they?

Scary!!

A small clue perhaps, because that's what i would have answered as well.

[sdkdmd]

They are from a place the life-leaf would not go.

[DC 1]

The labour party.....

[Numasthrall]

larvae of the other gods??

[sdkdmd]

larvae of the other gods??

That would be correct

[sdkdmd]

The labour party.....

Close, but not the answer I was looking for

[Numasthrall]

Who died on Perring's Rock

[kenny]

Haven't a Scooby, want to us a clue!

[Numasthrall]

he felt too much pain

[sdkdmd]

I forgot about this question

[kenny]

This is a bit of a loaded question Numas, i'm going to say Andrew, can't find his last name, but also a beached whale died on the that Rock.

[Numasthrall]

Andrew was the one I was looking for.from The man who felt pain....great tale:D
off you go

[kenny]

Who was "Wiley Smiley"?

[kenny]

Time for a clue pehaps?

[Numasthrall]

yes please:(

[sdkdmd]

Time for a clue pehaps?

I'll take a clue. But I must say...I know that name.

[kenny]

He was the local village idiot, the victim of cruel genetic fates since the day of his birth some 19 years earlier...........Need i say more?

[kenny]

Obviously i do need to say more, you'll find it in A Covan of Vampires.

[sdkdmd]

I just been to busy lately.

[kenny]

A 1001 apologies people, it's not in Covan of Vampires, it's Fruiting Bodies double DOH!:o:o.

[Numasthrall]

well thank God for that,I spent a nice time last night looking for that....I was toying with the idea of an eye test as I couldnt find it:eek:
will check this when I get home....if it hasnt already been answered by then:(

[Numasthrall]

Miles Bellamy:cool:

[kenny]

Let there be a lesson learned here by all. DON'T POST UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.:o.

Of course you are correct Numas, your go.

[Numasthrall]

:D:D
worst part is ,I also had alcohol so every story in Coven of Vampires was flicked through 5 or 6 times as I thought I'd missed the name due to drinkblindness,so yes thats a good plan....sober when posting:confused:

anyway a question..
Alan Barstowe was a fully trained what of some thirty five years.

[Numasthrall]

:(
a clue maybe??

[kenny]

You've waited this long!

[Numasthrall]

Taken from the title story of a collection from Arkham House:D

[kenny]

A excellent tricky question Numas, Alan Barstowe was a fully trained nurse for thirtyfive years, oh he was also ugly and squat-bodied.

Taken from The Horror At Oakdeene.

[Numasthrall]

Spot on.....your go:)

[kenny]

I was born on 15-11-63 at latitude 63o18' North and longitude 20o361/2' West, what's my name?

[Numasthrall]

Surtsey:D

[kenny]

And you answered so quickly, i'd like to know how.

Correctly of course.

Personally, i thought that was a pretty tough question, obviously not DOH!!!!!!

[Numasthrall]

yeah,just got lucky I guess.....
no really,I re-read Rising with Surtsey a few weeks ago,and I was telling my daughter about it so she looked Surtsey up on the net and we discussed the whole thing.
Educational chap is Brian:)
okay question...
who was killed in an auto accident near Regina,Canada and what were they doing there.

[sdkdmd]

yeah,just got lucky I guess.....
no really,I re-read Rising with Surtsey a few weeks ago,and I was telling my daughter about it so she looked Surtsey up on the net and we discussed the whole thing.
Educational chap is Brian:)
okay question...
who was killed in an auto accident near Regina,Canada and what were they doing there.

Juanita. Honeymooning.

[Numasthrall]

Correct...off you go

[sdkdmd]

What is the meaning of Suhm-yi?

[kenny]

Rarely seen, (great for playing hide and seek).

[sdkdmd]

Rarely seen, (great for playing hide and seek).

Good answer.

[kenny]

What cover was the work of Herb Arnold?

[sdkdmd]

Caller of the Black and Beneath the Moors

[kenny]

Too easy eh, your go sd.

[sdkdmd]

Same question but the artist...Allen K. and name 3 books.

[gresb]

allen k did art covers for from the vaults vols 1 2 and 3, freaks, interior art for the house of the temple and singers of strange songs.

[sdkdmd]

We're looking for cover artist.

1. Freaks
2. From the vaults I'll give you as one because it's a series
3. ?

the others are interior art.

Need 1 more

[gresb]

did allen k do sixteen sucking stories ????? looks like his artwork from pictures ive seen but dont have the privalige of owning that book!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sdkdmd]

That would be Alan Clark.

First clue to the one i'm thinking of...it's a hard cover.

[kenny]

That would be Alan Clark.

First clue to the one i'm thinking of...it's a hard cover.

Well, that narrows it down.

[gresb]

aaaaahhahhhhhhhhhhh ganley ship of dreams im holding it in my hands at the moment dohhh

[sdkdmd]

Yes! We have a winner. Over to you, gresb.

[gresb]

which two stories featured correspondance by letter between col. George L Glee and maj. Harry Winslow ?

[Numasthrall]

Cyprus Shell and Deep sea conch:grin:

[gresb]

nice one numasthrall .too easy i think , your go

[Numasthrall]

thanks Gresb,
who drove north from Dortmund to catch the car ferry from Bremerhaven..

[sdkdmd]

George Benson

[Numasthrall]

perfecto...from No way home.
off you go:)

[sdkdmd]

Who is Brian's favorite actor?

[gresb]

is it john wayne?????

[kenny]

I don't know why, but i can't get Alfred Hitchcock out of my head, probably wrong though.

[sdkdmd]

is it john wayne?????

John "The Duke" Wayne is correct

[gresb]

not sure how i knew that but it was stored away in the depths of my brain somewhere!!!!!!!
which old one of the cthulhu cycle is mentioned in an evocation in necroscope deadspawn????

[Dr. Freudenstein]

That would be Yog-Sothoth.

[gresb]

sure was dr freudenstein your go me thinks

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Ok who collated the information(ie. the story) presented in the burrowers beneath?

[DC 1]

Quick guess would be Wingate Peaslee.
Reminder to self, must read this again soon.

[Dr. Freudenstein]

Quick guess would be Wingate Peaslee.
Reminder to self, must read this again soon.

The quick guess is indeed the correct guess. I guess this means that the mantle has now fallen to you. :)

P.S. sorry I took so long getting back but I forgot I asked the question, ah well better later than a few weeks from now.

[DC 1]

A Brian question:

What was Brians last posting in the army and what was his job.

If anyone wants a bonus: What did he do when he first left the army

[sdkdmd]

served as the WO Chief Instruction (the DI) at the RMP Depot and Training Establishment?????

[DC 1]

Over to you John

[sdkdmd]

Who can name 7 poems named after the magazine or book they were first published in?

1?
2?
3?
4?
5?
6?
7?

[Numasthrall]

Weirdbook
Fantasy tales
The Wind Walker
Ghoul Warning
Kadath
Nyctalops
Escape

[sdkdmd]

Nice try, but 'The Wind Walker" was first pub in Fantasy Tales and I know of no magazine by name of the wind walker.

[Numasthrall]

:eek:are you saying you've never heard of the world famous wind walker magazine for flatulence appreciation.....:p
okay,I thought that one didnt fit right...will have another check on it,on a plus point if anyone else comes in they only have 1 to get:D

[sdkdmd]

:eek: no one has that last answer yet

[sdkdmd]

clue...the magazine published another story by Brian along with a connected story by Frank Belknap Long

[Numasthrall]

Tindalos

[sdkdmd]

Tindalos

Nope. Tindalos first published in Nyctalops

[sdkdmd]

some info

?????????????????? #10/11

Year :March 1977

Edition : 1st
Format : Periodical (8.5 x 11, saddle stapled)
Pages : 80
Cover art : Jim Fitzpatrick (front)
Frank Frazetta (back)
Illustrations : Clyde Caldwell, Ric Cruz, Gene Day, Jeff Easley, Virgil Finlay, David Heath Jr., Douglas Herring, Richard Huber, David Ireland, Allen Koszowski, Roy Krenkel, David Parsons, Stephen Riley, Broc Sears, and Charles Vess

[sdkdmd]

Front cover of the magazine

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/sdkdmd/Lumley/fantasycrossroads10-11-1.jpg

[sdkdmd]

clue...the magazine published another story by Brian along with a connected story by Frank Belknap Long

The Frank Belknap Long story is "The Gift of Lycanthropy"

[Numasthrall]

I give up....:(
this has to be one of the tougher ones....ever

[gresb]

is the last one fantasy crossroads ?????????

[sdkdmd]

One more clue. The other story they published by Brian was Swordsmith & Sorcerer which is chapter 11 of the 17 chapter round robin later published by Necronomicon Press, titled...Ghor, Kin-Slayer: The Saga of Genseric's Fifth-Born Son.

[sdkdmd]

is the last one fantasy crossroads ?????????

Sorry. I didn't see you answer. Yes! Fantasy Crossroads is correct.

[gresb]

must be numasthralls question as he got all the others.

[sdkdmd]

must be numasthralls question as he got all the others.

No. Your turn. That's the draw-back of giving a partial answer. What you do with your turn is up to you.

[gresb]

ok try this one. name a poem and a story by mr lumley which have the same title

[sdkdmd]

ok try this one. name a poem and a story by mr lumley which have the same title

Dylath Leen

[gresb]

well done john thats the one, your turn

[sdkdmd]

Name 5 stories that start with "The Man.........."

[gresb]

1 the man who felt pain
2 the man who got slotted
3 the man in the dream
4 the man who saw no spiders
5 the man who photographed beardsley

[sdkdmd]

5 correct answers. Your go.

[gresb]

wat was the first mythos story brian lumley read???????

[sdkdmd]

notebook found in a deserted house.

[gresb]

nice one john your go

[sdkdmd]

Why did Ashtarta have a golden mask made in her image?

[kenny]

When she died she would wear the mask so that she would be as beautiful in the next world as she had been when she was alive.

[sdkdmd]

Yes sir!

[kenny]

Who was chief radiobiologist at the Kendall nuclear research and power station?

[Numasthrall]

well I'm fecked....any danger of a clue Kenny:D

[sdkdmd]

I know...the answer is Professor....I'm not telling though.

[Numasthrall]

Is that a clue:eek:
great......now I have to look for a professor:)

[kenny]

Is what a clue...........that he's a professor........


Yep.
It's in one of the compilation books.

[sdkdmd]

I guess I'll get this moving.....Professor Lees.

[kenny]

That's the chap, over to you sd.

[sdkdmd]

What is "Othuum"

[Nadir Sago]

Black, fat faced, cyclops-like demon with 4 legs.......at a guess

[sdkdmd]

Black, fat faced, cyclops-like demon with 4 legs.......at a guess

Not even close:cool:

[kenny]

WE need a clue, please.

[sdkdmd]

Othuum is a story published in the magazine Witchcraft & Sorcery's 10 issue.

I'll give another clue tomorrow.

[sdkdmd]

Othuum is a round robin story

[gresb]

othuum was a deity of sorts in the story 'the last rite'. othuum the great master of those who wait without.....dark lord of those grinners of the gate ....... olden othuum

[sdkdmd]

Not what I was looking for but that answer is close enough.

Othuum is a round robin story which Brian wrote the first part, called "The Last Rite"

[gresb]

brian wrote a story for marvel comics in the early seventies featuring a mytical creature/ person. the title was .........? vs the burrowers, who was he? unfortunatly the story was never used and presumed lost.

[sdkdmd]

That would be our old buddy Dracula

[gresb]

your go SDKDMD

[sdkdmd]

What was khasathut father's name and how old was he?

[kenny]

He would be Thanop'et and he was 115 years old, so it was rumored.

[sdkdmd]

That's it.

I totally forgot I answered a question and it was my turn. Next one will be harder.

[kenny]

You'll have to answer this one first:p.

back soon.........

[kenny]

What was Harry Winslow rank?

[sdkdmd]

Major

[kenny]

Your go.

[sdkdmd]

Three part question

Name the wandering balladeer from Nir??...and according to who??...why did he need to wander so much??

[Nadir Sago]

Think I have the name....Tatter Nees (iced on Aran) As for the rest............:confused:

[sdkdmd]

Think I have the name....Tatter Nees (iced on Aran) As for the rest............:confused:

So far you are correct. need two more parts. First to post all three wins the big prize

[Helmet Head]

No idead, not read it for.................9 years maybe!!!

Might have to read David & Eldin again, maybe even a bit of Titus is in order also!