Re: virus: Memohazard Symbol

Alex Williams (thantos@decatl.alf.dec.com)
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 23:39:43 -0500 (EST)


> > Actually, given our propensity for obscure literary references, I might
> > suggest the 'Yellow Sign,' or Mark of Hastur as described in Lovecraft's
> > Mythos. A twisted, bile-yellow sigil with the trefoil rotational
> > symmetry, but curiously withered and asymetrical at the same time.
> >
> > The sidreal references to insanity and death as spread through `Reading
> > the Wrong Tomes' seems to fit well.
>
> Wish I had a picture of this.

Ask your Local Gamer if he has a copy of CALL OF CTHULHU RPG from
Chaosium Games, 4th or 5th edition, and/or the CTHULHU TODAY adventure
titled "Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?" A rendition of this sigil can
be found within, though unfortunately in black and white rather than
its full putrid yellow ...