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Sensitive subjects include:
Colonialism and references to genocide
Discussions of suicide
Death by starvation and dehydration

This story was written in collaboration between Mr. H.P. Lovecraft and Mr. Kenneth J. Sterling, with Mr. Sterling (then a teenager) coming up with a first draft which Mr. Lovecraft expanded into a full story. It was published in Weird Tales, October 1939, two years after Lovecraft's death. It is one of the last things he wrote.

I am informed that the motif of the invisible building was inspired by "The Monster-God of Mamurth", a tale by Mr. Edmond Hamilton (who fans of the Mutant Museum may recognize as the author of The Abysmal Invaders). The motif of Venus as a swampy, tropical planet populated by pseudo-reptilian creatures was a common one in science fiction of the early 20th Century.

Sterling went on to become a medical doctor, and did some very important research into thyroid hormones and the human metabolism, and appears to have been a bit of a prodigy.

The background was made in Jurassic World Evolution 2, and can be found in isolated form over here:
   • The Venusian Wetlands (JWE2 ambient)  

The soundtrack:
Gustav Holst, "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" (from his Planets suite)
Woody Jackson, "Hell Hath No Fury" (from the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack)
Carmine and Francis Ford Coppola, "Dossier" (from the Apocalypse Now soundtrack)
Spaceslug, "Proton Lander"
Bob Marley, "Jammin'"
Marlin Skiles, "Theme from Queen of Outer Space"
Johann Admoni, "Theme from Planet of Storms"
Mischa Bakaleinikoff, "Theme from 20 Million Miles to Earth"
Sleeping At Last, "Earth"
Carmine and Francis Ford Coppola, "Ending" (from the Apocalypse Now soundtrack)
Carmine and Francis Ford Coppola, "Orange Light" (from the Apocalypse Now soundtrack)
The Tornados, "Life on Venus"
Bananarama, "Venus"