Collected Fiction Volume 3 (1931-1936): A Variorum Edition

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by H. P. Lovecraft


  550. concerned] conerned D

  551. region;] region— C, D

  552. machinery] machinery, C, D

  553. harboured] harbored C, D

  554. like] om. D

  555. Mesozoic or Tertiary] mesozoic or tertiary A, B

  556. completely] om. A, B [presumably added by HPL in TMS sent to C]

  557. us.] us. ¶ Cc

  558. 1 a.m.] one a. m., C; 1 a.m., D

  559. shew] show A, B, C, D

  560. the] that B, Cc

  561. Indeed—] Indeed, D

  562. closer-mouthed] closer mouthed C, D

  563. I;] I: B, C, D

  564. saw—. . . saw—] saw . . . saw B; saw, . . . saw, C, D

  565. ascent;] ascent— C, D

  566. archaean] Archaean D

  567. times;] time, Cc

  568. formations;] formations, Cc

  569. cave-mouths] cave mouths C, D

  570. veins;] veins, Cc

  571. mountaineers;] mountaineers, Cc

  572. super-plateau] superplateau C, D

  573. 20,000] twenty thousand C, D

  574. reconnoitring,] reconnoitering, C, D

  575. programme] program C, D

  576. conditions;] conditions, C, D

  577. foothills.] foothills. ¶ Cc

  578. done.] done. ¶ Cc

  579. planes;] planes, C, D

  580. use] use, Cc

  581. straight-line] straightline D

  582. hazards.] hazards. ¶ Cc

  583. machinery; and the] machinery. The C, D

  584. 27th] 27 A

  585. non-stop] non-/stop C; nonstop D

  586. rudder] rudder, Cc

  587. ice-shelf] ice shelf A, B, C, D

  588. plateau.] plateau. ¶ Cc

  589. more] more, C, D

  590. Sea] Sea, Cc

  591. quick.] quick. ¶ Cc

  592. us,] us D

  593. doctors—indeed,] doctors. ¶ Indeed, Cc

  594. rare] rare, C, D

  595. unknown.] unknown. ¶ Cc

  596. pitch;] pitch, C, D

  597. shew] show B, C, D

  598. shewing] showing B, C, D

  599. super-plateau] superplateau C, D

  600. pockets.] pockets. ¶ Cc

  601. organising,] organizing, C, D

  602. attempted. If] attempted—if Cc

  603. may end . . . know.] we know may end the world. C, D

  604. ultimate] ultimate, C, D

  605. frightful mountain wall.] B; mountains of madness. A, D; awful mountain wall. C [corr. by HPL to mountains of madness.]

  606. I am . . . camp.] om. ¶ Cc

  607. wind-ravaged] wind ravaged D

  608. uneasinesses] uneasiness Cc

  609. chaos.] chaos. ¶ Cc

  610. time] time, C, D

  611. daemon] demon C, D

  612. centre] center C, D

  613. laceration.] laceration. ¶ Cc

  614. archaean] Archaean D

  615. wind . . . height] wind, . . . height, C, D

  616. odour] odor C, D

  617. Those . . . antiquity.] om. C, D

  618. found.] found. ¶ Cc

  619. provision-chests] provision chests C, D

  620. associations.] associations. ¶ Cc

  621. incision-subjects,] incision subjects, C, D

  622. clues.] clues. ¶ Cc

  623. half-impression] half impression C, D

  624. snow-prints] snow prints C, D

  625. enclosure] inclosure C, D

  626. reveal.] reveal. ¶ Cc

  627. realised] realized C, D

  628. odour] odor C, D

  629. analyse.] analyze. ¶ C [paragraphing error corr. by HPL]; analyze. D

  630. strown] strewn C, D

  631. carefully] carefully, C

  632. identity.] identity. ¶ Cc

  633. 35] thirty-five C, D

  634. spatter-fringed ink-blots] spatter-fringed ink blots C; spatterfringed ink blots D

  635. machinery.] machinery. ¶ Cc

  636. enigma;] enigma— C, D

  637. tent-cloths] tent cloths C, D

  638. adaptations.] adaptations. ¶ Cc

  639. archaean] Archaean C, D

  640. indeed.] indeed. ¶ Cc

  641. starfish-head] starfish head C, D

  642. archaean] Archaean D

  643. sensitised] sensitized C, D

  644. Our . . . mad.] om. C, D

  645. centreing] centering C, D

  646. naive] naïve C, D

  647. harboured] harbored C, D

  648. completely.] completely. ¶ Cc

  649. field-glasses] field glasses B, C, D

  650. light.] light. ¶ Cc

  651. plainer;] plainer, C, D

  652. cave-mouths] cave mouths C, D

  653. mountains.] mountains. ¶ Cc

  654. bafflement;] bafflement— C, D

  655. morning.] morning. ¶ Cc

  656. 7 a.m.] seven a. m. C; 7 a.m. D

  657. trip; though] flight; however, D

  658. nine] 9 A, B

  659. non-committal] noncommittal C, D

  660. that] the D

  661. trans-montane] transmontane C, D

  662. collapse.] collapse. ¶ Cc

  663. shared.] shared. ¶ Cc

  664. unhuman,] un-human, A, B; un-/human, C; inhuman, D

  665. immensurable] immeasurable C, D

  666. 23,000 or 24,000] twenty-three thousand or twenty-four thousand C, D

  667. sea-level.] sea level. C, D

  668. 12,000] twelve thousand C, D

  669. for . . . conditions] for, . . . conditions, C, D

  670. Roerich.] Roerich. ¶ Cc

  671. hoary] om. C, D

  672. unfavourable] unfavorable C, D

  673. cave-mouths] cave mouths C, D

  674. field-glass] field glass C, D

  675. whilst] while C, D

  676. times] times I C, D

  677. binoculars.] binoculars. ¶ Cc

  678. archaean] Archaean D

  679. surface.] surface. ¶ Cc

  680. foundation-walls] foundation walls C, D

  681. Oxford–Field] Oxford Field D

  682. separate . . . blocks] separate cyclopean blocks A, B; separate Cyclopean blocks C, D

  683. Carroll.] Carroll. ¶ Cc

  684. non-volcanic] nonvolcanic C, D

  685. cave-mouths,] cave mouths, C, D

  686. another] another, Cc

  687. strata.] strata. ¶ Cc

  688. patterns.] patterns. ¶ Cc

  689. primeval] primaeval B

  690. days.] days. ¶ Cc

  691. volumes.] volumes. ¶ Cc

  692. whistling] whistling, Cc

  693. cave-mouths.] cave mouths. C, D

  694. 23,570] twenty three thousand five hundred and seventy C; twenty-three thousand, five hundred and seventy D

  695. cave-mouths] cave mouths C, D

  696. dream-like.] dreamlike. A, B, D; dreamlike. ¶ C [paragraphing error corr. by HPL]

  697. half-lost] half lost C, D

  698. haze;] haze— C, D

  699. volcanism.] volcanism. ¶ Cc

  700. vapours] vapors C, D

  701. course] course, C, D

  702. half thought] half-thought A, B

  703. madness.] madness. ¶ Cc

  704. eurhythmic] eurythmic A, B, C, D

  705. 40 or 50] forty or fifty C, D

  706. 20,000] twenty thousand C, D

  707. pre-human] prehuman C, D

  708. 500,000] five hundred thousand C, D

  709. self-defence] self-defense C, D

  710. cause.] cause. ¶ Cc

  711. ice-dust] ice dust C, D

  712. course] course, C, D

  713. Mundi . . .] Mundi— C, D

  714. World . . .”] World—” C, D

  715. spectacle.] spectacle. ¶ Cc

  716. daemoniac] demonic C [corr. by HPL to demoniac]; demoniac D

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p; 717. Abominable Snow-Men] Abominable Snow Men C; abominable Snow Men D

  718. pre-human] prehuman C, D

  719. “Necronomicon”,] Necronomicon, A, B, C, D

  720. star-spawn] star spawn C, D

  721. semi-entity.] semientity. C, D

  722. extent.] extent. ¶ Cc

  723. cave-mouths,] cave mouths, C, D

  724. 10 to 150] ten to one hundred and fifty C, D

  725. bed-rock] bed rock C, D

  726. slate.] slate. ¶ Cc

  727. size;] size, C, D

  728. honeycomb-arrangements] honeycomb arrangements A, B, C, D

  729. structures.] structures. ¶ Cc

  730. which] where Cc

  731. strown] strewn C, D

  732. debris.] débris. C

  733. and] and we C, D

  734. existed.] existed. ¶ Cc

  735. fashion.] fashion. ¶ Cc

  736. field-glass] field glass C, D

  737. ice-sheet] ice sheet C, D

  738. buildings; and] buildings. It C, D

  739. Tertiary] tertiary A, B

  740. pre-human,] prehuman, C, D

  741. equilibrium] equilibrium, D

  742. course] course, C, D

  743. stead.] stead. ¶ Cc

  744. centre] center C, D

  745. palaeogean] Palaeogaean C [corr. by HPL to palaeogaean], D

  746. today] to-day C

  747. pre-human] prehuman C, D

  748. Deserta.] Deserta. ¶ Cc

  749. titan] Titan A, B, C

  750. fuel-tank,] fuel tank, C, D

  751. negligible.] negligible. ¶ Cc

  752. mountain range,] mountain-range, A, B

  753. shewed] showed B, C, D

  754. corpse-like] corpselike A, B, C, D

  755. ice.] ice. ¶ Cc

  756. sinking-place] sinking place C, D

  757. range.] range. ¶ Cc

  758. semi-remembrances] semiremembrances C

  759. squares;] squares, C, D

  760. broad] broad, C, D

  761. line;] line, C, D

  762. Accordingly] Accordingly, Cc, D

  763. foot.] foot. ¶ Cc

  764. landing-places.] landing places. A, B, C, D

  765. next] om. D

  766. 12:30 p.m.] twelve thirty p. m. C; 12:30 p.m. D

  767. coming down] effecting a landing D

  768. snowfield] snow field C, D

  769. favourable takeoff] favorable take-off C, D

  770. cold.] cold. ¶ Cc

  771. specimen-bags,] specimen bags, C, D

  772. cave.] cave. ¶ Cc

  773. specimen-bag,] specimen bag, C, D

  774. hare-and-hounds] hare and hounds C, D

  775. trail-blazing.] trail blazing. C, D

  776. previously.] previously. ¶ Cc

  777. abnormality.] abnormality. ¶ Cc

  778. usual;] usual, C, D

  779. lot.] lot. ¶ Cc

  780. huge] huge, C, D

  781. outline] outline, B, Cc

  782. able actually] actually able C, D

  783. 300] three hundred C, D

  784. high;] high, C, D

  785. surface.] surface. ¶ Cc

  786. bas-reliefs] basreliefs C

  787. walls;] walls— C, D

  788. top.] top. ¶ Cc

  789. whose] of which the C, D

  790. effects.] effects. ¶ Cc

  791. vapours] vapors C, D

  792. towers;] towers, C, D

  793. infinite bizarrerie,] om. C, D

  794. could] would D

  795. truncation; . . . disproportion; . . . enlargements; . . . groups;] truncation, . . . disproportion, . . . enlargements, . . . groups, C, D

  796. grotesqueness.] grotesqueness. ¶ Cc

  797. ice-sheet,] ice sheet, C, D

  798. field-glasses] field glasses C, D

  799. shewed] showed B, C, D

  800. external] external, C, D

  801. dot-groups] dot groups C, D

  802. half imagine] half-imagine A, B

  803. tower-tops] tower tops C, D

  804. perished.] perished. ¶ Cc

  805. alleys;] alleys, C, D

  806. bridges.] bridges. ¶ Cc

  807. dream-phantasy] dream phantasy C; dream fantasy D

  808. when . . . moment] when, . . . moment, C, D

  809. malignity.] malignity. ¶ Cc

  810. labyrinthine] om. C, D

  811. retained.] retained. ¶ Cc

  812. antiquity.] antiquity. ¶ Cc

  813. debris-littered] débris-littered C

  814. subtle] subtle, C, D

  815. caves] caves, C, D

  816. different.] different. ¶ Cc

  817. five-pointedness] five-pointedness C, D

  818. escape;] escape, C, D

  819. Nevertheless] Nevertheless, C, D

  820. dead;] dead, C, D

  821. programme] program C, D

  822. place.] place. ¶ Cc

  823. Comanchian] Comanchean Cc

  824. age.] Age. C, D

  825. 500,000] five hundred thousand C, D

  826. hill.] hill. ¶ Cc

  827. Mesozoic] mesozoic A, B

  828. fan-palms] fan palms C, D

  829. Tertiary] tertiary A, B

  830. discovered.] discovered. ¶ Cc

  831. shewed] showed B, C, D

  832. varied;] varied— C, D

  833. five-ridged] five-edged C, D

  834. of] om. C, D

  835. action.] action. ¶ Cc

  836. shewed] showed B, C, D

  837. were] was Cc

  838. floors;] floors, C, D

  839. existed.] existed. ¶ Cc

  840. debris] débris C

  841. us.] us. ¶ Cc

  842. plunge;] plunge, C, D

  843. realising] realizing C, D

  844. hare-and-hound trail-blazing.] hare-and-hound trail blazing. C, D

  845. necessary.] necessary. ¶ Cc

  846. air-currents] air currents C, D

  847. rock-chipping.] rock chipping. C. D

  848. connexion] connection C, D

  849. ice] ice, Cc, D

  850. constructions.] constructions. ¶ Cc

  851. crystallise] crystallize C, D

  852. en masse] en masse C, D

  853. abode?] abode? ¶ Cc

  854. ice-sheet] ice sheet B, C, D; om. A [see below]

  855. responsible;] responsible, C, D

  856. connexion] connection C, D

  857. The precise . . . place.] om. A

  858. masonry;] masonry— C, D

  859. feet.] feet. ¶ Cc

  860. outer] uter Cc

  861. differences] difference D

  862. characterised] characterized C, D

  863. us.] us. ¶ Cc

  864. 100] one hundred C, D

  865. stairs.] stairs. ¶ Cc

  866. 20] twenty C

  867. height;] height, C, D

  868. existed.] existed. ¶ Cc

  869. descended . . . story] descended, . . . story, C, D

  870. building.] building. ¶ Cc

  871. giganticism] gigantism D

  872. realised . . . revealed] realized, . . . revealed, C, D

  873. sculpture;] sculpture, C, D

  874. arabesques.] arabesques. ¶ Cc

  875. civilised mastery;] civilized mastery, C, D

  876. skilful] skillful C, D

  877. intricacy.] intricacy. ¶ Cc

  878. five.] five. ¶ Cc

  879. formalised] formalized C, D

  880. perspective;] perspective, C, D

  881. periods.] periods. ¶ Cc

  882. cross-section] cross section C, D

  883. lines] lines, C, D

  884. dot-groups] dot groups C, D

  885. half-inch] half inch C, D

  886. counter-sunk] countersunk C, D

  887. surface.] surface. ¶ Cc

  888. colouration] coloration C, D

  889.
marvellous] marvelous C, D

  890. conventionalisation] conventionalization C, D

  891. symbolise] symbolze C, D

  892. delineated.] delineated. ¶ Cc

  893. recognisable] recognizable C, D

  894. subject-matter] subject matter C, D

  895. favour] favor C, D

  896. considerations.] considerations. ¶ Cc

  897. on] of D

  898. naive] naïve C, D

  899. dados.] dadoes. D

  900. room.] room. ¶ Cc

  901. Window-frames] Window frames C, D

  902. removal.] removal. ¶ Cc

  903. moveables] movables C, D

  904. tomb-like,] tomblike, C, D

  905. debris;] débris, C; debris, D

  906. decreased.] decreased. ¶ Cc

  907. newly swept] newly-swept A, B

  908. ones.] ones. ¶ Cc

  909. as in . . . air] as we had seen in other structures, from the air Cc

  910. ice-cap,] ice cap, C, D

  911. ground level] ground-level A, B

  912. us.] us. ¶ Cc

  913. naive] naïve C, D

  914. dinosaurs] Dinosaurio Cc

  915. Europe] America A, B

  916. archaean] Archaean D

  917. totem-animal.] totem animal. ¶ C [paragraphing error corr. by HPL]; totem animal. D

  918. realisation] realization C, D

  919. dinosaurs . . . dinosaurs,] Dinosauria . . . Dinosauria, Cc

  920. dinosaurs] Dinosauria Cc

  921. well-nigh] well nigh C, D

  922. years . . .] years— C, D

  923. cells . . .] cells— C, D

  924. all.] all. ¶ Cc

  925. “Necronomicon”] Necronomicon A, B, C, D

  926. Great Old Ones] great “Old Ones” C, D

  927. fossilised substance . . .] fossilized substance— C, D

  928. outlines. . . .] outlines— C, D

  929. is of course] is, of course, Cc

  930. pre-human] prehuman C; pre-/human D

  931. revelation] revelation, Cc

  932. three] 3 A

  933. research.] research. ¶ Cc

  934. features;] features— C, D

  935. buildings] buildings, Cc

  936. sheet.] sheet. ¶ Cc

  937. patchwork] patch-/work B, D

  938. pre-terrestrial] preterrestrial C, D

  939. story;] story, C, D

  940. corridors.] corridors. ¶ Cc

  941. 200 . . . 60] two hundred . . . sixty C, D

  942. centre] center C, D

  943. sort.] sort. ¶ Cc

  944. buildings;] buildings, C, D

  945. favourites] favorites C, D

  946. in] up C, D [in typed over up in B]

  947. outline;] outline— C, D

  948. made.] made. ¶ Cc

  949. breakdown.] breakdown. ¶ Cc

  950. eventually] shortly A, B [probably a revision by HPL]

  951. high lights] highlights C, D

  952. pioneering.] pioneering. ¶ Cc

  953. membraneous] membranous C, D

  954. curious] curius D

  955. energy.] energy. ¶ Cc

  956. today,] to-day, C

 

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