Has Lovecraft become too mainstream to retain its cache of "cool"?

Only if more than 20% of the general populace could name the story this was from.

cool?

Lovecraft's work is no longer the exclusive domain of fringy horror buffs and weirdos. You can buy a plush Cthulhu at the mall fer crissakes. I bet all the cools kids have already moved on to Harlan Ellison or some other lower-profile author.

Only if more than 20% of the general populace could name the story this was from.

I doubt 20% of the population even reads books.

Lovecraft's work is no longer the exclusive domain of fringy horror buffs and weirdos. You can buy a plush Cthulhu at the mall fer crissakes. I bet all the cools kids have already moved on to Harlan Ellison or some other lower-profile author.

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The bois over at Replacement Level Yankees Weblog suggested Brackman to take CC Sabathia's place in the 2012 rotation after the headlines CC's opt out made in the offseason.

You can buy a plush Cthulhu at the mall fer crissakes.

The tipping point for me were the "Cthulhu for President: Why Vote for the Lesser Evil" bumper stickers.

The bois over at Replacement Level Yankees Weblog suggested Brackman to take CC Sabathia's place in the 2012 rotation after the headlines CC's opt out made in the offseason.

Damn them for not being able to project that he'd totally suck this year instead of building on a strong 2010.

The bois over at Replacement Level Yankees Weblog suggested Brackman to take CC Sabathia's place in the 2012 rotation after the headlines CC's opt out made in the offseason.

Well, he's out of options* next year, so he's going to have to stick with the big club in some capacity.

*Actually, I suppose there's a pretty high likelihood that the Yankees will get an extra option on Brackman due to his past the injury issues, but since he signed a major league contract he's been on the 40-man from day one and this is therefore his third option year.

"The bois over at Replacement Level Yankees Weblog suggested Brackman to take CC Sabathia's place in the 2012 rotation after the headlines CC's opt out made in the offseason."

I think the other 4 teams in the AL East think that's a good idea too.

The bois over at Replacement Level Yankees Weblog suggested Brackman to take CC Sabathia's place in the 2012 rotation after the headlines CC's opt out made in the offseason.

I'm fairly certain you're pulling this out of your ass, but feel free to show me a link where that happened.

*Actually, I suppose there's a pretty high likelihood that the Yankees will get an extra option on Brackman due to his past the injury issues, but since he signed a major league contract he's been on the 40-man from day one and this is therefore his third option year.

Yeah, Brackman should still have an option next year, since he didn't spend much time in the minors after signing his contract in 2007 and missed all of 2008 after surgery so was never optioned. But anyone that wants him can have him IMO.

The tipping point for me were the "Cthulhu for President: Why Vote for the Lesser Evil" bumper stickers.

That was a while ago. I remember my friend putting up one in his yard in 1992.

There are things which cannot possibly be cool, and Lovecraft is one of them. It can be more or less well-known, but vagina monsters and neologisms composed entirely of consonants just can't cross that bridge out of weirdoism.