Books : The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
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by: H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780345350800
ISBN: 0345350804
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: May 12, 1987
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: May 12, 1987
Sales Rank: 9405
Studio: Del Rey
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Product Description:
This is the collection that true fans of horror fiction have been waiting for: sixteen of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying visions, including Lovecraft's masterpiece, THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME--the shocking revelation of the mysterious forces that hold all mankind in their fearsome grip.
'I think it is beyond doubt that H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the Twentieth Century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.'
Stephen King
Amazon.com Review:
Lovecraft is 'the American writer of the twentieth century most frequently compared with Poe, in the quality of his art ... [and] its thematic preoccupations (the obsessive depiction of psychic disintegration in the face of cosmic horror),' writes Joyce Carol Oates in the New York Review of Books. Del Rey has reprinted Lovecraft's stories in three handsome paperbacks. This first volume collects 16 classic tales, including 'The Rats in the Walls,' 'The Call of Cthulhu,' 'The Dunwich Horror,' and 'The Colour Out of Space.' Introduction by Robert Bloch. Wraparound cover art by Michael Whelan.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Lovecraft is a master
Great collection of Lovecraft stories. I would love to have seen "The Cats of Ulthar" in this collection too, but I guess you can't have everything. I know there are some legal copyright disputes on some of H.P.'s works.
Lovecraft is truly a master who has influenced many modern writers and horror filmmakers, noteably Stephen King. Definitely check out this volume. Lovecraft's vocabulary is impressive and can be a little difficult, but any person who reads regularly should have no problem. ... Read More
Rating:  - You know, the amorphous toad-like being hinted at ...
... quote from my favourite Lovecraft story "The Whisperer in Darkness" showing that, although this lengthy story abounds with obscure Cthulhu mythology name-dropping, learned hints at forbidden folklore and similar highly academic stuff the atmospheric horror created by visions of darkened Vermont hillsides and rumours of shapes of unspeakable origin operating about them is in my opinion the most effective Lovecraft has done - when in fact, the only tangible elements of horror are a few, more or less fresh, ... Read More
Rating: - Best of Lovecraft
The title says it all. The best of his stories and if you're a fan of Lovecraft, this must be a part of your collection.
Rating: - Revisiting Lovecraft
This is a great Lovecraft compilation. I love the florid late Victorian prose, but more than anything this man seems so far ahead of his time for someone writing in the 1920-30 era. His visionary dreams are evocative of the psychedelic visions and writings of the bohemians of the 1950s and later. His stories, through the rejection of the ghost story, instead were firmly grounded in speculative science and science that was cutting edge at the time - the theories of Einstein, early ideas about parallel universes ... Read More
Rating:  - I was hoping for something actually....scary
I have been a fan of horror movies and video games for quite some time, but reading was not typically my thing, however, I decided to check out a horror story or two and Lovecraft was recommended. This was my first and last Lovecraft purchase and I will explain why.
I have read 11 of the 16 stories and at the end of most of them I was fairly irritated that I had spent the time reading such a story. Some of the plot lines are ridiculously laughable: an invisible monster, an unseen force that is afraid ... Read More
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