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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.52 EAN: 9780141182346 ISBN: 0141182342 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: October 01, 1999 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Book Description: An unparalleled selection of fiction from H. P. Lovecraft, master of the American horror tale Long after his death, H. P. Lovecraft continues to enthrall readers with his gripping tales of madness and cosmic terror, and his effect on modern horror fiction continues to be felt-- Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker have acknowledged his influence. His unique contribution to American literature was a melding of Poe's traditional supernaturalism with the emerging genre of science fiction. Originally appearing in pulp magazines like Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s, Lovecraft's work is now being regarded as the most important supernatural fiction of the twentieth century. Lovecraft's biographer and preeminent interpreter, S. T. Joshi, has prepared this volume of eighteen stories--from the early classics like "The Outsider" and "Rats in the Wall" to his mature masterworks, "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." The first paperback to include the definitive corrected texts, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style, and establishes him as a canonical--and visionary--American writer. "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 Average Rating:
 Rating: - Excellent prose and poetryExcellent story. For me, it combines the best elements of The Adventures of Indiana Jones, the experience and lore of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion (and the feeling of being in 'old' New Orleans, and Cloverfield the movie. Rating:  - Deceptive TitleI purchased this book thinking I was getting 448 pages, as described in the book info, and in all the reviews of the paperback version. The Kindle version only has the single story "Call of Cthulhu". It only cost $.99, but I could have gotten it free elsewhere. Rating: - Lovecraft at his bestThe only missing piece from this mosaic of horror and alien maddnes is "AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADDNES"- If Penguin Publishing would have added it into this book, than it would be accurate to say that this book had all that you need (unless your'e a hard core fan, but than you wouldne't be reading my review anyway...) Rating:  - Free SF ReaderPh'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. 4.5 out of 5 Rating: - for old school fright-mongersHaving never before read any H.P. Lovecraft, I held a deeply geeky shame. This was an author that was supposed to have helped define modern horror, helped define weird fiction and the truly-out-there sci-fi. The "Cthulhu Mythos" was something that I referenced frequently and yet ignorantly. All this time it was as if I had been brandishing a phony R'lyeh passport, muttering incoherently in the Elder Gods' tongue without any authority. And since Great Cthulhu was the fulcrum here, ... Read More 
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