Books : H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus Volume 3: 'The Hunter in the Dark'
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by: H.P. Lovecraft
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780586063231
ISBN: 0586063234
Label: Voyager
Manufacturer: Voyager
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: June 20, 1985
Publisher: Voyager
Sales Rank: 472906
Studio: Voyager
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Product Description:
STEP INTO A NIGHTMARE WORLD OF HELLISH HORROR...
Crawling, clawing, sliming horror, seeping from the night-tipped pen of that Grand Master of heart-stopping supernatural terror - H.P. LOVECRAFT
Sample a dark universe peopled with gods best forgotten and strange races best left undiscovered. Shudder in the dank breath of an ages- old evil blowing icily from the dusk-shrouded eons of a time before history. Savour, in this classic collection of masterpieces of the weird and eerie, the grave-fresh tang of total fear. Here is horror to set your skin trawling from your spine's base to your scalp-and back again
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - greatest collection ever!
this can almost be considered as "best of hpl". it does in fact contain better storie than most collections that are supposed to be the best horror stories by hpl. the collection contains so many great stories, i won't even mention them . it's impossible. hpl had a way of taking the best from the best, and use it. gothic style when it comes to describing houses, like poe he strove against really different ideas, etc. sometimes he describes in a truly great manner, sometimes he avoids describing ... Read More
Rating: - macabre greatness
a lovely collection. contains great storiee like "the whisperer in the darkness" and "herbert west-reanimator". hpl's stories are suspenceful. he knew when to describe and when to hint. the creature is undescribeable, yet "with tentacles looking like..." etc. when hpl has a godd idea, he never fails. he delivers. only when the idea is bad, he can fail. luckily, he had lot of great ideas. unnameable gods, undescribeable monsters, mystical rites, the lure of darkness, horrible wisdom. you'll find it ... Read More
Rating:  - That hand...the window
This is the best way into Lovecraft of all the titles on sale here. It's an anthology which includes almost all of the 'greatest hits' and some of the best of the lesser known material from his Cthulhu period. By comparison, volumes 1 and 2 in this series are B-side albums scraping around for fillers. If you're not familiar with Lovecraft at all, it's superlative, intelligent early twentieth century suspense horror with a delicious turn of phrase which still makes me happy. I recommend it very highly ... Read More
Rating: - Required reading for the horror fan
Everybody calls Lovecraft a legend, a master of the horror tale, and it isn't hype. His works have influenced so many writers of today - from Stephen King, Poppy Z. Brite, Caitlin Kiernan,Mark Danielewski, and Neil Gaiman, to name a very few. This book contains the short story "Re-animator" was based on, as well. This is a great collection - pick it up and be prepared to be completely impressed.
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