The essential literary collection of H. P. Lovecraftâs ten finest short stories, from the celebrated editor of the two-volume New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft.
An indispensable collection of the best of one of literatureâs âmost critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figuresâ (Alan Moore), featuring H. P. Lovecraftâs most bone-chilling tales, including: âDagonâ, âThe Outsiderâ, âThe Music of Erich Zannâ, âThe Rats in the Wallsâ, âThe Call of Cthulhu", âThe Colour Out of Spaceâ, âThe Dunwich Horrorâ, âThe Shadow over Innsmouthâ, âThe Shadow Out of Timeâ and âThe Haunter of the Darkâ.
Though he died an unknown, dejected pulp-magazine writer in 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft is now considered the first great âgenius of weird fictionâ (Peter Straub). There is no better guide through the peculiarities of his universe than Leslie S. Klinger, whose work as annotator of the âexciting and definitiveâ (Danielle Trussoni, New York Times Book Review) New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft has proven him a leading Lovecraft scholar. Keenly aware of the authorâs inspiration of âdozensâhundredsâof stories written by others playing in [his] galactic sandbox,â Klinger now presents this essential readerâs edition for both fanatics and newcomers to the canon. Equipped with explanatory annotations and sharp historical insight, this highly accessible?collection features Lovecraftâs ten most profound and unnerving short stories. From the early tale âDagonâ to the mature and sprawling âThe Haunter of the Dark,â these expertly curated stories built a Lovecraftian sense of dread that has reverberated in the world of horror literature for generations: that all of us are âoutsidersâ in the universe.
The Call of Cthulhu - H.P. Lovecraft & Leslie S. Klinger
The essential literary collection of H. P. Lovecraftâs ten finest short stories, from the celebrated editor of the two-volume New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft.
An indispensable collection of the best of one of literatureâs âmost critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figuresâ (Alan Moore), featuring H. P. Lovecraftâs most bone-chilling tales, including: âDagonâ, âThe Outsiderâ, âThe Music of Erich Zannâ, âThe Rats in the Wallsâ, âThe Call of Cthulhu", âThe Colour Out of Spaceâ, âThe Dunwich Horrorâ, âThe Shadow over Innsmouthâ, âThe Shadow Out of Timeâ and âThe Haunter of the Darkâ.
Though he died an unknown, dejected pulp-magazine writer in 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft is now considered the first great âgenius of weird fictionâ (Peter Straub). There is no better guide through the peculiarities of his universe than Leslie S. Klinger, whose work as annotator of the âexciting and definitiveâ (Danielle Trussoni, New York Times Book Review) New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft has proven him a leading Lovecraft scholar. Keenly aware of the authorâs inspiration of âdozensâhundredsâof stories written by others playing in [his] galactic sandbox,â Klinger now presents this essential readerâs edition for both fanatics and newcomers to the canon. Equipped with explanatory annotations and sharp historical insight, this highly accessible?collection features Lovecraftâs ten most profound and unnerving short stories. From the early tale âDagonâ to the mature and sprawling âThe Haunter of the Dark,â these expertly curated stories built a Lovecraftian sense of dread that has reverberated in the world of horror literature for generations: that all of us are âoutsidersâ in the universe.