H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.— Wikipedia
Abigail Larson's The Cats of Ulthar
H.P. Lovecraft
It is said in Ulthar that no man may kill a cat. But before the burgesses forbade the killing of cats, there dwelt an old cotter and his wife who delighted to trap and slay them. Shortly after a caravan of strange wanders arrives to town, the kitten of an orphan boy goes missing. The boy, distraught, learns of the couple and invokes a strange prayer. The dark travelers leave that night and a curious event takes place that changes the town forever. The Cats of Ulthar was written in 1920 by American Fantasy author H.P. Lovecraft. Celebrated artist Abigail Larson brings it back to life with her dark, gothic style.
At the Mountain of Madness and Other Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
Set in the Antarctic, where a group of explorers make sinister discoveries, this is one of Lovecraft's most successful – and most chilling – works. In this edition, the novella is accompanied by two short ‘The Shadow over Innsmouth†and ‘The Thing on the Doorstepâ€.
At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft
Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessential work of supernatural horror, At the Mountains of Madness. The deliberately told and increasingly chilling recollection of an Antarctic expedition's uncanny discoveries --and their encounter with an untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization--is a milestone of macabre literature.
This Definitive Edition of At the Mountains of Madness (The Modern Library) also includes Lovecraft's long essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature."
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror (The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #1)
H.P. Lovecraft
NIGHTMARE STORIES FROM THE LAND OF TOTAL FEAR
Renowned as one of the great horror-writers of all time, H.P. Lovecraft produced works of enduring power. Now gathered together into this omnibus volume are seven classics of screaming supernatural terror and vilest horror...
Front cover illustration by Tim White.
Contents:
- Introduction: H. P. Lovecraft's Novels by August Derleth
- At the Mountains of Madness
- The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
- The Dreams in the Witch-House
- The Statement of Randolph Carter
- The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
- The Silver Key
- Through the Gates of the Silver Key
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
At the Mountains of Madness And Other Stories contained 60 works written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) — known as H. P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy, poetry and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.These are the 60 works of H. P. Lovecraft in this book.1. Novellas 12 works 1.1.At the Mountains of Madness, published February–April 1936. 1.2.The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, published May/July 1941. 1.3.The Colour Out of SPAAACE, published September 1927. 1.4.The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, first published in 1943. 1.5.The Dreams in the Witch-House, published July 1933 in Weird Tales. 1.6.The Dunwich Horror, published April 1929 in Weird Tales. 1.7.Herbert West—Reanimator, published February–July 1922 in Home Brew. 1.8.The Horror at Red Hook, published January 1927 in Weird Tales. 1.9.The Shadow Out of Time, published June 1936 in Astounding Stories. 1.10.The Shadow Over Innsmouth, published 1936 in The Shadow Over Innsmouth. 1.11.The Shunned House, published 1928 in The Shunned House. 1.12.The Whisperer in Darkness, published August 1931 in Weird Tales.2. Short Stories 48 works 2.1.The Alchemist (1916) 2.2.Azathoth (1938) 2.3. The Beast in the Cave (1918) 2.4.Beyond the Wall of Sleep (1938) 2.5.The Book (1938) 2.6.The Call of Cthulhu (1928) 2.7.The Cats of Ulthar (1920) 2.8.Cool Air (1928) 2.9.Dagon (1919) 2.10.The Descendant (1938) 2.11.The Doom That Came to Sarnath (1920) 2.12.The Evil Clergyman (1939) 2.13.Ex Oblivione (1921) 2.14.Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family (1921) 2.15.The Festival (1925) 216.From Beyond (1934) 2.17.The Haunter of the Dark (1936) 2.18.He (1926) 2.19.History of the Necronomicon (1938) 2.20.The Hound (1924) 2.21.Hypnos (1923) 2.22.Ibid (1938) 2.23.In the Vault (1925) 2.24.The Lurking Fear (1923) 2.25.Memory (1923) 2,26.The Music of Erich Zann (1922) 2.27.The Nameless City (1921) 2.28.Nyarlathotep (1920) 2.29.The Outsider (1926) 2.30.Pickman's Model (1927) 2.31.The Picture in the House (1920) 2.32.Polaris (1920) 2.33.The Quest of Iranon (1935) 2.34.The Rats in the Walls (1924 ) 2.35.A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1917) 2.36.The Silver Key (1929) 2.37.The Statement of Randolph Carter (1920) 2.38.The Strange High House in the Mist (1931) 2.39.The Street (1920) 2.40.Sweet Ermengarde (1917) 2.41.The Temple (1925) 2.42.The Terrible Old Man (1921) 2.43.The Thing on the Doorstep (1937) 2.44.The Tomb (1922) 2.45.The Tree (1921) 2.46.The Unnamable (1925) 2.47.The Very Old Folk (1940) 2.48.The White Ship (1919)
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
H.P. Lovecraft
A complete short novel, AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS is a tale of terror unilke any other. The Barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless--or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found the strange fossils of unheard-of creatures...and the carved stones tens of millions of years old...and, finally, the mind-blasting terror of the City of the Old Ones. Three additional strange tales, written as only H.P. Lovecraft can write, are also included in this macabre collection of the strange and the weird.
Table of Contents:
At the Mountains of Madness • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1936) • novel by H. P. Lovecraft
The Dreams in the Witch-House • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1933) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
The Shunned House • (1928) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
The Statement of Randolph Carter • [Randolph Carter] • (1920) • shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft
At the Mountains of Madness, vol.1
H.P. Lovecraft
Antarctica. It is a place of frozen wastes, desolation and things best left forgotten. Presented here is the tale of William Dyer, a professor from Miskatonic University and the leader of an ill-fated expedition to that remote and forlorn continent. Recorded in a series of letters, Dyers tells a scarcely believable tale full of anomalous and often horrific events.
Dreadful secrets lie beneath the ice, waiting to be discovered. Strange, cyclopean structures squat amidst the mountains towering in the distance, promising only madness to those who dare to explore their alien architecture. The Dyer Expedition ventures further than any other before them, and ultimately pays the price for it.
H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, first published in 1936, is one of the greatest classics of American horror literature. The most ambitious story Lovecraft ever wrote, it has served as a source of inspirations for filmmakers and authors in the decades since his death. This is the first volume of two.
François Baranger, an illustrator who has previously worked in film and games, was fascinated early on by Lovecraft’s creatures and visions which populated the darkest recesses of fantasy. Having previously illustrated The Call of Cthulhu to great acclaim, this book is his most ambitious so far.
See volume 2 here.
At the Mountains of Madness, vol.2
H.P. Lovecraft
Return to the final days of the Dyer expedition in the remote Antarctic wastes. The letters from expedition leader Professor William Dyer grow increasingly more desperate as the expedition presses on, leaving sanity behind them. What they discover beneath the ice is meant for no living man to see, Cyclopean structures and alien landscapes that defy history itself. The final act of the Dyer Expedition is a descent into cosmic horror and utter madness.
See volume 1 here.
Azathoth
H.P. Lovecraft
The modern world has been stripped of imagination and belief in magic when a man gazing from his window upon the stars comes to observe secret vistas unsuspected by normal humanity. One night the gulf between his world and the stars is bridged, and his mind ascends from his body out into the boundless cosmos.
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
H.P. Lovecraft
Beyond the Wall of Sleep" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft written in 1919 and first published in the amateur publication Pine Cones in October 1919. Inspiration Lovecraft said the story was inspired by an April 27, 1919 article in the New York Tribune. Reporting on the New York state police, the article cited a family named Slater or Slahter as representative of the backwards Catskills population. The nova mentioned at the end of Lovecraft's story is a real star, known as GK Persei; the quotation is from Garrett P. Serviss' Astronomy with the Naked Eye (1908). The title of the story may have been influenced by Ambrose Bierce's "Beyond the Wall"; Lovecraft was known to be reading Bierce in 1919. Jack London's 1906 novel Before Adam, which concerns the concept of hereditary memory, contains the passage, "Nor...did any of my human kind ever break through the wall of my sleep.
Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre: The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
“H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”—Stephen King“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”—H.P. LovecraftThis is the collection that true fans of horror fiction must sixteen of H.P. Lovecraft’s most horrifying visions, The Call of The first story in the infamous Cthulhu mythos—a creature spawned in the stars brings a menace of unimaginable evil to threaten all mankind.The Dunwich An evil man’s desire to perform an unspeakable ritual leads him in search of the fabled text of The Necronomicon.The Colour Out of A horror from the skies—far worse than any nuclear fallout—transforms a man into a monster.The Shadow Over Rising from the depths of the sea, an unspeakable horror engulfs a quiet New England town.Plus twelve more terrifying tales!
Boja izvan svemira
H.P. Lovecraft
Zaronite u sablasni užas sa delom Boja izvan svemira. Život ruralne porodice uzima zastrašujući prekoret nakon udara meteorita koji pokreće čudne i uznemirujuće fenomene izvan ljudskog shvatanja.
Celephais
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
Celephaïs
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
Celui qui hantait les ténèbres
H.P. Lovecraft
Ce livre est une oeuvre du domaine public éditée au format numérique par Ebooks libres et gratuits. L’achat de l’édition Kindle inclut le téléchargement via un réseau sans fil sur votre liseuse et vos applications de lecture Kindle.
Robert Blake est retrouvé mort chez lui, une expression de terreur sur son visage. Que s'est-il passé, quelle est l'indicible vérité ?
Chemarea lui Cthulhu și alte povestiri
H.P. Lovecraft
În cele douăsprezece povestiri care alcătuiesc volumul lui H.P. Lovecraft, scriitorul american închipuie omenirea ca pe un avanpost firav al firescului într-un univers altfel haotic şi ostil, ce ascunde o realitate poate prea înfricoşătoare pentru a fi pătrunsă de mintea omului. Personajele îşi istorisesc propria alienare şi cercetează necunoscutul, destrămînd vălul subţire ce le separă viaţa de teritoriul unor întîmplări teribile. Lovecraft trece de la evocarea tragică a singurătăţii şi izolării, în „Veneticul”, prin elemente de grotesc, în „Dulăul”, la îmbinarea genului horror cu SF, în „Cel care şuşotea în întuneric” şi „Chemarea lui Cthulhu”. Aceasta din urmă, piesa centrală a mitologiei lui Lovecraft, dezvăluie natura gigantului zeu Cthulhu şi ritualurile străvechi ce i se închină, vorbind despre slăbiciunea minţii omeneşti în faţa unei puteri izvorîte dintr-o inteligenţă nepămîntească.
Chronik des Cthulhu-Mythos Band 1
H.P. Lovecraft
Diese Chronik in zwei Bänden vereint erstmals die vollständigen Werke Lovecrafts zum Cthulhu-Mythos.
Neben allen Kurzgeschichten auch die berühmten Novellen wie BERGE DES WAHNSINNS, DER SCHATTEN ÜBER INNSMOUTH oder DER FALL CHARLES DEXTER WARD.
Mit einer Einleitung und ausführlichen Erläuterungen zu den einzelnen Werken von Marco Frenschkowski.
Colour Out of Space
H.P. Lovecraft
The master of weird fiction, H. P. Lovecraft combines cosmic fantasy with creeping horror in these three tales of malevolent alien forces, body-switching and travel across the space-time continuum.
'Evil, in Lovecraft, is universal, pervasive' Michael Chabon
'His prescience and novelty seem more and more remarkable ... shows a deeply modern horror at the universe' Guardian
'A unique and visionary world of wonder, terror and delirium' Clive Barker
Complete Collection of H.P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks with 100+ Audio Books Included (Complete Collection of Lovecraft's Fiction, Juvenilia, Poems, Essays and Collaborations)
H.P. Lovecraft
Now with 100 plus Audio Book Links INCLUDED!! AND ITS NOT 20, IT'S 100 Plus Audio Books!! (Complete Collection Of Lovecraft's Fiction, Juvenilia, Poems, Essays And Collaborations) Whats Inside ..............? The Complete Fiction The Nameless City The Festival The Colour Out of Space The Call of Cthulhu The Dunwich Horror The Whisperer in Darkness The Dreams in the Witch House The Haunter of the Dark The Shadow Over Innsmouth Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" The Shadow Out of Time At the Mountains of Madness The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Azathoth Beyond the Wall of Sleep Celephaa?s Cool Air Dagon Ex Oblivione Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family From Beyond He Herbert West-Reanimator Hypnos In the Vault Memory Nyarlathotep Pickmana-s Model The Book The Cats of Ulthar The Descendant The Doom That Came to Sarnath The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath The Evil Clergyman The Horror at Red Hook The Hound The Lurking Fear The Moon-Bog The Music of Erich Zann The Other Gods The Outsider The Picture in the House The Quest of Iranon The Rats in the Walls The Shunned House The Silver Key The Statement of Randolph Carter The Strange High House in the Mist The Street The Temple The Terrible Old Man The Thing on the Doorstep The Tomb The Transition of Juan Romero The Tree The Unnamable The White Ship What the Moon Brings Polaris The Very Old Folk Ibid Old Bugs Sweet Ermengarde, or, The Heart of a Country Girl A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson The History of the Necronomicon The Complete Juvenilia The Alchemist The Beast in the Cave The Little Glass Bottle The Mysterious Ship The Mystery of the Grave-Yard The Secret Cave The Complete Poetry Part I. - Juvenilia (1887-1905) Poemata Minora, Volume II Part II. - Fantasy and Horror Nemesis Astrophobos The Poe-eta-s Nightmare Despair Revelation The House The City To Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Eighteenth Baron Dunsany The Nightmare Lake On Reading Lord Dunsanya-s Book of Wonder The Cats Festival Hallowea-en in a Suburb aka a¬In a Suburba(R) The Wood The Outpost The Ancient Track The Messenger Nathicana Fungi from Yuggoth In a Sequestera-d Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walka-d To Clark Ashton Smith, Esq., upon His Phantastick Tales, Verses, Pictures, and Sculptures Part III. - Occasional Verse On Receiving a Picture of Swans Fact and Fancy Laeta; a Lament Part IV. - Satire Unda; or, The Bride of the Sea Pacifist War Songa31917 Waste Paper Dead Passiona-s Flame Arcadia Lifea-s Mystery Part V. - Seasonal and Topographical A Garden Sunset Providence Christmas Christmas Greetings Part VI. - Politics and Society An American to Mother England Lines on Gen.
Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft (Illustrated)
H.P. Lovecraft
This comprehensive eBook presents the complete fictional works of H. P. Lovecraft, with beautiful illustrations, rare texts and the usual Delphi bonus material. (3MB Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lovecraft's life and works
* Brief introduction to master short story writer
* Over 100 short stories, including rare collaborations
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the tales you want to read
* A selection of some of Lovecraft’s greatest poetry
* Includes Lovecraft's memoirs – a range of autobiographical writings collected form the author’s letters and journals
* NCX toc feature allowing readers to skip to the next or previous story, poem or section easily using the Kindle's 5-way controller
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
Contro la religione. Gli scritti atei di HP Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
La fama di H.P. Lovecraft cresce costantemente nel tempo, e allo stesso modo cresce l'apprezzamento dei suoi lettori. Tuttavia, non molti di loro sono a conoscenza del suo conclamato ateismo e della sua lontananza dalla religione, che il creatore di tanti mondi inesistenti ribadiva in numerose occasioni. Questo libro contiene dunque gli scritti - pubblici e privati - in cui Lovecraft si è interrogato sulla funzione della religione, sul suo rapporto con la scienza, la realtà e l'indifferenza del cosmo, sulle ragioni della sua scelta atea. Non senza avanzare tesi a volte estremiste, a volte superate, a volte incredibilmente attuali. E spesso controverse, in perfetta coerenza con la sua personalità. Questa traduzione colma quindi un grande vuoto, e sarà senz'altro apprezzata da tutti coloro che hanno amato i romanzi e i racconti del grande scrittore. Forse li ameranno ancora di più, una volta conosciuto il suo universo filosofico.
Cool Air
H.P. Lovecraft
A man, newly arrived in New York, learns that a reclusive doctor lives in the apartment above his own. While suffering a heart attack, he is taken to the doctor’s door, and soon becomes friends with the bizarre and isolated man who claims he must live in a refrigerated environment for his health. But as the man spends more time with the doctor, he begins to understand the horrifying truth about his friend’s strange medical condition.
Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935
H.P. Lovecraft
An indispensable collection of HP Lovecraft's best work from his distinctive collaborative pieces, prose-poems and early tales of the gruesome and bizarre, through to his later, more mature work: the Cthulhu Mythos. With an introduction by Colin Wilson, Crawling Chaos is must-have for every horror/ fantasy fan.
Crawling Chaos Volume One: Selected Weird Fiction 1917-1927 (Tomb Of Lovecraft)
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft, one of the great obsessive writers of the 20th century, naturally chose the pulp genre of "weird horror" in which to exorcise his acute anatomical alienation and existential torment. Within the matrix of his grotesque yet complex mythology, Lovecraft was able to conjure a hideous universe lying just beyond our own; his relentless style and language forging a convoluted, midnight-purple literary form which ultimately achieves a veritable "pornography" of the accumulation and repetition of his demonic visions climaxing in orgasms of cosmic revulsion.
Crawling Chaos comprises a chronological collection of this unique writer's best work; from his distinctive collaborative pieces, prose-poems and early tales of the gruesome and bizarre, through to the maturation and efflorescence of his personal cosmology, the Cthulhu Mythos.
This new expanded edition, published in two volumes, has been enhanced by stories not previously included; Volume One includes the bonus stories "Herbert West, Re-Animator" and "The Shunned House". With an introduction by acclaimed author Colin Wilson.
Cthulhu Mythos Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
The complete Cthulhu Mythos by master horror writer H. P. Lovecraft in one volume.The Cthulhu Mythos is a collection of 23 loosely connected short stories by H. P. Lovecraft, one of the earliest masters of dark fantasy and horror. From "Dagon" to "The Call of Cthulhu" to "The Haunter of the Dark," each story connects to the ancient cosmic entities known as the Great Old Ones, buried in a deep sleep beneath the earth and incomprehensible to mankind. For the few mortals who dare to glimpse this unknowable world, the result is a complete disconnection from what was once considered reality. Lovecraft's stories are grim, fantastical, dark, horrifying—and yet endlessly fascinating.
Cthulhu'nun Çağrısı
H.P. Lovecraft
Lovecraft'ın neden korku edebiyatının ustası olarak anılması gerektiğini gösteren; yabancılığın, dehşetin, tekinsizliğin anlatıldığı toplam yedi öykü var bu kitapta.
Korku ancak gördüğümüzde bilebildiğimiz bir şey midir? Yoksa bilmediğimizi gördüğümüz şey midir? Belli ki Lovecraft bunu sorguluyordu bu öyküleri yazdığı sırada. Hep korkularımızdan ve bilmediklerimizden bahsetmeye çalıştı. Çalıştı diyoruz, çünkü asla tam olarak bahsedilemeyeceğini biliyordu. Tıpkı bu öykülerde olduğu gibi, dehşeti tarif etmek mümkün değildi. Tarif eden ya mezarlığa düştü ya da akıl hastanesine; ya müzisyen oldu ya da ressam; ya aynaya baktığında başkasını gördü ya da denizin dibinde buldu kendisini.
Bu kitap bir dehşet davetiyesi, bir delilik güzellemesi. Bu, Lovecraft'ın çağrısı…
Cthulhus Ruf (Arkham-Erzählungen 2) (German Edition)
H.P. Lovecraft
Der Sprachwissenschaftler George Gammell Angell hinterlässt nach seinem Tode die geheimnisvolle Skulptur eines geschuppten Wesens. Wie sein Großneffe Francis Wayland Thurston bald herausfindet, handelt es sich dabei um eine uralte Gottheit – eine Gottheit, die nicht nur in der Phantasie ihrer Anhänger existiert ...H. P. Lovecrafts berühmteste Geschichte in ungekürzter Neuübersetzung, der es erstmals gelingt, Lovecrafts speziellen Stil und die besondere Atmosphäre seiner Erzählung in deutscher Sprache schillern zu lassen."H. P. Lovecraft ist der bedeutendste Horror-Autor des 20. Jahrhunderts." Stephen KingUnter dem Titel "The Call of Cthulhu" erstmals veröffentlicht 1928 in der Zeitschrift "Weird Tales"Erstdruck der Übersetzung in "H. P. Lovecraft – Das Werk" (FISCHER Tor, 2017)
Cthulhu vaknar
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft är en av den amerikanska skräcklitteraturens allra största författare. Med sina noveller om kosmisk skräck, uråldriga gudar och fasansfulla kulter i Massachusetts 1930-tal har han varit stilbildande och hyllats av bland annat Stephen King och Guillermo del Toro. Kanske mest känd av Lovecrafts alla berättelser är Cthulhu vaknar (The Call of Cthulhu) som här återges i sin helhet med målningar av närmast filmisk kvalitet av den franske konstnären François Baranger. I Frankrike har boken gjort succé och sålt slut första upplagan på några veckor. Nu kommer den på svenska i ett lyxigt och påkostat storformat. Lovecrafts klassiker har aldrig tidigare varit så här vacker.
Cuentos macabros
H.P. Lovecraft
Cuando denominaban las narraciones de brujas y vampiros Lovecraft escribió la llamada de Cthulhu quebrando el paradigma y dio paso al terror cósmico ahí se comunican las razas del pasado y el futuro y la magia decide el destino fatal.
Dagon
H.P. Lovecraft
"Dagon" is the second story of the writer H.P.Lovecraft, written in 1917 and published ,for the first time, in 1919. The work takes its title from the mythological God Dagon, and tells a disturbing story, happened years before to a man with the obsession of suicide. Before throwing himself from the window of his attic, this man writes some notes related to his mental state. Then, he began to recall an old story that happened in the years of the First World War: suddenly, he finds himself a prisoner of a German ship in the Pacific Ocean. After only five days, the protagonist manages to escape with a raft. Wandering for days, adrift in the sea, one afternoon he finds himself stranded on a disquieting and apparently deserted island. Immediately he notices that in the mud, a lot of rotting fish are stranded...
Dagón
H.P. Lovecraft
Océano Pacífico, Primera Guerra Mundial. Tras ser interceptado por un destructor alemán, un oficial de la marina mercante logra escapar de sus carceleros. Tras días de vagar por las aguas del sur del Ecuador, termina en un continente desconocido.
Es en esta tierra siniestra llena de cadáveres donde se cruzará en el camino de una criatura gigantesca que responde al nombre de Dagón, el dios pez. Salvado milagrosamente pero atormentado por visiones de pesadilla, dará testimonio de la experiendia que lo dejó a las puertas de la locura.
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
Here at last is the definitive Lovecraft--the third in a three-volume set of the collected macabre fiction that embodies the author's own final thoughts and stylistic preferences. Based upon S.T. Joshi's extensive and painstaking collation of extant manuscript materials, this new edition from Arkham House is the only completely authoritative text and supersedes all previous editions.
Dans l'abîme du temps
H.P. Lovecraft
Présentés dans une traduction remise à jour, les quatre récits qui composent ce recueil sont moins des nouvelles au sens courant du terme que de vertigineuses plongées dans le monde terrifiant de Howard P. Lovecraft. L'humanité y est aux prises avec des êtres surnaturels qui ont été les maîtres de la Terre bien avant l'apparition de l'homme et qui tentent de recouvrer leur suprématie.
Faisant appel aux images, aux mythes, aux récits de toutes les traditions perdues, Lovecraft compose des philtres puissants qui laissent dans les esprits une empreinte indélébile.
Contient :
• Dans l'abîme du temps (The Shadow out of Time - 1935)
• La Maison de la sorcière (The Dreams in the Witch-House - 1932)
• L'Appel de Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu - 1926)
• Les Montagnes hallucinées (At the Mountains of Madness - 1932)
Das Ding auf der Schwelle & Die Ratten im Gemäuer. Gänsehaut für die Ohren
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft zählt zu den einflussreichsten amerikanischen Schriftstellern auf dem Gebiet von Horrorgeschichten. Die beiden hier von Lutz Riedel vorgetragenen Erzählungen sind Horror pur. Man muss gute Nerven haben, um sie verkraften zu können! Das Ding auf der Schwelle ist ein offensichtlich stark autobiographisch gefärbter Text. Wie der Autor selbst ist der Freund auch von Frauen erzogen worden, war hoch begabt und hatte einen deutlichen Hang zur schwarzen Magie und zu verbotenen Büchern, beispielsweise zu Necronomicon, einer fiktiven, von Lovecraft selbst erfundenen Schrift eines verrückten Arabers. Die schauderhafte Story endet damit, dass der Ich-Erzähler seinen Freund, der wahnsinnig wurde, tötet. Und der Titel Das Ding auf der Schwelle bezieht sich auf die tote Hülle der Ehefrau des Freundes, die über übersinnliche Fähigkeiten verfügte. Der Ich-Erzähler, der seinem Freund unzählige Briefe schreibt, ist eine weitere Parallele zu Lovecrafts eigenem Leben. Der Schriftsteller gilt als manischer Briefeschreiber. Er führte umfangreiche briefliche Korrespondenz unter anderem mit den Autoren Robert Bloch (Psycho) und Robert E. Howard (Conan der Barbar). Die zweite, nicht weniger gruselige Story Die Ratten im Gemäuer… beschreibt die unglaubliche Geschichte der Menschenhaltung in einem Keller. Lutz Riedel zieht alle Register der Horrorfachs. Er interpretiert die beiden Geschichten derart eindringlich, dass man im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes Gänsehaut bekommt. Wer so etwas mag, wird fasziniert sein, die anderen werden den Horror nicht durchstehen. Als Schriftsteller wurde Lovecraft zu Lebzeiten (1890 bis 1937) verkannt. Sein Interesse für den Traum und das Unterbewusste führte ihn verständlicherweise auch zu Edgar Allan Poes Werk. Nach seinem Tod hat sein umfangreiches Werk, das die eigenen Alpträume und sein Unterbewusstsein thematisiert, aufgrund der Authentizität viele Schriftsteller und Filmemacher nachhaltig beeinflusst. Ungekürzte Lesungen, Spieldauer: ca. 153 Minuten, 2 CD. --culture.text
Deliliğin Dağlarında
H.P. Lovecraft
Miskatonic Üniversitesi'nden bir ekip araştırma için Antartika'ya gider. Yaptıkları sondajlarda jeolojik bulgulardan çok daha fazlasına rastlarlar. Çağlardır ölü olan bu kıta, insanın gezegen üzerinde ilk yürüyüşünden yıllar önce yaşayan varlıkların görkemli izlerini korumaktadır derinliklerinde. Lovecraft'ın en başarılı yapıtları arasında gösterilen bu kitapta Cthulhu Mitosu'nun 'kurucu öğesi' Eskiler'in tarihini bulacaksınız.
Die besten Geschichten
H.P. Lovecraft
Lemurische Wesen der Unterwelt mit blutigen Riten, leichenverzehrende Dämonen, Monstren, die 'in unbestimmten Bereichen und Dimensionen außerhalb unseres stofflichen Universums leben' - sie bevölkern die so verstiegene wie faszinierende Welt des H. P. Lovecraft. Unaufhaltsam schürt der frühe Meister der Horrorliteratur die Angst vor dem Unbekannten und Bedrohlichen und löst bei seinen Lesern blankes Entsetzen und wohlige Schauer aus. Dieser Band versammelt zwölf seiner besten Geschichten, unter ihnen 'Cthulhus Ruf', 'Das Grauen von Dunwich', 'Die Musik des Eric Zann' und 'Die Ratten im Gemäuer'.
Die Farbe aus dem All
H.P. Lovecraft
Westlich von Arkham liegt ein Gebiet, dass von den Einwohnern die "verfluchte Heide" genannt wird. Dort ist ein merkwürdiger Meteorit niedergegangen, und seither beginnt die Flora und Fauna auf entsetzliche Weise zu mutieren...
El Alquimista: Historia narrativa de venganza, suspenso y terror oscuro de Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Spanish Edition)
H.P. Lovecraft
La historia narra del protagonista, el Conde Antoine de C-.C�mo todos sus antepasados murieron de alguna manera misteriosa. La l�nea se ha reducido y el castillo se ha dejado caer en mal estado, torre por torre. Finalmente, Antoine es el �nico que queda, con un pobre sirviente, Pierre, quien lo cri�, y una peque�a secci�n del castillo con una sola torre todav�a es utilizable. Antoine ha llegado a la edad adulta y se acerca a los 32 a�os. Hace cientos de a�os, el noble antepasado de Antoine fue responsable de la muerte de un mago oscuro, Michel Mauvais. El hijo del mago, Charles le Sorcier, jur� vengarse no solo de �l sino de todos sus descendientes, maldici�ndolos a morir al cumplir los 32 a�os.
El alquimista y otros relatos
H.P. Lovecraft
Contiene:
- «El alquimista» (The Alchemist)
- «Dagón» (Dagon)
- «Más allá del muro del sueño» (Beyond the Wall of Sleep)
- «Polaris» (Polaris)
- «El caos reptante» (The Crawling Chaos)
- «Hechos tocantes al difunto Arthur Jermyn y su familia» (Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family)
- «La tumba» (The Tomb)
- «Celephaïs» (Celephaïs)
El color que cayó del cielo
H.P. Lovecraft
La historia es contada en primera persona por un ingeniero encargado de hacer un estudio para edificar un lago en un remoto paraje, llamado Arkham. Allí encuentra un área de terreno que es distinta a todas y que le causa extrañas sensaciones. Un anciano vecino del lugar le explica que el motivo del estado de esa parcela es que un meteorito se estrelló cerca de una granja, y, al transcurrir el tiempo, las plantas y árboles primero, y los animales después, empiezan a sufrir mutaciones, cambios de color, olores desagradables, acabando afectando a la familia que habita la granja, enloqueciéndola hasta morir en un trágico final, y el ingeniero decide abandonar su trabajo electrizado por el horror que descubre.
El color que cayó del espacio
H.P. Lovecraft
Para H. P. Lovecraft esta era su mejor obra. Como todo lo que escribió, se trata de una novela corta. Es, con toda seguridad, el mejor exponente de su pensamiento. Sus referentes son Poe y Hawthorne. La acción tiene lugar en esa zona creada por Lovecraft y venerada por la cultura popular: Arkham, una ficticia área rural de Massachusetts. Como maestro indiscutible de la literatura fantástica, Lovecraft quiso crear un nuevo arquetipo de monstruo y lo hizo: convirtió un color indefinido en objeto de un terror incomprensible. Además, sabe meternos en la piel de esa casta de puritanos subdesarrollados y hace que percibamos el hedor que rodea esos bosques que «jamás han sentido el hacha del hombre».
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre
H.P. Lovecraft
Following the phenomenal success of Necronomicon, its companion volume brings together Lovecraft’s remaining major stories plus his weird poetry, a number of obscure revisions, and some notable nonfiction, including the seminal critical essay Supernatural Horror in Literature.
Gathering together in chronological order the rest of Lovecraft's rarely seen but extraordinary short fiction, this collection includes the entirety of the long-out-of-print collection of 36 sonnets "Fungi from Yoggoth." Howard Phillips Lovecraft died at the age of 47, but in his short life he turned out dozens of stories which changed the face of horror. His extraordinary imagination spawned both the Elder God Cthulhu and his eldritch cohorts, and the strangely compelling town of Innsmouth, all of which feature within these pages. Stephen Jones, one of the world's foremost editors of dark fiction, will complete the Lovecraft story in his extensive afterword, and award-winning artist Les Edwards will provide numerous illustrations for this must-have collection.
El extraño
H.P. Lovecraft
Cuento "El extraño" (The Outsider).
El horror de Dunwich
H.P. Lovecraft
This edition reprints seven stories appearing in the 1963 Arkham House edition. The reprinted stories include:
"In the Vault";
"Pickman's Model";
"The Rats in the Walls";
"The Music of Erich Zann";
"The Haunter of the Dark";
"The Dunwich Horror";
and "The Thing on the Doorstep".
En las montañas de la locura
H.P. Lovecraft
William Dyer nos cuenta una historia que no desea contar. Su deseo sería olvidar que semejante horror haya sido posible, olvidar que lo que vivió en aquellas montañas de la locura de la Antártida ocurrió en realidad, que no fue una pesadilla.... Pero Dyer, geólogo de la Universidad Miskatonic, se siente en la obligación de revivir aquel horror y de contarlo para evitar que una nueva expedición de hombres de ciencia cometa el mismo error que ellos cometieron.
En las montañas de la locura y otros relatos
H.P. Lovecraft
En la montañas de la locura is a classic story of an expedition of the Antarctic and the discovering of a cave that harbors secrets and horrors unknown to humanity.
Ex Oblivione
H.P. Lovecraft
"Ex Oblivione" is a prose poem by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in late 1920 or early 1921 and first published in The United Amateur in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips.It is written in first person and tells of the dreams of a presumably dying man. In his dreams, the man is walking through a valley and encounters a vine-covered wall with a locked bronze gate therein. He longs to know what lies beyond the gate.
Facts Concerning The Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family
H.P. Lovecraft
In the most common Lovecraft's way of retelling something, this story starts from the end, from Arthur Jermyn's suicide, emphasises the importance of something he found out, then goes back a couple of generations to tell the story of his family. The past explains his peculiar appearance and the way and reason he died.
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family;With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss
H.P. Lovecraft
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
From Beyond
H.P. Lovecraft
"From Beyond" is a short story by science fiction and horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in 1920 and was first published in The Fantasy Fan in June 1934 (Vol. 1, No. 10).
The story is told from the first person perspective of an unnamed narrator and details his experiences with a scientist named Crawford Tillinghast. Tillinghast creates an electronic device that emits a resonance wave, which stimulates an affected person’s pineal gland, thereby allowing them to perceive planes of existence outside the scope of accepted reality.
Great Tales of Horror
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P Lovecraft: Great Tales of Horror features twenty of horror master H.P. Lovecraft's classic stories, among them some of the greatest works of horror fiction ever written, including:
Herbert West: Reanimador y otros relatos
H.P. Lovecraft
The first horrible incident of our acquaintance was the greatest shock I ever experienced, and it is only with reluctance that I repeat it. As I have said, it happened when we were in the medical school1 where West had already made himself notorious through his wild theories on the nature of death and the possibility of overcoming it artificially. His views, which were widely ridiculed by the faculty and by his fellow-students, hinged on the essentially mechanistic nature of life; and concerned means for operating the organic machinery of mankind by calculated chemical action after the failure of natural processes. In his experiments with various animating solutions, he had killed and treated immense numbers of rabbits, guinea-pigs, cats, dogs, and monkeys, till he had become the prime nuisance of the college. Several times he had actually obtained signs of life in. animals supposedly dead; in many cases violent sign5; but he soon saw that the perfection of his process, if indeed possible, would necessarily involve a lifetime of research. It likewise became clear that, since the same solution never worked alike on different organic species, he would require human subjects for further and more specialised progress. It was here that he first came into conflict with the college authorities, and was debarred from future experiments by no less a dignitary than the dean of the medical school himself -- the learned and benevolent Dr. Allan Halsey, whose work in behalf of the stricken is recalled by every old resident of Arkham. I had always been exceptionally tolerant of West’s pursuits, and we frequently discussed his theories, whose ramifications and corollaries were almost infinite. Holding with Haeckel that all life is a chemical and physical process, and that the so-called "soul" is a myth, my friend believed that artificial reanimation of the dead can depend only on the condition of the tissues; and that unless actual decomposition has set in, a corpse fully equipped with organs may with suitable measures be set going again in the peculiar fashion known as life. That the psychic or intellectual life might be impaired by the slight deterioration of sensitive brain-cells which even a short period of death would be apt to cause, West fully realised. It had at first been his hope to find a reagent which would restore vitality before the actual advent of death, and only repeated failures on animals had shewn him that the natural and artificial life-motions were incompatible. He then sought extreme freshness in his specimens, injecting his solutions into the blood immediately after the extinction of life. It was this circumstance which made the professors so carelessly sceptical, for they felt that true death had not occurred in any case. They did not stop to view the matter closely and reasoningly. It was not long after the faculty had interdicted his work that West confided to me his resolution to get fresh human bodies in some manner, and continue in secret the experiments he could no longer perform openly. To hear him discussing ways and means was rather ghastly, for at the college we had never procured anatomical specimens ourselves. Whenever the morgue proved inadequate, two local negroes attended to this matter, and they were seldom questioned. West was then a small, slender, spectacled youth with delicate features, yellow hair, pale blue eyes, and a soft voice, and it was uncanny to hear him dwelling on the relative merits of Christchurch Cemetery and the potter’s field. We finally decided on the potter’s field, because practically every body in Christchurch was embalmed; a thing of course ruinous to West’s researches.
Herbert West—Reanimator
H.P. Lovecraft
"Herbert West: Reanimator" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. The story was the basis of the 1985 horror film Re-Animator and its sequels, in addition to numerous other adaptations in various media.
The story is the first to mention Lovecraft's fictional Miskatonic University. It is also notable as one of the first depictions of zombies, as corpses arising, through scientific means, as animalistic, and uncontrollably violent creatures.
Herbert West: Reanimator Illustrated
H.P. Lovecraft
"Herbert West: Reanimator" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was written between October 1921 and June 1922. It was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. The story was the basis of the 1985 horror film Re-Animator and its sequels, in addition to numerous other adaptations in various media.
The story is the first to mention Lovecraft's fictional Miskatonic University. It is also notable as one of the first depictions of zombies, as corpses arising, through scientific means, as animalistic, and uncontrollably violent creatures.
H. P. Lovecraft Collection: The Complete Fiction
H.P. Lovecraft
Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Colour Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.
H. P. Lovecraft: Gothic Tales (Signature Select Classics)
H.P. Lovecraft
This stunning keepsake—perfect for fans of the mysterious and macabre—comprises three short stories by H. P. Lovecraft, including his Poesque masterpieces “The Outsider” and “The Music of Erich Zann,” as well as “The Terrible Old Man.”
H.P. Lovecraft: Medo Clássico Volume 1
H.P. Lovecraft
Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Ridley Scott, Sam Raimi, Alan Moore e muitos outros criadores seguem o mesmo líder. Se você também é um adorador do lado mais sombrio da literatura, junte-se ao culto a H.P. Lovecraft.
Hoje em dia fica difícil imaginar a cultura pop sem a presença de Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Reconhecido como o legítimo sucessor de Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft passou a vida desenvolvendo seres e universos fantásticos. Assim como Tolkien, ele criou sua própria mitologia com deuses e entidades ancestrais.
Seu terror cósmico, onde o bem e o mal independem de carma ou moralidade, influenciou muitos dos livros, filmes, bandas e games que a gente tanto ama. De Evil Dead a Re-Animator, de Alien aos zumbis de George Romero, das músicas do Metallica às capas do Iron Maiden, das partidas de Alone in the Dark ao Asilo Arkham de Batman... os exemplos de adaptações e inspirações são incontáveis, a ponto de “lovecraftiano” ser considerado um estilo.
A primeira editora brasileira inteiramente dedicada ao terror e à fantasia não poderia comemorar cinco anos de estrada sem o mestre dos mestres em sua casa. H.P. LOVECRAFT: MEDO CLÁSSICO VOL. 1 é o livro que todo darksider sempre sonhou. Uma seleção especial de contos e novelas do autor que revolucionou o terror e a ficção científica no século XX, seguindo aquele padrão de qualidade quase psicopata como só a DarkSide® Books sabe fazer.
Uma homenagem àquele que foi tão bem-sucedido na tarefa de pensar o impensável, a edição da DarkSide® é feita de fã para fã: da capa dura à nova tradução com notas comentadas de Ramon Mapa, grande estudioso da obra, dialogando com as ilustrações de Walter Pax, que parecem ter saído do próprio Necronomicon.
A obra também conta com uma seleção de cartas e documentos coletados pelo historiador Clemente Penna na Brown University especialmente para esta edição, tudo feito com cuidado e carinho para que os verdadeiros adoradores do filho de Providence tenham em mãos a edição definitiva do mestre.
LOVECRAFT EM DUAS EDIÇÕES
“Lovecraft para todos.” Foi dessa frase que surgiu todo o conceito para as novas edições que vão perpetuar o legado do mestre. Leitores de várias gerações vão poder apreciar a magnitude de um autor que é clássico e pop, atual e revolucionário.
Um escritor tão universal como Lovecraft não caberia numa única edição. Por isso, a DarkSide® Books atendeu ao chamado de Cthulhu e preparou duas opções em capa dura: MISKATONIC EDITION e COSMIC EDITION.
O texto das duas edições de H.P. LOVECRAFT: MEDO CLÁSSICO VOL. 1 é o mesmo, mas cada uma delas reflete a personalidade de seus peculiares leitores. A MISKATONIC EDITION é uma obra-prima para sua biblioteca, inspirada na universidade que o escritor criou em seus contos.
H.P. Lovecraft's Beauty and the Beast
H.P. Lovecraft
When archeology student Omorphia takes up residence at the estate of the disfigured occultist known only as The Beast, she uncovers clues to her own mysterious past, while spiralling into a world of alien races and ghouls and strange science. This is the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, recast as a vision of Cosmic Horror set in 1930's New England. An imagined lost work of the Weird Fiction master, adapted in graphic novel form.
Trevor Markwart
Markosia Enterprises
07/25/2022
104
Binding Paperback
0.52lbs
9.61h x 6.69w x 0.28d
9781915387233
This title is not returnable
H.P. Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep
H.P. Lovecraft
Presents horror legend HP Lovecraft's short prose piece Nyarlathotep. This book presents Lovecraft's original poem in its entirety and also features a visual interpretation.
H. P. Lovecraft: Tales of Horror (Illustrated Classic Editions)
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft’s tales of cosmic horror, science fiction, and the fantastic are among the most classic in all literature. His writing challenges readers, scares them senseless, and explodes the boundaries of the known. This stunning collection, illustrated in color, brings to life some of his greatest, most profound works—including “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Haunter of the Dark,” “The Dunwich Horror,” “The Color Out of Space,” “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” and “The Whisperer in Darkness.”
H. P. Lovecraft Tales of Horror (Leather-bound Classics)
H.P. Lovecraft
WIKIPEDIA 'H.P. Lovecraft's reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century, exerting an influence that is widespread, though often indirect.'
H.P. Lovecraft's tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s. These astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published.
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Collection
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life. Among his most celebrated tales is "The Call of Cthulhu", canonical to the Cthulhu Mythos. Never able to support himself from earnings as author and editor, Lovecraft saw commercial success increasingly elude him in this latter period, partly because he lacked the confidence and drive to promote himself. He subsisted in progressively straitened circumstances in his last years; an inheritance was completely spent by the time he died at the age of 46.
H.P Lovecraft: The Complete Collection
H.P. Lovecraft
Fiction, Poetry, Essays and Letters from the Master of the Macabre, H.P. LovecraftRead the complete collection of writings from H.P. Lovecraft. This edition includes a fully linked table of contents so you can find your favorites easily and return to Lovecraft's work again and again. The following stories (plus poems, letters and essays!) are included in this massive ebook: The Tomb Dagon Polaris Beyond the Wall of Sleep Memory Old Bugs The Transition of Juan Romero The White Ship The Doom That Came to Sarnath The Statement of Randolph Carter The Terrible Old Man The Tree The Cats of Ulthar The Temple Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family The Street Celephaïs From Beyond Nyarlathotep The Picture in the House Ex Oblivione The Nameless City The Quest of Iranon The Moon-Bog The Outsider The Other Gods The Music of Erich ZannHerbert West — Reanimator Hypnos What the Moon Brings Azathoth The Hound The Lurking Fear The Rats in the Walls The Unnamable The Festival The Shunned House The Horror at Red Hook He In the Vault The Descendant Cool Air The Call of Cthulhu Pickman's Model The Silver Key The Strange High House in the Mist The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath The Case of Charles Dexter Ward The Colour Out of Space The Very Old Folk The Thing in the Moonlight The History of the Necronomicon Ibid The Dunwich Horror The Whisperer in Darkness At the Mountains of Madness The Shadow Over Innsmouth The Dreams in the Witch House The Thing on the Doorstep The Evil Clergyman The Book The Shadow out of Time The Haunter of the Dark Keywords (max 15):hp lovecraft xThe Complete H.P. Lovecraft Collection xH.P. Lovecraft xlovercraft xhp lovecraft complete xhp lovecraft collection
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Collection: Deluxe 6-Volume Box Set Edition (Arcturus Collector's Classics, 3)
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life. Among his most celebrated tales is "The Call of Cthulhu", canonical to the Cthulhu Mythos. Never able to support himself from earnings as author and editor, Lovecraft saw commercial success increasingly elude him in this latter period, partly because he lacked the confidence and drive to promote himself. He subsisted in progressively straitened circumstances in his last years; an inheritance was completely spent by the time he died at the age of 46.
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction
H.P. Lovecraft
Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Colour Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction
H.P. Lovecraft
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.
Hypnos
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
Ibid
H.P. Lovecraft
"Ibid" is a parody by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1927 or 1928 and first published in the January 1938 issue of O-Wash-Ta-Nong.
"Ibid" is a mock biography of the Roman scholar Ibidus (486-587), whose masterpiece was Op. Cit., "wherein all the significant undercurrents of Graeco-Roman thought were crystallized once and for all." The piece traces the skull of Ibidus, once the possession of Charlemagne, William the Conqueror and other notables, to the United States, where it travels via Salem, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island to a prairie dog hole in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The story is prefaced with the epigraph "'...As Ibid says in his famous Lives of the Poets.'--From a student theme". But S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz report that the "target of the satire in 'Ibid' is not so much the follies of students as the pomposity of academic scholarship.
Il richiamo di Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
Tra gli oggetti lasciti in eredità da uno zio c'è una cassa chiusa ermeticamente. Anche trovata la chiave, c'è una barriera di colla e legno da superare. Perché mai tutte queste precauzioni per un bassorilievo di creta e appunti che, a prima vista, sembrano parto di un folle? Certo, è terribile l'immagine di una piovra, un drago e una caricatura umana, una testa bulbosa, tentacolata che sormontava un corpo grottesco coperto di scaglie e dotato di ali rudimentali, ma non sufficiente a giustificare tanta sicurezza. Quale orribile mistero si cela dietro l'orribile scultura? Per scoprirlo bisognerà imbarcarsi in un viaggio per trovarne le origini. Tratto da “Il dominatore delle tenebre” pubblicato da Feltrinelli. Numero di caratteri: 87.337
Il Rito (Teoria Olografica #3)
H.P. Lovecraft
Un uomo torna dopo anni al villaggio dei suoi avi per festeggiare la notte di Yule. Si troverà a celebrare un rito esoterico dai risvolti paranormali.
Michel Houellebecq gli ha dedicato un saggio, la NASA nominerà un nuovo cratere di Plutonio con la più nota delle sue creazioni, “Annientamento” di Vandermeer si ispira neanche troppo velatamente a questo racconto. Manifesto di un genere, incarnazione delle paure metafisiche, H.P.Lovecraft è l’inventore sfrenato, prolifico e visionario di un olimpo transdimensionale.
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I miti di Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
“Profeta e precursore, iniziatore e ispiratore, Howard Phillips Lovecraft - ampiamente passato alla storia dellaletteratura (e non solo) con il suo acronimo HPL - rimane, e rimarrà, l’erede diretto di Edgar Allan Poe nel gotico,nell’horror e nel soprannaturale. Passato quasi un secolo, l’opera di HPL si conferma fino ai giorni nostri come la piùapprofondita e innovativa esplorazione in assoluto del lato oscuro. Un’esplorazione che scavalca la compressa condizione umana, arrivando a conquistare a pieno diritto una dirompente dimensione cosmica.È precisamente quest’ultima, la dimensione cosmica, la valenza de I Miti di Cthulhu (Cthulhu Mythos), vettore tematico e narrativo primario di HPL assieme al Ciclo del Sogno (Dream Cycle) e alle Storie Macabre (MacabreStories). L’assioma di HPL alle radici de I Miti di Cthulhu è tanto semplice quanto agghiacciante: l’uomo, con tutte lesue contraddizioni, paure, miserie, è null’altro che un instabile, incerto, in ultima analisi insignificante incidente di percorso nel dominio ineluttabile dei Grandi Antichi (The Old Ones), titaniche, onnipotenti divinità maligne confinate solo momentaneamente in un labirinto inter-dimensionale, ma fatalmente destinate a tornare a riprendersi ciò che appartiene loro da prima dell’esistenza stessa del tempo. Su tutto, su tutti, Cthulhu, mostruoso Zeus di inferi troppo terribili per essere anche solo immaginati, sia pure nel più spaventoso dei deliri.Ecco quindi le storie di Chtuhlu, una cavalcata nella tenebra degli eventi e nei baratri dell’anima come nessunaltro autore prima di HPL, e di certo mai dopo HPL, è mai stato in grado neppure remotamente di concepire.” (AlanD. Altieri)Tratto da “Il dominatore delle tenebre”, pubblicato da Feltrinelli. Numero di caratteri: 515.270
I racconti del Necronomicon
H.P. Lovecraft
In questo volume sono raccolti e presentati quei racconti che citano o parlano in qualche modo del “Libro Maledetto”, quel Necronomicon che, sicuramente opera di fantasia di Lovecraft, come lui stesso ebbe ad affermare, a tutt’oggi conta una numerosa schiera di appassionati che sono convinti esista davvero. È in ogni caso fuor di dubbio che queste storie inquietanti costituiscono un momento fondamentale nell’insieme del corpus narrativo del Solitario di Providence, e in particolar modo per quanto attiene al suo famosissimo Ciclo dei Miti di Cthulhu, che viene unanimemente riconosciuto come la parte più pregnante e significativa della sua produzione.
Karanlıkta Fısıldayan
H.P. Lovecraft
"Temel varoluşun sırlarına böyle tehlikeli biçimde yaklaşmış aklı başında bir adam yoktur, biçimi, gücü ve simetriyi aşan kaosun içinde mutlak yok oluşa böylesine yaklaşan organik bir beyin olmamıştır."
Profesör Alberth Wilmarth’ın anlattığı, büyük sel sonrasında Vermont civarındaki tuhaf ve ürkütücü olayları konu edinen Karanlıkta Fısıldayan'da, H. P. Lovecraft'ın "bilinmeyenin korkusu"na dair tutkusu kendini yine gösteriyor.
Bölgedeki Akeley çiftliğinde yalnız yaşayıp bu ürkütücü olayları araştıran, esrarengiz Henry Akeley'nin Wilmarth'a yolladığı mektuplarda değindiği korkunç detaylardan ve "gizli ırk" ile ilgili bahsettiklerinden sonra Akeley, geceleri gizli güçler tarafından rahatsız edilir. Bunun ardından Profesör Wilmarth olayları çözmek için Akeley çiftliğine tehlikeli bir yolculuğa çıkacaktır.
Karanlıkta Fısıldayan, Lovecraft'ın yazdığı en uzun metinlerden biri olmasının yanında Cthulhu Mitosu'nun da bir parçası. Bu dehşet dolu eserle kozmik korkuyu iliklerinize kadar hissedeceksiniz.
La casa stregata
H.P. Lovecraft
La casa stregata, forse l’opera più celebre del maestro dell’horror, fu ispirata a Lovecraft da una casa realmente esistente, «maledetta o nutrita di cadaveri», a Providence.
Antichi orrori che si risvegliano, aure demoniache, il soprannaturale che opprime la vita quotidiana: sono questi i temi che Lovecraft padroneggia come nessun altro. E sono i temi anche del celebre L’orrore a Red Hook: la precisione con cui riporta alcune formule usate durante rituali esoterici ha convinto molti che lo scrittore fosse un affiliato di una setta occulta. Verità o ennesima leggenda fiorita intorno al mito del genio di Providence? Quello che è certo è che queste due gemme oscure della letteratura dell’incubo risplendono nelle tenebre, sposano la narrativa all’angoscia, sussurrano all’animo umano le sue paure più oscure.
La Città Senza nome (I racconti Del Necronomicon, #1)
H.P. Lovecraft
The Nameless City of the story's title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and is older than any human civilization.In ancient times, the Nameless City was built and inhabited by an unnamed race of reptiles with a body shaped like a cross between a crocodile and a seal with a strange head common to neither, involving a protruding forehead, horns, lack of a nose and an alligator-like jaw. These beings moved by crawling; thus, the architecture of the city has very low ceilings and some places are too low for a human being to stand upright. Their city was originally coastal, but when the seas receded it was left in the depths of a desert. This resulted in the decline and eventual ruin of the city.
La declaración de Randolph Carter
H.P. Lovecraft
Cuento "La declaración de Randolph Carter" (The Statement of Randolph Carter).
L'Affaire Charles Dexter Ward
H.P. Lovecraft
Charles Dexter Ward, jeune étudiant féru d'archéologie, d'histoire et de généalogie, découvre un jour que Joseph Curwen, jugé pour sorcellerie à Salem, est un de ses ancêtres. Curieux de nature, il part à la recherche de son histoire. Dès le début de son enquête, Charles acquiert de prodigieuses connaissances historiques, compensées par une étrange amnésie du temps présent. Il développe en outre un inquiétant mimétisme avec son aïeul. Devant ces répercussions inattendues, le docteur Willett, médecin et ami de la famille Ward, part à son tour en quête.
La llamada de Chtulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
(Texto completo con indice activo)La llamada de Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu en inglés) es un relato corto en estructura de novelette escrito por H. P. Lovecraft en el año 1926. La obra fue publicada por primera vez en febrero de 1928 por la editorial de pulp Weird Tales. Cthulhu hace su primera aparición en este relato, convirtiéndose en una figura central del ciclo literario de los Mitos de Cthulhu.La historia está compuesta por dos narrativas principales vinculadas por una tercera, la voz del «autor». Solo el autor es capaz de interpretar correctamente lo sucedido y es consciente de la importancia de la información que tiene en su poder, y va narrándolo siguiendo el orden en que él mismo fue descubriendo la verdad.Comienza con la muerte de un eminente profesor de la Universidad de Miskatonic y el estudio de los documentos con los que estaba trabajando. Estos incluyen un informe sobre un ataque perpetrado por una secta. Una investigación sobre los miembros de la secta saca a la luz algunas pistas sobre la horrorosa criatura que veneran, Cthulhu. Este ser, que supuestamente llegó con sus seguidores extraterrestres desde las estrellas millones de años antes de la aparición del Hombre, ahora descansa en un sueño profundo en su ciudad sumergida, R'lyeh.La segunda parte de la historia empieza con el cuaderno de bitácora del primer oficial de un barco que descubre la ciudad hundida, pues esta ha emergido a la superficie en el Océano Pacífico. La ciudad emergió porque «las estrellas eran propicias» y el tiempo para el despertar de Cthulhu y sus engendros había llegado.
La llamada de Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft ha pasado a la historia de la literatura como uno de los grandes innovadores del relato fantástico y de terror del siglo XX. Niño prodigio, empezó a leer y escribir a muy temprana edad, y ya en la adolescencia era un noctámbulo solitario y atormentado. Lovecraft se ha convertido en un autor de culto que con sus relatos de auténtico terror provoca adicción entre sus lectores. Esta es una de sus obras más emblemáticas, que propició el nacimiento de los llamados Mitos de Cthulhu.
La llamada de Cthulhu y otros relatos
H.P. Lovecraft
El maestro de la literatura fantástica; H.P. Lovecraft, se presenta es esta segunda entrega dedicada a su obra, con su narrativa única y su mitología terrorífica de seres procedentes de un inframundo paralelo. Ahora, esta cuidada selección incluye la edición integra de su famoso relato: LA llamada de Cthulhu, donde se involucra un arcaico dios oceánico; además de otros relatos como En las montañas de la locura, que son las memorias de un geólogo al que sus expediciones lo llevan a la Antártida, donde todo termina de manera trágica.
Contiene las obras:
– La llamada de Cthulhu.
– El horror en Arcilla.
– El relato del inspector Legrasse.
– La locura Venida del mar.
– Dagón.
– El clérigo Malvado.
– El color que cayó del cielo.
– El Horror de Dunwich.
– El árbol.
– El Grabado en casa.
– El templo.
– Los Hongos de Yuggoth.
– Cosmos en colapso.
– El alquimista.
– El miedo acechante.
– Las montañas de la locura.
La llamada de lo extraño: Ensayos sobre la escritura del horror
H.P. Lovecraft
Celebrado y reconocido por sus cuentos e historias de horror cósmico y por su habilidad para crear mitologías ficticias que influenciaron e influencian a generaciones de escritores, cineastas y artistas, H. P. Lovecraft también dedicó una buena parte de su obra a reflexionar sobre el género de terror y su escritura.En sus ensayos y cartas —que alcanzan la monumental cifra de las decenas de miles— Lovecraft se revela ya no solo como un eximio escritor, sino también como un lector avezado, un estudioso de la literatura y un crítico agudo, completamente consciente de las tradiciones sobre —y a partir de— las cuales elaboraría una filosofía y una estética propias.Leer los ensayos de Lovecraft nos permite un fascinante acceso a su mente creadora, a sus técnicas y procedimientos, al andamiaje que actúa en el reverso de sus ficciones.Desde una historia del género (quizá la más completa y valiosa hasta la fecha) hasta un compendio de ideas y consejos de escritura, los textos aquí reunidos abarcan, desde la mirada del genio literario, el amplio abanico de la teoría y la práctica del horror.“EN CONJUNTO, ESTOS TEXTOS FUNCIONAN COMO UNA LUPA QUE PERMITE ENTREVER LOS HILOS QUE UNEN LAS IDEAS CON LA EJECUCIÓN, LOS RESORTES QUE TRANSFORMAN UN MODO DE MIRAR EN UNA FORMA DE CONTAR”.Tomás Downey y María Petracchi
La Maison de la sorcière (French Edition)
H.P. Lovecraft
Walter Gilman, étudiant en mathématiques et physique quantique dans la célèbre université Miskatonic d'Arkham, habite une vieille maison du quartier pauvre de la ville où vivait autrefois Keziah Mason, une sorcière échappée des prisons de Salem dans des circonstances inconnues. Fiévreux, Walter doit garder le lit. Entre le surmenage et les étranges bruits nocturnes, Walter n'oubliera jamais cette nuit...
La música de Erich Zann
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December 1921, it was first published in National Amateur, March 1922.
A university student is forced, by his lack of funds, to take the only lodging he can afford. In a strange part of the city he had never seen before, on a street named "Rue d'Auseil", he finds an apartment in an almost empty building. One of the few other tenants is an old German man named Erich Zann. The old man is mute and plays the viol with a local orchestra. He lives on the top floor and when alone at night, plays strange melodies never heard before.
L'appel de Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
La terreur, l’horreur, l’informe du rêve, Lovecraft ne les éveille pas pour jouer. Il sait seulement que tout cela nous en disposons déjà, depuis l’enfance, ou dans l’inquiétude du quotidien. Il en est juste un formidable amplificateur.
Et c’est ainsi qu’il est temps de le lire : parce que s’y joue définitivement une bascule majeure de la littérature.
François Bon
Né aux États-Unis en 1890 et mort en 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft est considéré aujourd’hui comme l’un des écrivains d’horreur et de science-fiction les plus importants du XXe siècle.
« Howard Phillips Lovecraft constitue un exemple pour tous ceux qui souhaitent apprendre à rater leur vie, et éventuellement à réussir leur œuvre. »
Michel Houellebecq
La Quête onirique de Kadath l'inconnue
H.P. Lovecraft
Par trois fois, Randolph Carter rêva de la cité merveilleuse. Jadis, elle avait eu pour lui une importance capitale ; il le savait, sans pouvoir dire en quel cycle du temps ni en quelle incarnation il l'avait connue, voire si c'était en rêve ou à l'état de veille. Maléfice ! La prodigieuse cité du couchant ne cesse de se dérober, comme si quelque dieu jaloux en interdisait l'accès. Comment retrouver cette fuyante merveille - seuls les grands anciens, qui hantent la forteresse d'onyx de Kadath l'inconnue, peuvent aider l'insatiable arpenteur des songes dans sa quête. Dans le gouffre des rêves, commence alors l'aventure : 7 créatures maudites, déserts glacés, cryptes diaboliques, mers déchaînées, montagnes aux mille pièges...
La sombra sobre Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
(Con indice interactivo)El libro La sombra sobre Innsmouth (en inglés originalmente The Shadow Over Innsmouth) es una novela de cinco capítulos, escrita por H. P. Lovecraft en 1931 y publicada en abril de 1936 de forma íntegra como novela. Esta fue la única obra de Lovecraft publicada de esta forma durante su vida ya que lo habitual era que sus novelas se publicasen por entregas en revistas.La historia se ubica en el ficticio y decadente pueblo de Innsmouth, en Massachussets, y narra el descubrimiento de los seres híbridos mitad humanos mitad peces que lo habitan.
La sombra sobre Insmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
Considered to the be one of most influential American authors, Howard Philip Lovecraft is synonymous with some of the best fantasy and horror fiction of the 20th century, second only to Edgar Allan Poe.
Innsmouth is a dilapidated seaside town with secrets as a hybrid race of half-human and half-amphibian creatures worship the gods of Cthulhu and Dagon…
Written in 1931, and published by the Visionary Publishing Company some five years later.
Le Cauchemar d'Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
Innsmouth... C'est le hasard qui m'y conduisit, durant cet été où je fêtais ma majorité en parcourant la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Je voulais me rendre à Arkham, mais le prix du billet de train me fit hésiter. C'est alors que l'employé des chemins de fer me parla de ce vieil autobus, que presque personne n'empruntait. Parce qu'il passait par Innsmouth...
Mais pourquoi les gens évitaient-ils cet ancien port de pêche, comme si ses habitants avaient la peste ? Après cette horrible nuit que je passai là-bas, je compris. Je réussis pourtant à m'échapper, de justesse. Etait-ce vraiment une chance ? J'ignorais alors qie le cauchemar ne faisait que commencer...
Contient :
• Le Cauchemar d'Innsmouth (The Shadow Over Innsmouth)
• La Maison de la sorcière (The Dreams in the Witch-House)
• Celui qui hantait les ténèbres (The Haunter of the Dark)
• Air froid (Cool Air)
• L'Indicible (The unnamable)
• Le Monstre sur le seuil (The Thing on the Doorstep)
Légendes du mythe de Cthulhu, tome 2
H.P. Lovecraft
La chose des ténèbres (1936, The haunter of the dark) de LOVECRAFT Howard P.
L'ombre du clocher (1950, The shadow from the steeple) de BLOCH Robert
Manuscrit trouvé dans une maison abandonnée (1951, Notebook found in a deserted house) de BLOCH Robert
L'abomination de Salem (1937, The Salem horror) de KUTTNER Henry
La chose dans le cimetière (1969, The haunter of the graveyard) de SHEA Vernon J.
Sueurs froides (1969, Cold print) de CAMPBELL J. Ramsey
La cité soeur (1969, The sister city) de LUMLEY Brian
Le rempart de béton (1969, Cement surroundings) de LUMLEY Brian
Ceux des profondeurs (1969, The deep one's) de WADE James
Le retour des Lloigors (1969, The return of the Lloigor) de WILSON Colin
Le Monstre sur le seuil
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Thing on the Doorstep" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror fiction. It was written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales.
Daniel Upton, the story's narrator, begins by telling that he has killed his best friend, Edward Derby, and that he hopes his account will prove that he is not a murderer ...
Le montagne della follia
H.P. Lovecraft
Sicuramente la più avventurosa tra tutte le storie scritte da Lovecraft, Le montagne della follia è un romanzo che si svolge nell'Antartide, e narra di una spedizione scientifica che si trova alle prese con dei reperti vecchi di milioni di anni che si riveleranno in seguito degli esseri alieni giunti sulla Terra dalle profondità dello spazio cosmico. Questi esseri, tornati alla vita dopo un lungo periodo di ibernazione, faranno vivere agli scienziati protagonisti della vicenda una serie di avventure mozzafiato nel sottosuolo antartico, che li porteranno a contatto con le vestigia di un'antichissima civiltà scomparsa da millenni.
Le Mythe de Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
Partout dans le monde renaissent des rituels hideux, typiques d'un culte blasphématoire que l'on croyait disparu à jamais : le culte de Cthulhu. Les peuplades primitives se révoltent pour adorer d'odieuses idoles à l'effigie de la monstrueuse créature céphalopode, endormie depuis des millions d'années dans sa demeure sous-marine de R'lyeh. Les temps seraient-ils venus ? A travers les Etats-Unis, quelques hommes courageux, comme le professeur Angell, de Providence, l'inspecteur Legrasse et le premier lieutenant Johansen, vont tenter de s'opposer au réveil de Cthulhu. Mais que peut le courage contre une abomination venue d'outre-espace, dont la simple vue suffit à vous faire perdre la raison ?
Contient :
• L'Appel de Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)
• Par-delà le mur du sommeil (Beyond the wall of sleep)
• La Tourbière hantée (The moon-bog)
• La Peur qui rôde (The lurking fear)
• La Couleur tombée du ciel (The Colour Out of Space)
• Celui qui chuchotait dans les ténèbres (The Whisperer in Darkness)
Les Montagnes hallucinées
H.P. Lovecraft
En quelques nouvelles d’une belle densité, H.P. Lovecraft (1890 — 1937) a posé les fondations d’une grande partie littérature fantastique et horrifique contemporaine.
C’est avec L’Appel de Cthulhu que l’écrivain atteignit la célébrité posthume et créa la seule mythologie littéraire moderne que l'Amérique apporte au monde.
Avec la traduction fidèle et novatrice de David Camus, notre premier recueil Les Contrées du rêve révéla pleinement le génie littéraire et poétique de H.P. Lovecraft. Cette édition a été saluée à la fois par la critique et le public.
Dans Les Montagnes hallucinées et autres récits d’exploration, le traducteur se fait aventurier et guide pour nous amener au plus près des textes majeurs de cette littérature de l’inquiétude cosmique. Ce nouveau recueil regroupe les six histoires se déroulant sur toute la planète et qui mettent en jeu, entre autres, les sombres manigances de Cthulhu, la déité endormie rêvant à la destruction de l’humanité.
Contient :
1 - Dans l'abîme du temps (The shadow out of time)
2 - La Cité sans nom (The Nameless City)
3 - Prisonnier des pharaons (Imprisoned with the Pharaohs)
4 - L'Appel de Cthulhu (The Call of Cthulhu)
5 - Les Montagnes hallucinées (At the mountains of madness)
6 - Dagon (Dagon)
Les Montagnes hallucinées + Dans l'abîme du temps
H.P. Lovecraft
Suivi de : Dans l'abîme du temps
Au cours d'une expédition en Antarctique, deux scientifiques mettent au jour, derrière une chaîne de montagnes en apparence infranchissable, les vestiges d'une ancienne cité aux proportions gigantesques. Pendant cinq ans, un vénérable professeur d'université devient la proie d'étranges visions.
Cherchant à comprendre ce qui l'a « possédé », il découvre en Australie des ruines plus qu'antédiluviennes cachées au regard des hommes. En visitant les dédales et recoins de ces lieux maudits, tous vont observer des fresques évoquant l'arrivée sur Terre d'entités d'outre-espace. Et constater que la menace de les voir reprendre le contrôle de la planète existe toujours...
H.P. Lovecraft, (1890-1937) Reclus, malade, misanthrope et éminemment matérialiste, il transfigura sa haine de la modernité en une oeuvre placée sous le signe de la Peur, dans laquelle l'Homme se voit confronté à un panthéon de dieux venus des immensités cosmiques pour asservir notre planète. Il est aujourd'hui considéré comme le plus grand écrivain fantastique américain de ce siècle.
L'horror de Dunwich
H.P. Lovecraft
En el poblet de Dunwich, Massachusetts, neix i creix Wilbur Whateley, una criatura horrible que des de ben petit té atemorits persones i animals. Instruït pel seu avi en la màgia negra i la bruixeria, voldrà accedir als coneixements d'un llibre prohibit, el Necronomicon, per obrir el portal dimensional que permeti el retorn de Yog-Sothoth, i així propiciar l'apocalipsi. Tres professors de la Universitat d'Arkham, però, provaran d'impedir-ho, a risc de perdre-hi la vida... i el seny.
L'ombra sobre Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
L’ombra sobre Innsmouth, escrita el 1931 i publicada el 1938, forma part dels Mites de Cthulhu, la idea centrals dels quals és que, milions d’anys abans d’iniciar-se el cicle biològic a què pertanyem, la Terra era habitada per uns éssers que, tot i no ser estrictament espirituals, tampoc no eren materials en el sentit un xic estret que acostumem a donar a aquesta paraula. Aquesta raça, a conseqüència de les pràctiques de màgia negra, va perdre el seu domini i va ser expulsada de la Terra, però viu en algun lloc exterior disposada en tot moment a reconquerir-la.
El personatge central de L’ombra sobre Innsmouth, en el millor estil lovecraftià, fa un viatge de turisme a la recerca d’antiguitats a la mítica ciutat d’Arkham, però ocasionalment s’atura en un ruïnós i abandonat poble mariner. En aquest poble viuen els descendents del capità Obed Marsh, que segons la llegenda popular va tenir contactes amb certes “bèsties” dels mars del Sud. Des d’aleshores, a causa de la mescla de sangs, segons sembla, els habitants d’Innsmouth han sofert extraordinàries metamorfosis: han adquirit una forma inhumana, meitat peixos meitat batracis, que els fa repugnants. A mesura que el narrador va descobrint la identitat del misteriós capità Marsh se li fa cada cop més evident...
L'orrore soprannaturale in letteratura. E altri scritti sul weird
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft è uno degli autori horror più noti del XX secolo, e la sua narrativa non si è limitata a influenzare in maniera consistente il genere horror contemporaneo, tanto letterario quanto filmico, ma ha colonizzato il nostro immaginario. Questo volume raccoglie gli scritti saggistici più noti di Lovecraft corredati da un aggiornato e consistente apparato critico, mettendo in dialogo le teorie lovecraftiane con i più recenti commenti concettuali e filosofici sulla sua opera. Nella sua opera Lovecraft ha elaborato una teoria dell'orrore fondata non sulla continuità tra l'umano e il mostruoso (come avveniva nel romanzo gotico e nelle storie di fantasmi o nelle figure del vampiro o del mostro), e dunque sul riconoscimento perturbante del familiare nello strano bensì sul radicalmente alieno. L'horror lovecraftiano - che confina con la fantascienza - ha al centro creature così vaste e spaventose da risultare inconcepibili. Tale orrore, di matrice materialista, si fonda sulla presentazione di un'alterità radicale, l'incontro con la quale coincide con un drastico ridimensionamento dell'antropocentrismo e con il collasso del soggetto umano.
Los amados muertos
H.P. Lovecraft
Cuento "Los amados muertos" (The Loved Dead).
Los mitos de Cthulhu: Volumen 1 (1) (Spanish Edition)
H.P. Lovecraft
Lovecraft creates a new mythology inhabited by both living and dead beings, with origins in unknown stars or beyond time and space, seeking to unseat humans from their place of power. A student of mysticism, theosophy, and occultism, Lovecraft built worlds to unsettle his contemporaries and today’s readers alike.
Lovecraft propone una imagen del mundo nueva para terrores novedosos. Crea una nueva mitología habitada por seres vivos, muertos o aletargados, venidos de estrellas que aún no conocemos, provenientes de ignotas dimensiones situadas más allá del tiempo y el espacio, que esperan para desalojar definitivamente a la humanidad de su sitial predominante. Estudioso de la mística, la teosofía, el ocultismo y otras disciplinas, edifica un museo del horror que espantó a sus contemporáneos y todavía hoy provoca terror en los nuevos lectores.
Lovecraft - Histórias Favoritas
H.P. Lovecraft
Na obra de Lovecraft, o verdadeiro horror nasce da consciência da nossa insignificância diante do caos primordial. Seus relatos não permitem que nos esqueçamos de que somos poeira, e nada mais; também nos lembram de que basta o despertar de alguma entidade antiquíssima para, como poeira, sermos varridos da existência.
- Oscar Nestarez
Macabre Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
The selection in Macabre Stories represents the beginning of Lovecraft's career as a horror writer. They follow the period up to the early 1920s when he was still developing his own style. These stories range from fantasy stories inspired by Lord Dunsany to riffs on the Gothic horror genre of the day and demonstrate how the young man developed into the iconic horror writer he became.
Mardrömsboken
H.P. Lovecraft
Människans äldsta och starkaste känsla är fruktan, och det slags fruktan som är äldst och starkast är fruktan för det okända.
H.P. Lovecrafts Mardrömsboken är en serie brev, skrivna mellan åren 1916 och 1937 (det sista daterat bara några veckor innan han dog), i vilka han för sina vänner och författarkollegor mycket ingående och personligt beskriver sina mardrömmar. Kanske kommer vi honom inte närmare än i just dessa brev. Det är ingen överdrift att hävda att merparten av Lovecrafts noveller på ett eller annat sätt har sitt ursprung i hans rika drömvärld, vilket dessa brev visar med all önskvärd tydlighet. Flera av dem liknar närmast noveller i sig. De ger en unik inblick i Lovecrafts skapande och belyser bakgrunden till flera av hans berömda skräckberättelser.
Mardrömsboken är en omistlig källa för alla som vill träda djupare in i människan Lovecrafts skapande och uppleva ursprunget till den kosmiska skräcken i hans mardrömsvärld.
Memory
H.P. Lovecraft
"Memory" is a flash fiction short story by American horror and science fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1919 and published in May 1923 in The National Amateur. "Memory" uses many of H. P. Lovecraft's common images and ideas, such as relics of the deep past and things "without name". Also, his fondness for vast, monolithic ruins (a favourite with many other Cthulhu and horror writers) is evident in the intricate description found in the page-long story.
This story takes place in the ancient valley of Nis, in vegetation-covered stone ruins described by Lovecraft in great detail. These crumbling blocks of monolithic stone now serve only for grey toads and snakes to nest under. Interspersed in the ruins are large trees that are home to little apes. Through the bottom of this valley runs the great, slimy red river called Than.
"Memory" involves only two "the Genie that haunts the moonbeams" and "the Daemon of the Valley". The Genie inquires of the Daemon who it was that long ago placed the stones that were now the desolate ruin near the river Than. The Daemon replies that he remembers the name of the creatures "clearly," but only because their name rhymed with that of the they were called Man. He also remembers "dimly" that they appeared like the small apes that now leap through the ruins. The Genie flies back to his moonbeams, and the Daemon turns to regard an ape in silent contemplation.
Mezarlıktaki Dehşet
H.P. Lovecraft
“Eğer ölümsüz ruhuna değer veriyorsan sırlara ve mutlak korkulara bulaşma.”
Korku edebiyatının önemli isimlerinden H.P. Lovecraft’ın yalnızca Amerikan edebiyatında değil, dünya edebiyatında da büyük bir etkisi vardır. Bugün hâlâ eleştiri yazılarının, akademik çalışmaların hatta filmlerin konusu ve ilham kaynağı olduğu, yarattığı korku evreninin okura geniş bir okuma olanağı sunduğu görülür.
İlk kez 1937 yılının Mayıs ayında Weird Tales dergisinde okurla karşılaşan Mezarlıktaki Dehşet hikâyesiyle birlikte eşsiz hikâyelerinin yer aldığı kitapta zihinleri gerçeklikle düş arasında dolaşan kederli ruhların dramlarıyla karşılaşacaksınız. Medusa’nın Saçları, Şeytan Papaz, Büyücü Yaratığın Hazinesi, Karanlığın Ziyaretçisi ve birçoğunun yer aldığı sırlarla örülü bu hikâyeler, geçmişin gizemli kapısından günümüze ulaşabilmek için bir sızıntı arıyor.
Narrativa completa (vol. I)
H.P. Lovecraft
Edición de Juan Antonio Molina Foix. Traducción de Juan Antonio Molina Foix, Francisco Torres Oliver y José María Nebreda
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) fue un ave nocturna y un cazador de sueños. Nació en Providence (Nueva Inglaterra), donde vivió la mayor parte de su corta vida, que dedicó a contemplar las estrellas, leer con avidez cuanto caía en sus manos y, sobre todo, escribir (poesía, ensayo, relatos y una ingente correspondencia). Al refugiarse en su hermético mundo onírico, Lovecraft se embarcó en un viaje sin retorno hacia una nueva dimensión: el miedo cósmico, el «terror de los espacios infinitos», que estremecía a Pascal. Como Poe, Lovecraft abandona definitivamente las invenciones mágicas o legendarias de los góticos: el castillo encantado, los fantasmas, vampiros y brujas, y las sustituye por una nueva mitología fantástica en la que ya no hay Dios ni Diablo, ni seres sobrenaturales, tan sólo híbridos semihumanos y seres extraterrestres o extradimensionales. Y el miedo se convirtió en horror cósmico. A través del sueño y el vuelo de la fantasía H.P.L. compensó su escasa movilidad física y viajó más lejos que nadie. Este primer volumen de su narrativa completa abarca la producción literaria de H.P. Lovecraft entre 1905 y 1926. Influido desde sus comienzos por Edgar Allan Poe, en relatos como “La tumba”, “El extraño” o “Aire frío”, entre 1917 y 1921 escribió casi una veintena de relatos oníricos inspirados en otro de sus grandes maestros: Lord Dunsany. Cuentos de este periodo son “Dagon”, “Polaris”, “La ciudad sin nombre” o “La búsqueda en sueños de la ignota Kadath”. Así mismo, en esta primera etapa de su carrera vio la luz “La llamada de Cthulhu” (1926), pieza básica y fundacional de los Mitos de Cthulhu, subgénero lovecraftiano que cuenta con ilustres precursores, como Arthur Machen o Algernon Blackwood, así como numerosos continuadores, especialmente los escritores que integran el llamado «Círculo de Lovecraft».
Nas Montanhas da Loucura
H.P. Lovecraft
Uma expedição científica é enviada para a desolação gelada da
Antárctida. No local de chegada, a equipa inicia uma busca por fósseis do tempo em que a Antárctida era uma exuberante selva pré-histórica. É então que descobrem, numa caverna gelada, espécimes preservados de criaturas aladas que são levados para investigação. O líder da expedição acorre ao local da descoberta para encontrar o campo destruído, os homens chacinados e os itens desaparecidos. Suspeitando de um motim ou de loucura, parte em direcção às montanhas em busca da verdade, mas o que irá encontrar são segredos aterradores que estão para além da imaginação e sanidade...
Necromicon I Trilogía del horror
H.P. Lovecraft
No ha sido por capricho, fue en pro de la ciencia; he desatado un poder tan grande, he liberado un Monstruo capaz de destruir el sistema solar e incluso el universo entero. Tienen que ayudarme a volverlo a su lugar…
Necronomicon
H.P. Lovecraft
Redatto nell’VIII secolo a Damasco da un pazzo yemenita, il Necronomicon contiene la storia dei Grandi Antichi e le parole per invocarli. È un libro maledetto, demoniaco. Soprattutto è un libro inventato dalla fervida fantasia di H.P. Lovecraft. Non è morto ciò che in eterno può attendere. E col passar di strani eoni anche la morte può morire.
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
Originally written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, H. P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmology that are as powerful today as they were when first published.
This tome presents original versions of many of his most harrowing stories, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, in order of publication.
See also: Eldritch Tales.
Nekronomikon
H.P. Lovecraft
Nakon ove knjige neće vam biti potrebno nijedno ranije izdanje Lavkrafta na srpskom (izuzev romana, naravno). Stavite je uz svoje uzglavlje, i vraćajte joj se često u dubokim noćnim časovima. Lavkraft je zahvalan za stalno novo čitanje i istraživanje, jer njegova egzistencijalna, metafizička, kosmička strava – nažalost ili na sreću – nije prolaznog karaktera. Ona se uvlači duboko pod kožu i rezonira sa najdubljim arhetipovima našeg kolektivnog nesvesnog. Svetlost dana ne raspršuje njegove mrakove, jer ono što Lavkraft otkriva ne može više biti sakriveno. On se ne bavi noćnim baucima niti prevaziđenim plodovima sujeverja, već pretnjama samoj srži našeg bića koja je na sunčevoj svetlosti samo još krhkija. Lavkraft ne donosi katarzu niti utehu, i zato je užitak u njegovim pričama osoben. On donosi jednu osećajnost koja vam ne povlađuje, ne pokušava da vas ohrabri. Ali baš zbog toga, njegovo suočenje sa spoljašnjim i unutrašnjim mrakovima može poslužiti kao uzor i alternativni ključ za poimanje vašeg sopstvenog sveta. Vraćajte mu se često...Izbor najboljih horor priča H. F. Lavkrafta, kojiNiarlatotepDagonHramČudna visoka kuća u izmagliciFestivalGoničHerbert Vest - reanimatorS one stranePikmenov ModelMuzika Erika ZanaIspod PiramidaPacovi u ZidovimaUkleta kućaSnovi u veštičjoj kućiDanički užasU zidinama EriksaBoja izvan ovog svemiraSenka nad InsmutomZov Ktulua
Nekronomikon : najbolje horor priče Hauarda F. Lavkraft
H.P. Lovecraft
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Nyarlathotep
H.P. Lovecraft
Free online fiction.
It was then that Nyarlathotep came out of Egypt. Who he was, none could tell, but he was of the old native blood and looked like a Pharaoh. The fellahin knelt when they saw him, yet could not say why.
Obras completas 1
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft no estaba a gusto en el mundo real, y decidió refugiarse en un mundo fantástico, pleno de espanto y horror. En los laberintos de su universo siempre se sintió amenazado y perseguido, sobre todo por la civilización, que no paraba de arrinconarlo. Desde esa pesadilla construyó una obra única, inquietante y perturbadora. Fundó un modo de narrar irrepetible en esa atmósfera sofocante. Los cuatro tomos que contienen estas obras completas reúnen todos los relatos del escritor de Providence. Los tres primeros volúmenes comprenden desde los relatos primerizos del autor, poco conocidos para el público ocasional, hasta los clásicos, incluyendo su ensayo sobre el horror sobrenatural en la literatura. El cuarto volumen reúne la obra poética de Lovecraft, tan inquietante como sus cuentos; 36 sonetos en una edición bilingüe castellano-inglés. Sin duda un gran regalo para los adeptos del autor y la narrativa fantástica.
O Horror De Dunwich
H.P. Lovecraft
O nascimento de Wilbur Whateley abala a rotina dos moradores da pacata Dunwich e joga a cidade em um vórtice de estranheza à medida que o bebê cresce em velocidade anormal e demonstra obsessão por livros antigos, línguas mortas e criaturas cósmicas mais velhas do que o próprio mundo. É so quinze anos depois, quando Wilbur já se tornou um gigantão assustador em busca de uma fórmula no temido Necromicon, que o mistério vai ser revelado. Mas por que precisa de uma edição específica do livro, se já tem um exemplar, herdado de seu avô? Em seu gabinete na Universidade de Miskatonic, o bibliotecário Henry Armitage percebe e procura um modo de impedir o horror inominável que está à espreita. Mas será que os livros bastarão se Wilbur Whateley conseguir terminar seu ritual de invocação sobre as colinas de Dunwich?
Old Bugs
H.P. Lovecraft
With the onset of Prohibition, the Sheehan Billiard Room in Chicago became a sordid haunt for hard drinkers. A certain Old Bugs, a mature man corroded by vices but capable of showing, at long intervals, the typical sensitivity of educated people works as a kitchen cleaner. When the young Alfred Trever, initiated by his friend Pete Schultz on the way of drinking, arrives at the Sheehan's tavern, Old Bugs will try to convince him not to make the same mistake as he did.
Os Contos Mais Arrepiantes de Howard Phillips Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
Edição de luxo de capa dura, com 15 histórias de terror ilustradas por 22 artistas nacionais.
Antes de H. P. Lovecraft, a literatura de horror resumia-se fundamentalmente a vampiros, fantasmas e bruxas. Depois dele, o género nunca mais foi o mesmo. Genial criador de mundos, pai das mais hediondas criaturas cósmicas e de uma Arkham tão real como Lisboa ou Nova Iorque, Lovecraft foi o pioneiro de um horror onde a humanidade é apenas uma centelha de sanidade num vasto universo de maleficência. Uma centelha fugaz que perde esperança de conto para conto.
A sua visão do horror foi de tal forma influente que está presente na obra de Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro, Alan Moore e muitos outros criadores, da literatura ao cinema, da BD à música. Até Stranger Things, a série-sensação do momento, é uma homenagem ao imaginário de Lovecraft.
Nesta edição de colecionador, ilustrada por 22 artistas nacionais, são apresentados os contos mais arrepiantes de Lovecraft, dando-nos a conhecer a evolução do seu estilo narrativo único e consolidando-o como um dos autores mais visionários da literatura americana.
Pickman's Model
H.P. Lovecraft
"Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales.The story revolves around a Bostonian painter named Richard Upton Pickman who creates horrifying images. His works are brilliantly executed, but so graphic that they result in his membership in the Boston Art Club being revoked and himself shunned by his fellow artists.
Poetry and the Gods
H.P. Lovecraft
The following entries include the first publication of this work and any publications currently in print. * The United Amateur, 20, No. 1 (September 1920), 1-4. * The Tomb and Other Tales. New York: Ballantine Books, 1970, 157-64. * Dagon and Other Macabre Tales. Ed. S.T. Joshi. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1987, 349-56. * The Transition of H.P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996, 15-21. * Shadows of Death. New York, NY: Del Rey, 2005, 292300.
Polaris
H.P. Lovecraft
Polaris is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. It is noteworthy as the story that introduces Lovecraft's fictional Pnakotic Manuscripts, the first of his arcane tomes.
The story begins with the narrator describing the night sky as observed over long sleepless nights from his window, in particular that of the Pole Star, Polaris, which he describes as "winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey".
He then describes the night of the aurora over his house in the swamp and how on this night he first dreamt of a city of marble lying on plateau between two peaks, with Polaris ever watching in the night sky.
Polaris: Relatos Oníricos I (Spanish Edition)
H.P. Lovecraft
"...Polaris lyser ind gennem mit nordvendte vindue med et uhyggeligt skær. Gennem hver eneste infernalske nattetime, lyser den forbandede stjerne op i det tætte, trygge mørke. Om efteråret, når nordenvindene hyler og skriger, og træerne ude i sumpen lader deres gyldne løv hviske unævnelige ting til hverandre i de tidlige morgentimer under den aftagende månes horn, så sidder jeg i vindueskarmen og betragter den kolde stjerne..."
'Polaris' var det eneste værk H.P. Lovecraft skrev dette år (1918) og novellen blev udgivet første gang i 1920 i december-nummeret af The Philosopher.
Przyczajona groza
H.P. Lovecraft
Sześć mrożących krew w żyłach opowiadań mistrza literatury niesamowitej i protoplasty współczesnego horroru – Howarda Phillipsa Lovecrafta. Niezwykłe istoty, nawiedzone domostwa, mroczne tajemnice, złowroga magia i prastare rytuały – oto główne motywy opowieści, jakie znalazły się w niniejszym zbiorze. Wszystkie opowiadania w doskonałym tłumaczeniu Macieja Płazy. Uzupełnieniem są klimatyczne ilustracje Krzysztofa Wrońskiego oraz posłowie Mikołaja Kołyszko, religioznawcy i badacza twórczości H.P. Lovecrafta.
Przyczajona groza
Opuszczony dom
Przypadek Charlesa Dextera Warda
Zgroza w Red Hook
Coś na progu
Nawiedziciel mroku
Racconti dall'incubo
H.P. Lovecraft
La fama di Howard Phillips Lovecraft è cresciuta soprattutto dopo la morte, che lo colse povero in canna e poco apprezzato dalla critica contemporanea. Il suo lavoro ha influenzato generazioni di scrittori - uno su tutti Stephen King - e poi registi, sceneggiatori e fumettisti. La sua cosmogonia è stata ampliata, e la figura del Solitario di Providence, come veniva chiamato, è diventata essa stessa parte del mito. Dalla prefazione di Sandrone Dazieri Una serie di racconti di Howard Phillips Lovecraft scelti e presentati da Sandrone Dazieri.
Relatos de Terror I: La Tumba
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) es el autor de los saberes prohibidos y de los libros malditos; su lenguaje, barroco y obsesivo, es una sugerencia de la fascinación por el terror.
*La tumba.
*Más allá del muro del sueño.
*El viejo terrible.
*El templo.
*Hechos tocantes al difunto Arthur Jermyn y su familia.
*Del otro lado.
*El grabado en la casa
Selección y prólogo de Alberto Santos.
Versiones definitivas de los relatos del maestro del terror.
Selected Stories (Collins Classics)
H.P. Lovecraft
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. "I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more."This selection of works showcases the best-known, most chilling stories of H. P. Lovecraft, including Dagon, The Call of Cthulhu, The Thing on the Doorstep and Herbert West – Reanimator. They feature such deadly horrors as terrifying sea-creatures, menaces from outer space, evil-worshipping cults and unexpected murder by familiar hands. There is no place so frightful that Lovecraft did not venture there, and these tales will leave the imagination reeling, yet dare you to turn the page…
Senka nad Insmutom
H.P. Lovecraft
Senka nad Insmutom je horor novela „oca horora” H.F. Lavkrafta.
Napisana je 1931. i prvi put izdata 1936. godine. Klasik horor žanra i sjajan uvod u Ktulu univerzum.
Seven H P Lovecraft Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
Short Tales of Terror
H.P. Lovecraft
From mysterious hounds and dank dark caves, to strange family ties and a spectral ship.
* The Beast in the Cave
* Beyond the Wall of Sleep
* Cool Air
* The Festival
* Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn & His Family
* The Alchemist
* From Beyond
* The Hound
* The Descendant
* The White Ship
Sny w domu czarownicy
H.P. Lovecraft
Spis treści:
Dagon (Dagon, 1917)
Grobowiec (The Tomb, 1917)
Zeznanie Randolpha Cartera (The Statement of Randolph Carter, 1919)
Ustalenia dotyczące zmarłego Arthura Jermyna i jego rodu (Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, 1920)
Rycina w starym domu (The Picture in the House, 1920)
Wyrzutek (The Outsider, 1921)
Muzyka Ericha Zanna (The Music of Erich Zann, 1921)
Księżycowe moczary (The Moon-Bog, 1921)
Reanimator Herbert West (Herbert West – Reanimator, 1922)
Ogar (The Hound, 1922)
Szczury w murach (The Rats in the Walls, 1923)
Święto (The Festival, 1923)
On (He, 1925)
Zimno (Cool Air, 1926)
Model Pickmana (Pickman’s Model, 1926)
Sny w Domu Czarownicy (The Dreams in the Witch House, 1933) (przekład: Marek Król)
Posłowie: Lovecraft nieskończony (autor: Mikołaj Kołyszko)
Stadt ohne Namen. Horrorgeschichten.
H.P. Lovecraft
Ich hatte schweissnasse Hände, als ich diese Werk zum ersten Mal las! Alfred Hitchcocks Filme wie "Die Vögel" oder "Psycho" halte ich im Vergleich zu diesem Horrorroman der Extraklasse für einen schwachen Abklatsch. H. P. Lovecraft war inspiriert von den Schriften Edgar Allan Poes, dessen Stil und unheimliche, teils höchst makabre Erzählungen einen großen Einfluss auf ihn ausübten. Seine typischen Schauplätze sind fast immer verlassene, unheimliche Häuser und Friedhöfe. Dieser Autor bildreichster Sprache wurde immer wieder von seinen Albträumen inspiriert, einige seiner frühen Erzählungen lassen bereits Motive erkennen, die später in meisterhaft geschriebenen Romanen wiederkehren sollten. Der Autor schrieb einen Schlüsselsatz über sein Lebenswerk: "Die älteste und stärkste Emotion des Menschen ist Furcht, und die älteste und stärkste Form der Furcht ist die Angst vor dem Unbekannten. Diese Tatsachen wird kaum ein Psychologe bestreiten, und sie begründen ein für allemal Echtheit und Rang der übernatürlichen Horrorgeschichte als literarische Form.“ Das ist genial und absolut richtig erkannt, denn unser Leben beginnt mit dem Geburtstrauma. Eben noch im Mutterleib, geborgen und ohne Gedanken an Böses, werden wir in das Leben geschleudert, mit Unbehagen und Schmerzen. Vielleicht wollen wir an diese Furcht erinnert werden, auch wenn diese wenig mit Glück einher geht. Ich bearbeitete diesen Roman mit viel Geduld neu, verbesserte die Lesbarkeit, peinlich darauf achtend, Duktus und Stil H. P. Lovecrafts nicht zu verwässern.
Stories of the Dreamlands
H.P. Lovecraft
The Dream Cycle is a series of stories and novellas written between 1918 and 1932 and set in the "Dreamlands", an alternate dimension that could be entered through dreams. In this realm, Lovecraft's imagination was given full reign as he created an entire world full of wonder and terror. A group of "weak gods" stalk the Dreamlands, protected by the mysterious Nyarlathotep, as Lovecraft's protagonists navigate the alien landscape.
Supernatural Horror in Literature
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), the most important American supernaturalist since Poe, has had an incalculable influence on all the horror-story writing of recent decades. Altho his supernatural fiction has been enjoying an unprecedented fame, it's not widely known that he wrote a critical history of supernatural horror in literature that has yet to be superceded as the finest historical discussion of the genre. This work is presented in this volume in its final, revised text.
With incisive power, Lovecraft here formulates the esthetics of supernatural horror & summarizes the range of its literary expression from primitive folklore to the tales of his own 20th-century masters. Following a discussiom of terror-literature in ancient, medieval & renaissance culture, he launches on a critical survey of the whole history of horror fiction from the Gothic school of the 18th century (when supernatural horror found its own genre) to the time of De la Mare & M.R. James. The Castle of Otranto, Radcliffe, "Monk" Lewis, Vathek Charles Brockden Brown, Melmoth the Wanderer, Frankenstein, Bulwer-Lytton, Fouqué's Undine, Wuthering Heights, Poe (full chapter), The House of the Seven Gables, de Maupassant's The Horla, Bierce, The Turn of the Screw , M.P. Shiel, W.H. Hodgson, Machen, Blackwood & Dunsany are among those discussed in depth. He also notices a host of lesser writers--enough to draw up an extensive reading list.
By charting so completely the background for his own concepts of horror & literary techniques, Lovecraft throws light on his own fiction as well as on the horror-literature which has followed. For this reason this book will be especially intriguing to those who've read his fiction as an isolated phenomenon. Any searching for a guide thru the inadequately marked region of literary horror, need search no further.
Unabridged & corrected republication of 1945 edition. New introduction by E.F. Bleiler.
Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
A twentieth-century successor to Edgar Allan Poe as the master of “weird fiction,” Howard Philips Lovecraft once wrote, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” In the novellas and stories he published in such pulp magazines as Weird Tales and Astounding Stories—and in the work that remained unpublished until after his death, including some of his best writing—H. P. Lovecraft adapted the conventions of horror stories and science fiction to express an intensely personal vision, cosmic in its ramifications and fearsome in its shuddering view of human destiny.
In this Library of America volume, the best-selling novelist Peter Straub brings together the very best of Lovecraft’s fiction in a treasury guaranteed to bring fright and delight both to longtime fans and to readers new to his work. Early stories such as “The Outsider,” “The Music of Erich Zann,” “Herbert West–Reanimator,” and “The Lurking Fear” demonstrate Lovecraft’s uncanny ability to blur the distinction between reality and nightmare, sanity and madness, the human and non-human. “The Horror at Red Hook” and “He” reveal the fascination and revulsion Lovecraft felt for New York City; “Pickman’s Model” uncovers the frightening secret behind an artist’s work; “The Rats in the Walls” is a terrifying descent into atavistic horror; and “The Colour Out of Space” explores the eerie impact of a meteorite on a remote Massachusetts valley.
In such later works as “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Whisperer in Darkness,” “At the Mountains of Madness,” “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” and “The Shadow Out of Time,” Lovecraft developed his own nightmarish mythology in which encounters with ancient, pitiless extraterrestrial intelligences wreak havoc on hapless humans who only gradually begin to glimpse “terrifying vistas of reality, and our frightful position therein.” Moving from old New England towns haunted by occult pasts to Antarctic wastes that disclose appalling secrets, Lovecraft’s tales continue to exert a dread fascination.
Table of Contents:
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Outsider
The Music of Erich Zann
Herbert West—Reanimator
The Lurking Fear
The Rats in the Walls
The Shunned House
The Horror at Red Hook
He
Cool Air
The Call of Cthulhu
Pickman’s Model
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Colour Out of Space
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Shadow Out of Time
The Haunter of the Dark
Tales of Horror
H.P. Lovecraft
The stories of H. P. Lovecraft have been a source of fascination for readers since they were published in the early twentieth century, and legions of fans continue to reinvent his dark and fantastical world to this day. This collection of short stories by the master of the macabre contains more than a dozen of his most popular works, including The Call of Cthulhu, The Shadow Over Innsmouth and The Dunwich Horror. Each story will leave the reader feeling unsettled and uncertain, but also appreciative of the unique elements that Lovecraft introduced to the literary world.
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
“H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the 20th century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”―Stephen King The most important tales of the godfather of the modern horror genre―a master who influenced the works of a generation of writers including Stephen King and Anne Rice―are gathered in one volume by National Book Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates. Combining the 19th-century gothic sensibility of Edgar Allan Poe with a daring internal vision, Lovecraft’s tales foretold a psychically troubled world to come. Set in a meticulously wrought, historically grounded New England landscape, his harrowing stories explore the collapse of sanity beneath the weight of chaotic events. Lovecraft’s universe is a frightening shadow world were reality and nightmare intertwine, and redemption can come only from below. For aficionados and a new generation of 21st-century readers , Tales of H. P. Lovecraft is a classic not to be missed.
Tales of Terror
H.P. Lovecraft
The ideal gift for fans of H. P. Lovecraft and horror classics, this handsome deluxe slipcase edition contains nine of the most popular stories from one of the founding writers of horror fiction. Stories included are: Dagon, Herbert West-Reanimator, The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Shadow Out of Time, and The Haunter. Chills and thrills abound between the pages of this book as the stories show Lovecraft at the height of his powers in the telling of these horror and fantasy tales. The slipcase features a full-color portrait of the horror master, and the enclosed book embossed in silver lettering on red cloth, for a classic look and feel.
"Lovecraft is generally ruthless when it comes to the fate of his characters The source of the horror and fearsome power in these tales are terrible entities: the shoggoth, Cthulhu, the great Race, the great Old Ones all of them defeated by the earth itself This collection is a chance to regard these stories in a new light, with a new awareness." From the Introduction by Dr. Keira McKenzie
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The Alchemist
H.P. Lovecraft
The story is recounted by the protagonist, Count Antoine de C-, in the first person. Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The wizard's son, Charles le Sorcier, swore revenge on not only him but all his descendants, cursing them to die on reaching the age of 32.
The protagonist recounts how his ancestors all died in some mysterious way around the age of 32. The line has dwindled and the castle has been left to fall into disrepair, tower by tower. Finally, Antoine is the only one left, with one poor servant, Pierre, who raised him, and a tiny section of the castle with a single tower is still usable. Antoine has reached adulthood, and his 32nd year is approaching.
The Alchemist, the Original Short Story: (H P Lovecraft Masterpiece Collection)
H.P. Lovecraft
High up, crowning the grassy summit of a swelling mount whose sides are wooded near the base with the gnarled trees of the primeval forest stands the old chateau of my ancestors. For centuries its lofty battlements have frowned down upon the wild and rugged countryside about, serving as a home and stronghold for the proud house whose honored line is older even than the moss-grown castle walls.
The Beast in the Cave
H.P. Lovecraft
a selection from the beginning of the story: The horrible conclusion which had been gradually intruding itself upon my confused and reluctant mind was now an awful certainty. I was lost, completely, hopelessly lost in the vast and labyrinthine recess of the Mammoth Cave. Turn as I might, in no direction could my straining vision seize on any object capable of serving as a guidepost to set me on the outward path. That nevermore should I behold the blessed light of day, or scan the pleasant hills and dales of the beautiful world outside, my reason could no longer entertain the slightest unbelief. Hope had departed. Yet, indoctrinated as I was by a life of philosophical study, I derived no small measure of satisfaction from my unimpassioned demeanour; for although I had frequently read of the wild frenzies into which were thrown the victims of similar situations, I experienced none of these, but stood quiet as soon as I clearly realised the loss of my bearings. Nor did the thought that I had probably wandered beyond the utmost limits of an ordinary search cause me to abandon my composure even for a moment. If I must die, I reflected, then was this terrible yet majestic cavern as welcome a sepulchre as that which any churchyard might afford, a conception which carried with it more of tranquillity than of despair. Starving would prove my ultimate fate; of this I was certain. Some, I knew, had gone mad under circumstances such as these, but I felt that this end would not be mine. My disaster was the result of no fault save my own, since unknown to the guide I had separated myself from the regular party of sightseers; and, wandering for over an hour in forbidden avenues of the cave, had found myself unable to retrace the devious windings which I had pursued since forsaking my companions. Already my torch had begun to expire; soon I would be enveloped by the total and almost palpable blackness of the bowels of the earth. As I stood in the waning, unsteady light, I idly wondered over the exact circumstances of my coming end. I remembered the accounts which I had heard of the colony of consumptives, who, taking their residence in this gigantic grotto to find health from the apparently salubrious air of the underground world, with its steady, uniform temperature, pure air, and peaceful quiet, had found, instead, death in strange and ghastly form. I had seen the sad remains of their ill-made cottages as I passed them by with the party, and had wondered what unnatural influence a long sojourn in this immense and silent cavern would exert upon one as healthy and vigorous as I. Now, I grimly told myself, my opportunity for settling this point had arrived, provided that want of food should not bring me too speedy a departure from this life.
The Beast in the Cave, the Original Short Story: (H P Lovecraft Masterpiece Collection)
H.P. Lovecraft
The horrible conclusion which had been gradually obtruding itself upon my confused and reluctant mind was now an awful certainty. I was lost, completely, hopelessly lost in the vast and labyrinthine recess of the Mammoth Cave. Turn as I might, in no direction could my straining vision seize on any object capable of serving as a guidepost to set me on the outward path. That nevermore should I behold the blessed light of day, or scan the pleasant bills and dales of the beautiful world outside, my reason could no longer entertain the slightest unbelief. Hope had departed. Yet, indoctrinated as I was by a life of philosophical study, I derived no small measure of satisfaction from my unimpassioned demeanour; for although I had frequently read of the wild frenzies into which were thrown the victims of similar situations, I experienced none of these, but stood quiet as soon as I clearly realised the loss of my bearings.
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
H.P. Lovecraft
“H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”—Stephen King
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”—H.P. Lovecraft
This is the collection that true fans of horror fiction must have: sixteen of H.P. Lovecraft’s most horrifying visions, including:
The Call of Cthulu: The first story in the infamous Cthulhu mythos—a creature spawned in the stars brings a menace of unimaginable evil to threaten all mankind.
The Dunwich Horror: An evil man’s desire to perform an unspeakable ritual leads him in search of the fabled text of The Necronomicon.
The Colour Out of Space: A horror from the skies—far worse than any nuclear fallout—transforms a man into a monster.
The Shadow Over Innsmouth: Rising from the depths of the sea, an unspeakable horror engulfs a quiet New England town.
Plus twelve more terrifying tales!
The Book
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Book" is an unfinished short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.
In the story fragment, the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange bookseller, and when he takes it home and examines it, weird and sinister events ensue.
The Call of Chtulhu: Followed by The Outsider
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Call of Cthulhu" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1926. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu makes a major appearance.
The Call of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Dark Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
“The twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale” – Stephen King about H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft’s fiction reveals a universe that is vaster, darker, and stranger than anything previously imagined. His “cosmic horror” reflects a peculiarly modern philosophical belief system in which human beings are regarded as insignificant in light of the vastness of time and space. The especially Lovecraftian twist on this apocalyptic premise is that it is alien forces and powers at work in the universe that possess the potential for the ultimate destruction of mankind.
Reprinted here are many of Lovecraft’s most famous works, including “The Call of Cthulhu” (1928), “The Dunwich Horror” (1929), and “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” (1936). These stories will introduce readers to Lovecraft’s pantheon of “gods,” his characteristic themes, his fictitious New England geography and, of course, the Necronomicon, Lovecraft’s famous invented book of occult secrets.
The Call of Cthulhu: And Other Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
The essential literary collection of H. P. Lovecraft’s 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 literature’s “most critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figures” (Alan Moore), featuring H. P. Lovecraft’s most bone-chilling tales, “Dagon”, “The Outsider”, “The Music of Erich Zann”, “The Rats in the Walls”, “The Call of Cthulhu", “The Colour Out of Space”, “The Dunwich Horror”, “The Shadow over Innsmouth”, “The Shadow Out of Time” and “The Haunter of the Dark”. Though he died an unknown, dejected pulp-magazine writer in 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft is now considered the first great “genius of weird fiction” (Peter Straub). There is no better guide through the peculiarities of his universe than Leslie S. Klinger, whose work as annotator of the “exciting and definitive” (Danielle Trussoni, New York Times Book Review ) New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft has proven him a leading Lovecraft scholar. Keenly aware of the author’s inspiration of “dozens―hundreds―of stories written by others playing in [his] galactic sandbox,” Klinger now presents this essential reader’s edition for both fanatics and newcomers to the canon. Equipped with explanatory annotations and sharp historical insight, this highly accessible?collection features Lovecraft’s ten most profound and unnerving short stories. From the early tale “Dagon” to the mature and sprawling “The Haunter of the Dark,” these expertly curated stories built a Lovecraftian sense of dread that has reverberated in the world of horror literature for that all of us are “outsiders” in the universe. 11 black-and-white photographs
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Lovecraft is a 20th century American writer in the genre of fantasy and horror. The books penned by him are well known all over the world, although they were not so popular during Lovecraft's life. The main theme of his creativity is the Cthulhu Mythos. Lovecraft created an entire fictional world; his tales are even classified into a subgenre known as Lovecraftian horror. The tales The Call of Cthulhu, The Color Out of Space, Dagon and others are among the most famous works of Howard Lovecraft.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror.
"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.
Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu." More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
H. P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. Frequent illnesses in his youth disrupted his schooling, but Lovecraft gained a wide knowledge of many subjects through independent reading and study. He wrote many essays and poems early in his career, but gradually focused on the writing of horror stories, after the advent in 1923 of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, to which he contributed most of his fiction. His relatively small corpus of fiction—three short novels and about sixty short stories—has nevertheless exercised a wide influence on subsequent work in the field, and he is regarded as the leading twentieth-century American author of supernatural fiction. H. P. Lovecraft died in Providence in 1937.
S. T. Joshi is a freelance writer and editor. He has edited Penguin Classics editions of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (1999), and The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (2001), as well as Algernon Blackwood’s Ancient Sorceries and Other Strange Stories (2002). Among his critical and biographical studies are The Weird Tale (1990), Lord Dunsany: Master of the Anglo-Irish Imagination (1995), H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996), and The Modern Weird Tale (2001). He has also edited works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H. L. Mencken, and is compiling a three-volume Encyclopedia of Supernatural Literature. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
Between these pages you will find things that lurk, things that scurry in the walls, things that move unseen, things that have learnt to walk that ought to crawl, unfathomable blackness, unconquerable evil, inhuman impulses, abnormal bodies, ancient rites, nameless lands best left undiscovered, thoughts best left unspoken, doors best left closed, names best forgotten. You have been warned.
The Call of Cthulu
H.P. Lovecraft
The Call of Cthulu and Other Stories (The H. P. Lovecraft Collection, #5)
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Call of Cthulhu" is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in Weird Tales, February 1928. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance.
It is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative. The narrator pieces together the whole truth and disturbing significance of the information he possesses, illustrating the story's first line: "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity; and it was not meant that we should voyage far."
The Call Of Ctulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world...
First published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in February 1928, The Call of Cthulhu is a terrifying trilogy of horror stories that has influenced writers William S. Burroughs, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas Ligotti, Stephen King and others.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
H.P. Lovecraft
Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits are being resurrected from beyond the grave, a supernatural force so twisted that it kills without offering the mercy of death!
The Cats of Ulthar
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. It belongs in the Dream Cycle series of tales and reads much like a fairy tale, explaining Ulthar's unusual law that "no man may kill a cat".
It was written June 15, 1920, and first published in the November 1920 issue of the amateur press journal Tryout. It was later reprinted in Weird Tales magazine in February 1926 and again in February 1933, then privately re-printed as a pamphlet for his friends in an edition of 42 copies, at Christmas 1935 - two years before Lovecraft's death.
The primary inspiration for the story is no doubt Lovecraft's well-known love of cats (as spelled out in his 1926 essay "Cats and Dogs", reprinted as the title essay in the 1949 Arkham House collection Something About Cats). Lovecraft seems to be speaking in his own voice in the story's introductory
For the cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see. He is the soul of antique Aegyptus, and bearer of tales from forgotten cities in Meroe and Ophir. He is the kin of the jungles lords, and heir to the secrets of hoary and sinister Africa. The Sphinx is his cousin, and he speaks her language but he is more ancient than the Sphinx, and remembers that which she hath forgotten.
The story is considered one of Lovecraft's Dunsanian pieces the plot resembles the many revenge tales in Dunsany's The Book of Wonder (1912). The "dark wanderers" of Lovecraft's story recall the "Wanderers...a weird, dark tribe" in Dunsany's "Idle Days on the Yann" (1910).
The Collected Stories 2
H.P. Lovecraft
---- This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader or your iPod e-book reader. -----
From the mind of pulp great, H.P. Lovecraft.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien.
He's developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore.
His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Christian humanism.
-----16 Stories included in this
The Call of Cthulhu;
History of the Necronomicon;
The Colour Out of Space;
The Curse of Yig;
The Descendant;
Cool Air;
Two Black Bottles;
Pickman's Model;
The Silver Key;
The Strange High House in the Mist;
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath;
The Case of Charles Dextar Ward;
The Very Old Folk;
The Thing in the Moonlight;
The Last Test
Ibid ----
Full of intrigue, romance and adventure, this collection is a must for pulp literature fans!
The Color Out of Space
H.P. Lovecraft
Set in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, an unnamed narrator investigates a local area known as the ‘blasted hearth.’ After failing to extract any information from the Arkham locals, the narrator encounters an old man, Ammi Pierce, who relates the story of a farmer who once lived there. The hearth, he claims, was caused by a meteorite that fell onto the farmer’s field in 1882. The Color Out of Space is one of H.P. Lovecraft’s best-loved and most critically acclaimed stories. According to the author, it was also his personal favorite. It has been adapted twice for film; first in 1967 and later in 1987.
The Colour Out of Space
H.P. Lovecraft
Set in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, an unnamed narrator investigates a local area known as the “blasted hearth.” After failing to extract any information from the Arkham locals, the narrator encounters an old man, Ammi Pierce, who relates the story of a farmer who once lived there. The hearth, he claims, was caused by a meteorite that fell onto the farmer’s field in 1882.
“The Color Out of SPAAACE” is one of H.P. Lovecraft’s best-loved and most critically acclaimed stories. According to the author, it was also his personal favorite. It has been adapted twice for film; first in 1967 and later in 1987.
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The Colour Out of Space and others
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Colour Out of Space" is a first-person narrative written from the perspective of an unnamed surveyor from Boston. In order to prepare for the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts, he surveys a rural area that is to be flooded near Lovecraft's fictional town of Arkham. He comes across a mysterious patch of land, an abandoned five-acre farmstead, which is completely devoid of all life.
The Colour Out of Space - Il colore venuto dallo spazio
H.P. Lovecraft
Testo originale a fronte
Tutto è più semplice quando arrivano alieni che si presentano come creature verdi dalla grande testa, o come enormi rettili, o addirittura come un blob senza forma. Almeno si possono affrontare direttamente. Ne Il colore venuto dallo spazio, H.P. Lovecraft riesce nel difficile compito di presentare qualcosa di tanto diverso da tutto ciò che conosciamo, che è difficile da immaginare, ma è in grado di rappresentare una minaccia assolutamente convincente. Il titolo ci dice già con che strano tipo di invasore abbiamo a che fare: un colore; un colore che nessuno ha mai visto prima. Il narratore, un geometra incaricato di fare rilevamenti su un terreno che dovrà essere allagato e diventare un bacino idrico per la città di Arkham, ci conduce in un luogo fatto di gole dove crescono boschi che nessuno ha mai tagliato e dove non penetra la luce del sole; un luogo strano, troppo silenzioso. In quella "landa maledetta" c'è una zona che lo preoccupa; non vi cresce niente: acri di grigia desolazione che si estendono come un grosso piano mangiato dall'acido.
Dopo aver parlato con un vecchio del luogo il tecnico apprende cosa è successo in quella valle mezzo secolo prima, e quello che sente lo induce a tornare a Boston e a lasciare immediatamente il proprio lavoro. La sua unica consolazione è che almeno la zona funesta sarà coperta da acque profonde, ma... sicuramente niente potrà indurlo a bere dai rubinetti di quella città.
È inquietante come progressivamente l'influenza maligna diventi sempre più evidente e più distruttiva nel racconto e come nessuno abbia idea di cosa fare al riguardo. L'autore mette in scena le connotazioni sgradevoli di malattie che fanno appello alle nostre paure. Qualcosa ha letteralmente succhiato la vita da tutta la vallata, e follia e malattia presto sono diventate preoccupazione minori. Per quanto triste il destino delle famiglie del luogo, peggiore è ciò che il narratore lascia inespresso. La zona morta è andata gradualmente espandendosi e le persone che vivono nelle vicinanze soffrono di incubi e sono oppresse da un malessere generalizzato. il colore venuto dallo spazio è una delle minacce più enigmatiche della narrativa dell'orrore e della science fiction. Non c'è nessuna scena di confronto tra umanità e elementi alieni, nessuno scienziato che alla fine riesca a individuare la possibilità di estinguere il pericolo. Per la maggior parte della storia non è nemmeno chiaro se la cosa venuta dallo spazio sia animata.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), anche se tra i suoi contemporanei non ebbe un vastissimo pubblico di lettori, oggi è considerato uno degli autori di horror e fantascienza più influenti del XX secolo. Per Joyce Carol Oates, ha esercito al pari di Edgar Allan Poe un'incalcolabile influenza sulle generazioni successive di scrittori, e anche per il dibattuto re del genere, Stephen King, questo autore americano è il più grande esponente del racconto horror classico, la più grande influenza sui suoi scritti. L'orrore cosmico tipico di Lovecraft, per il quale la vita risulta incomprensibile alla nostra mente e l'universo è fondamentalmente ostile agli interessi del genere umano, ha fornito materiale per adattamenti al cinema, in musica (soprattutto heavy metal) e nei fumetti - anche lo scrittore, sceneggiatore e fumettista inglese Neil Gaiman è un grande ammiratore di Lovecraft.
Il "solitario di Providence" è conosciuto soprattutto per il ciclo I miti di Cthulhu, con i riferimenti a divinità blasfeme e a creature cosmiche, e alcuni dei suoi racconti rappresentato un vero cult per gli amanti dei weird tales ("racconti stranti, inquietanti", dal nome della rivista pulp su cui negli anni Venti comparve anche l'opera di Lovecraft). Necronomicon, presentato dall'autore come un testo di magia nero redatto da uno stregone arabo, è diventato un gioco intellettuale citato anche da altri scrittori e ancor oggi resistono coloro che credono nella sua reale esistenza - ma si tratta solo di un'invenzione della fantasia dell'autore, forse tratta da quegli incubi notturni di cui soffrì tremendamente da bambino.Era la scena di una visione di Füssli; su tutto regnava quel tumulto di luce amorfa, quell'arcobaleno alieno e senza dimensione di veleno criptico dal pozzo - che ribolliva, sentiva, leccava, ghermiva, scintillava, tirava e gorgogliava maleficamente nel suo cromatismo cosmico e irriconoscibile.
It was a scene from a vision of Fuseli, and over all the rest reigned that riot of luminous amorphousness, that alien and undimensioned rainbow of cryptic poison from the well - seething, feeling, lapping, reaching, scintillating, straining, and malignly bubblng in its cosmic and unrecognizable chromaticism.
The Complete Collection
H.P. Lovecraft
CONTENTS:The Nameless CityThe FestivalThe Colour Out of SpaceThe Call of CthulhuThe Dunwich HorrorThe Whisperer in DarknessThe Dreams in the Witch HouseThe Haunter of the DarkThe Shadow Over InnsmouthDiscarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"The Shadow Out of TimeAt the Mountains of MadnessThe Case of Charles Dexter WardAzathothBeyond the Wall of SleepCelephaïsCool AirDagonEx OblivioneFacts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His FamilyFrom BeyondHeHerbert West-ReanimatorHypnosIn the VaultMemoryNyarlathotepPickman's ModelThe BookThe Cats of UltharThe DescendantThe Doom That Came to SarnathThe Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathThe Evil ClergymanThe Horror at Red HookThe HoundThe Lurking FearThe Moon-BogThe Music of Erich ZannThe Other GodsThe OutsiderThe Picture in the HouseThe Quest of IranonThe Rats in the WallsThe Shunned HouseThe Silver KeyThe Statement of Randolph CarterThe Strange High House in the MistThe StreetThe TempleThe Terrible Old ManThe Thing on the DoorstepThe TombThe Transition of Juan RomeroThe TreeThe UnnamableThe White ShipWhat the Moon BringsPolarisThe Very Old FolkIbidOld BugsSweet Ermengarde, or, The Heart of a Country GirlA Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel JohnsonThe History of the Necronomicon
The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
The Cthulhu Mythos was H. P. Lovecraft's greatest contribution to supernatural literature: a series of stories that evoked cosmic awe and terror through their accounts of incomprehensibly alien monsters and their horrifying incursions into our world. The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales collects 23 of Lovecraft's greatest weird tales, including "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Colour out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," "The Shadow over Innsmouth," and "The Shadow out of Time." It also features six collaborative "revisions" through which Lovecraft expanded the scope of his dark mythology.
In these stories, monstrous entities traverse the gulfs of time and space and humankind cowers in fright at the havoc they wreak. The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales is your passport to realms of unimaginable horror.
Contents:
1. Dagon
2. Nyarlathotep
3. The Nameless City
4. Azathoth
5. The Hound
6. The Festival
7. The Call of Cthulhu
8. The Colour out of Space
9. History of the Necronomicon
10. The Curse of Yig
11. The Dunwich Horror
12. The Whisperer in Darkness
13. The Mound
14. At the Mountains of Madness
15. The Shadow over Innsmouth
16. The Dreams in the Witch House
17. The Man of Stone
18. The Horror in the Museum
19. The Thing on the Doorstep
20. Out of the Aeons
21. The Tree on the Hill
22. The Shadow out of Time
23. The Haunter of the Dark
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Colour Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.
The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft: (Illustrated)
H.P. Lovecraft
The Little Glass Bottle
The Secret Cave or John Lees Adventure
The Mystery of the Grave-Yard
The Mysterious Ship
[Short Version]
[Long Version]
The Beast in the Cave
The Alchemist
The Tomb
Dagon
A Reminiscence Of Dr. Samuel Johnson
Sweet Ermengarde or, The Heart of a Country Girl
Polaris
The Green Meadow
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Memory
Old Bugs
The Transition of Juan Romero
The White Ship
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Terrible Old Man
The Tree
The Cats of Ulthar
The Temple
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
The Street
Poetry and the Gods
Celephaïs
From Beyond
Nyarlathotep
The Picture in the House
The Crawling Chaos
Ex Oblivione
The Nameless City
The Quest of Iranon
The Moon-Bog
The Outsider
The Other Gods
The Music Of Erich Zann
Herbert West: Reanimator
Hypnos
What the Moon Brings
Azathoth
The Horror at Martin’s Beach
The Hound
The Lurking Fear
The Rats in the Walls
The Unnamable
Ashes
The Ghost-Eater
The Loved Dead
The Festival
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind
Under the Pyramids
The Shunned House
The Horror at Red Hook
He
In The Vault
The Descendant
Cool Air
The Call of Cthulhu
Two Black Bottles
Pickman’s Model
The Silver Key
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Colour Out of Space
The Very Old Folk
The Thing in the Moonlight
The Last Test
History of the Necronomicon
The Curse of Yig
Ibid
The Dunwich Horror
The Electric Executioner
The Mound
Medusa’s Coil
The Whisperer in Darkness
At the Mountains of Madness
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (discarded draft)
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Trap
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Man of Stone
The Horror in the Museum
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
Winged Death
Out of the Aeons
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Evil Clergyman
The Horror in the Burying-Ground
The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast
The Slaying of the Monster
The Book
The Tree on the Hill
The Battle that Ended the Century
The Shadow Out of Time
“Till A’ the Seas”
Collapsing Cosmoses
The Challenge from Beyond
The Disinterment
The Diary of Alonzo Typer
The Haunter of the Dark
In the Walls of Eryx
The Night Ocean
The Complete H.P. Lovecraft Collection
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft is renown as the father of classic horror. Although incalculable, Lovecraft's influence can be seen worldwide in the works of Stephen King, Alan, Moore, Neil Gaiman and many other prolific authors of the 20th and 21st century. In this massive collection, optimized for Kindle, over 80 of Lovecraft's independent novels have been gathered and reformatted, to send you into a horrifying frenzy. From the complete Cthulu Mythos, to Randolph Carter, then to the complete Dream Cycle, follow the eerie and horrifying depths of Lovecraft's mind as he takes you through a wormhole of terror, fantasy, and intrigue.With artwork from the original publications and a complete navigational menu, delve into this compilation, if you dare.
The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
A must-have classic that every Lovecraft fan and collector will love. Another excellent edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Call of Cthulhu, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Colour Out of Space, The Dunwich Horror, and many more hair-raising tales. The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the works of classic authors from around the world in stunning gift editions to be collected and enjoyed. Complete and unabridged, this elegant edition contains a comprehensive introduction providing the reader with enlightening information on the author's life and works.
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations.The eBook’s table of contents is listed below. It includes the year each story was written.The Tomb (1917)Dagon (1917)Polaris (1918)Beyond the Wall of Sleep (1919)Memory (1919)Old Bugs (1919)The Transition of Juan Romero (1919)The White Ship (1919)The Doom That Came to Sarnath (1919)The Statement of Randolph Carter (1919)The Terrible Old Man (1920)The Tree (1920)The Cats of Ulthar (1920)The Temple (1920)Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family (1920)The Street (1920)Celephaïs (1920)From Beyond (1920)Nyarlathotep (1920)The Picture in the House (1920)Ex Oblivione (1921)The Nameless City (1921)The Quest of Iranon (1921)The Moon-Bog (1921)The Outsider (1921)The Other Gods (1921)The Music of Erich Zann (1921)Herbert West — Reanimator (1922)Hypnos (1922)What the Moon Brings (1922)Azathoth (1922)The Hound (1922)The Lurking Fear (1922)The Rats in the Walls (1923)The Unnamable (1923)The Festival (1923)The Shunned House (1924)The Horror at Red Hook (1925)He (1925)In the Vault (1925)The Descendant (1926)Cool Air (1926)The Call of Cthulhu (1926)Pickman’s Model (1926)The Silver Key (1926)The Strange High House in the Mist (1926)The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1927)The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (1927)The Colour Out of Space (1927)The Very Old Folk (1927)The Thing in the Moonlight (1927)The History of the Necronomicon (1927)Ibid (1928)The Dunwich Horror (1928)The Whisperer in Darkness (1930)At the Mountains of Madness (1931)The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1931)The Dreams in the Witch House (1932)The Thing on the Doorstep (1933)The Evil Clergyman (1933)The Book (1933)The Shadow out of Time (1934)The Haunter of the Dark (1935)
The Dark Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Vol 1
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft has been hailed by literary critics as the inventor of modern horror, and a cultivating force behind such modern writers as Robert Bloch, Wes Craven and Stephen King, just to name a few. "The Dunwich Horror" and "The Call of Cthulhu," perhaps two of his most well-known tales, are narrated for the first time, by Wayne June, bringing to life the horrors from the mind of the Master himself, in the way that only he can. An 1 disc MP3 CD edition.
The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft: 67 Tales of Horror
H.P. Lovecraft
This Halcyon Classics ebook contains sixty-seven of celebrated horror and occult writer H.P. Lovecraft's best works central to his 'Cthulhu mythos.'
The Nameless CityThe FestivalThe Colour out of SpaceThe Call of CthulhuThe Dunwich HorrorThe Whisperer in DarknessDreams in the Witch-houseThe Haunter of the DarkThe Shadow over InnsmouthThe Shadow out of TimeAt the Mountain of MadnessThe Case of Charles Dexter WardAzathothBeyond the Wall of SleepCelephaisCool AirDagonDream HouseEx OblivioneFacts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His FamilyFrom BeyondHeHerbert West: ReanimatorHypnosImprisoned with the PharaohsIn the VaultMedusa's CoilMemoryNyarlathotepPickman's ModelPoetry of the GodsThe AlchemistThe Beast in the CaveThe BookThe Cats of UltharThe Crawling ChaosThe DescendantThe Doom That Came to SarnathThe Dream Quest of Unknown KadathThe Evil ClergymanThe Horror at Martin's BeachThe Horror at Red HookThe HoundThe Lurking FearThe Moon BogThe Music of Erich ZannThe Other GodsThe OutsiderThe Picture in the HouseThe Quest of IranonThe Rats in the WallsThe Shunned HouseThe Silver KeyThe Statement of Randolph CarterThe Strange High House in the MistThe StreetThe TempleThe Terrible Old ManThe Thing on the DoorstepThe TombThe Transition of Juan RomeroThe TreeThe UnnamableThe White ShipThrough the Gates of the Silver KeyWhat the Moon BringsPolarisThe Very Old FolkDarkness
The Descendant
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Descendant" is a story fragment by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in 1927.[1] It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death.
Lovecraft may have been referring to this attempt at a story when he wrote that he was "making a very careful study of London...in order to get background for tales involving richer antiquities than America can furnish."
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
It was first published in The Scot, a Scottish amateur fiction magazine, in June 1920.
The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
Această colecție de povestiri se citește pe nerăsuflate, atmosfera apăsătoare a „nefirescului” marcând fiecare pagină, spre deliciul cititorului, atrăgându-te tot mai mult în universul scriitorului. Totul este puternic vizual, olfactiv și tactil, stimulându-ți imaginația și limitele sale.
The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death
H.P. Lovecraft
This volume collects, for the first time, the entire Dream Cycle created by H. P. Lovecraft, the master of twentieth-century horror, including some of his most fantastic tales:
THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH--Hate, genocide, and a deadly curse.
THE NAMELESS CITY--Death lies beneath the shifting sands, in a story linking the Dream Cycle with the legendary Cthulhu Mythos.
THE CATS OF ULTHAR--In Ulthar, no man may kill a cat...and woe unto any who tries.
THE DREAM QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH--The epic nightmare adventure with tendrils stretching throughout the entire Dream Cycle.
AND TWENTY MORE TALES OF SURREAL TERROR
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
H.P. Lovecraft
from the Introductory:Three times Randolph Carter dreamed of the marvelous city, and three times was he snatched away while still he paused on the high terrace above it. All golden and lovely it blazed in the sunset, with walls, temples, colonnades and arched bridges of veined marble, silver-basined fountains of prismatic spray in broad squares and perfumed gardens, and wide streets marching between delicate trees and blossom-laden urns and ivory statues in gleaming rows; while on steep northward slopes climbed tiers of red roofs and old peaked gables harbouring little lanes of grassy cobbles. It was a fever of the gods, a fanfare of supernal trumpets and a clash of immortal cymbals. Mystery hung about it as clouds about a fabulous unvisited mountain; and as Carter stood breathless and expectant on that balustraded parapet there swept up to him the poignancy and suspense of almost-vanished memory, the pain of lost things and the maddening need to place again what once had been an awesome and momentous place. He knew that for him its meaning must once have been supreme; though in what cycle or incarnation he had known it, or whether in dream or in waking, he could not tell. Vaguely it called up glimpses of a far forgotten first youth, when wonder and pleasure lay in all the mystery of days, and dawn and dusk alike strode forth prophetic to the eager sound of lutes and song, unclosing fiery gates toward further and surprising marvels. But each night as he stood on that high marble terrace with the curious urns and carven rail and looked off over that hushed sunset city of beauty and unearthly immanence he felt the bondage of dream's tyrannous gods; for in no wise could he leave that lofty spot, or descend the wide marmoreal fights flung endlessly down to where those streets of elder witchery lay outspread and beckoning. When for the third time he awakened with those flights still undescended and those hushed sunset streets still untraversed, he prayed long and earnestly to the hidden gods of dream that brood capricious above the clouds on unknown Kadath, in the cold waste where no man treads. But the gods made no answer and shewed no relenting, nor did they give any favouring sign when he prayed to them in dream, and invoked them sacrificially through the bearded priests of Nasht and Kaman-Thah, whose cavern-temple with its pillar of flame lies not far from the gates of the waking world. It seemed, however, that his prayers must have been adversely heard, for after even the first of them he ceased wholly to behold the marvellous city; as if his three glimpses from afar had been mere accidents or oversights, and against some hidden plan or wish of the gods. At length, sick with longing for those glittering sunset streets and cryptical hill lanes among ancient tiled roofs, nor able sleeping or waking to drive them from his mind, Carter resolved to go with bold entreaty whither no man had gone before, and dare the icy deserts through the dark to where unknown Kadath, veiled in cloud and crowned with unimagined stars, holds secret and nocturnal the onyx castle of the Great Ones. In light slumber he descended the seventy steps to the cavern of flame and talked of this design to the bearded priests Nasht and Kaman-Thah. And the priests shook their pshent-bearing heads and vowed it would be the death of his soul. They pointed out that the Great Ones had shown already their wish, and that it is not agreeable to them to be harassed by insistent pleas.
The Dreams in the Witch House
H.P. Lovecraft
This Halcyon Classics ebook is H.P. Lovecraft's classic occult tale of horror THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH-HOUSE.The story follows Walter Gilman, who takes a room in the Witch House, an accursed house in Arkham, Lovecraft's fictional New England town. The house once harbored Keziah Mason, a witch who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem jail in 1692. Gilman discovers that over the centuries most of its occupants have died prematurely. In his dreams while at the house, Gilman travels to the city of Elder Things and communes with the evil witch and her henchmen.
The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
"The dreams were wholly beyond the pale of sanity..."
Plagued by insane nightmare visions, Walter Gilman seeks help in Miskatonic University's infamous library of forbidden books, where, in the pages of Abdul Alhazred's dreaded Necronomicon, he finds terrible hints that seem to connect his own studies in advanced mathematics with the fantastic legends of elder magic. "The Dreams in the Witch House," gathered together here with more than twenty tales of terror, exemplifies H.P. Lovecraft's primacy among twentieth-century American horror writers.
A companion volume to The Call of Cthulhu and The Thing on the Doorstep, this original Penguin Classics collection presents the definitive texts of the work, including a newly restored text of "The Shadow out of Time", along with S.T. Joshi's invaluable Introduction and Notes.
"Lovecraft's fiction is one of the cornerstones of modern horror . . . A unique and visionary world of wonder, terror, and delirium."
- Clive Barker
The Dunwhich Horror
H.P. Lovecraft
In H.P. Lovecraft's, "The Dunwich Horror", we are told the story of Wilbur Whateley, the son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father (alluded to in passing by the mad Old Whateley as "Yog-Sothoth"), and the strange events surrounding his birth and precocious development. Wilbur matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. All the while, his sorcerer grandfather indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft.His studies of mechanical and optical systems led him to discover new mathematical concepts and techniques. His greatest contribution is perhaps the reformulation of Newtonian mechanics, now called Hamiltonian mechanics. This work has proven central to the modern study of classical field theories such as electromagnetism, and to the development of quantum mechanics.In mathematics, he is perhaps best known as the inventor of the quaternion, which is a mathematical concept that find uses in both theoretical and applied mathematics, in particular for calculations involving three-dimensional rotations such as in three-dimensional computer graphics, computer vision, and the attitude-control systems of spacecraft.Hamilton is said to have shown immense talent at a very early age. He had a remarkable aptitude for languages as a youth. As a young man, his talents turned to mathematics of astronomy and physics. Astronomer John Brinkley remarked of the 18-year-old Hamilton, "This young man, I do not say will be, but is, the first mathematician of his age."
The Dunwich Horror
H.P. Lovecraft
The story of Wilbur Whateley, son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father, and the strange events surrounding his birth and precocious development. Wilbur matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade--all the while indoctrinated him into dark rituals and witchcraft by his grandfather.
Excerpt: "Dingly ugly despite his appearance of brilliancy; there being something almost goatish or animalistic about his thick lips, large-pored, yellowish skin, coarse crinkly hair, and oddly elongated ears. He was soon disliked even more decidedly than his mother and grandsire, and all conjectures about him were spiced with references to the bygone magic of Old Whateley, and how the hills once shook when he shrieked the dreadful name of Yog-Sothoth in the midst of a circle of stones with a great book open in his arms before him. Dogs abhorred the boy, and he was always obliged to take various defensive measures against their barking menace. III. Meanwhile Old Whateley continued to buy cattle without measurably increasing the size of his herd. He also cut timber and began to repair the unused parts of his house - a spacious, peak-roofed affair whose rear end was buried entirely in the rocky hillside, and whose three least-ruined ground-floor rooms had always been sufficient for himself and his daughter."
The Dunwich Horror and Others
H.P. Lovecraft
Contents:
ix · H.P. Lovecraft and His Work · August Derleth · in
10 · In the Vault · ss The Tryout Nov ’25; Weird Tales Apr ’32
19 · Pickman’s Model · ss Weird Tales Oct ’27
33 · The Rats in the Walls · ss Weird Tales Mar ’24
53 · The Outsider · ss Weird Tales Apr ’26
60 · The Colour Out of Space · nv Amazing Sep ’27
89 · The Music of Erich Zann · ss The National Amateur Mar ’22; Weird Tales Nov ’34
98 · The Haunter of the Dark · nv Weird Tales Dec ’36
121 · The Picture in the House · ss The National Amateur Jul ’19; Weird Tales Mar ’37
130 · The Call of Cthulhu [Inspector Legrasse] · nv Weird Tales Feb ’28
160 · The Dunwich Horror · nv Weird Tales Apr ’29
203 · Cool Air · ss Tales of Magic and Mystery Mar ’28; Weird Tales Jul ’27
212 · The Whisperer in Darkness · na Weird Tales Aug ’31
278 · The Terrible Old Man · vi The Tryout Jul ’20; Weird Tales Aug ’26
281 · The Thing on the Door-step · nv Weird Tales Jan ’37
308 · The Shadow Over Innsmouth · na Visionary Press: Everett, PA, 1936; Weird Tales Jan ’42
370 · The Shadow Out of Time · na Astounding Jun ’36
The Dunwich Horror And Other Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
Wilbur Whateley is born in strange circumstances in the small, isolated village of Dunwich. He is shunned by the local community and turns to shadowy rituals and the study of witchcraft. When a ghastly monster is released, it is not just the people of Dunwich who are threatened, but the very existence of the human race...
This collection includes three other works of terrifying genius in "The Whisperer in Darkness," "The Shadow Out of Time," and "The Haunter of the Dark." Both nightmarish and ingenious, these tales are sure to keep every reader up all night.
ABOUT THE The Arcturus Classics series brings together high-quality paperback editions of classics works, presented with contemporary graphic cover designs. Together they make a wonderful collection which is perfect for any home library.
The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
Discover the true meaning of fear with these classic horror stories.
The Essential Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects one of the author's most popular novellas, "At the Mountain of Madness," and six of his most famous short stories, including "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Shadow Out of Time," "The Dunwich Horror," "The Colour of Space," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," and "The Whisperer in the Darkness." These hair-raising tales have inspired generations of authors and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. This edition features a new introduction by Peter Cannon.
The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the essential works of classic authors from around the world in stunning editions to be collected and enjoyed.
The Essential Tales of H. P. Lovecraft (Chartwell Classics)
H.P. Lovecraft
There is no better place to begin exploring the cosmic horror and eldritch tales of Lovecraft than in this exquisitely dark collection.
The Essential Tales of H. P. Lovecraft collects one of the author’s most popular novellas and six of his most famous short stories . Venture into his macabre world with these
…if you dare. These hair-raising tales have inspired generations of authors and filmmakers , including Stephen King, Alan Moore, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. This elegantly designed edition features an introduction by H. P. Lovecraft scholar Peter Cannon and a timeline of Lovecraft’s life at the back.
Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs.
Other titles in the Chartwell Classics Series The Essential Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe ; Emma ; The Federalist Papers ; The Inferno ; The Call of the Wild and White Fang ; Moby Dick ; The Odyssey ; Pride and Prejudice ; Grimm’s Fairy Tales ; The Alchemist ; The Great Gatsby ; The Secret Garden ; Anne of Green Gables ; The Phantom of the Opera ; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital ; The Republic ; Frankenstein ; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ; The Picture of Dorian Gray ; Meditations ; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass ; A Tales of Two Cities ; Beowulf ; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ; Little Women ; Wuthering Heights ; Peter Pan ; Persuasion ; Aesop’s Fables ; The Constitution of the United States and Selected Writings ; Crime and Punishment ; Dracula ; Great Expectations ; The Iliad ; Irish and Fairy Folk Tales ; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ; The War of the Worlds ; and The Time Machine and The Invisible Man .
The Evil Clergyman
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
The Festival
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the January 1925 issue of Weird Tales. It is considered to be one of the first of his Cthulhu Mythos stories.
The Gothic Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft is best known for his tales of cosmic horror, in which unnameable nightmares torment the limits of human consciousness. This mastery of weird and unspeakable terror is underpinned by the writer's sizeable contribution to Gothic fiction. This new collection of Lovecraft's stories is the first to concentrate on his Gothic writing and includes tales from the beginning to the very end of the author's career. The writer's weird vision mixes brilliantly with the trappings of earlier Gothic horror to form innovative mosaics of frightful fiction that will long haunt the reader's subconscious.
The Green Meadow
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Green Meadow" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson written in 1918/1919 and published in the spring 1927 issue of The Vagrant. As in their other collaboration, "The Crawling Chaos", both authors used pseudonyms — the tale was published as by "Elizabeth Neville Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun." (Lovecraft). Lovecraft wrote the entire text but Jackson is credited since it was based on a dream she had experienced.
The Haunter of the Dark: Collected Short Stories Volume 3
H.P. Lovecraft
Selected and Introduced by M J Elliott. ‘They were removing the stones quietly, one by one, from the centuried wall. And then, as the breach became large enough, they came out into the laboratory in single file; led by a stalking thing with a beautiful head made of wax.’
From the dark, mind-expanding imagination of H P Lovecraft, Wordsworth presents a third volume of tales penned by the greatest horror writer of the 20th Century. Here are some of Lovecraft’s weirdest flesh-creeping masterpieces, including Pickman's Model, The Shunned House, his famous serial Herbert West – Reanimator, and several classic tales from the Cthulhu Mythos, in which mankind is subjected to the unimaginable terrors known only to those who have read from the forbidden Necronomicon. Also included in this compelling collection are the complete Randolph Carter stories, chronicling his adventures in this world and the realm of his dreams, where he faces perils beyond comprehension.
The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3
H.P. Lovecraft
WARNING! YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW DIMENSION OF UTMOST TERROR
When you open this book you will lost - lost in a world of dreadful nightmare brought to screaming life by the century's greatest master of adult fantasy and horror.
H.P. Lovecraft
Here is a collection of the most famous stories of this master of tomb-dark fear:
The Rats In The Walls, The Call Of Cthulhu, The Haunter Of The Dark, Pickman's Model, The Lurking Fear
plus other tales designed to haunt your dreams and bring you to sweat-soaked wakefulness in the darkest reaches of the night...
Cover illustration by Tim White.
The Horror at Red Hook
H.P. Lovecraft
Circles and pentagrams loomed on every hand, and told indubitably of the strange beliefs and aspirations of those who dwelt so squalidly here. In the cellar, however, the strangest thing was found--a pile of genuine gold ingots covered carelessly with a piece of burlap, and bearing upon their shining surfaces the same weird hieroglyphics which also adorned the walls.
The Horror in the Museum
H.P. Lovecraft
The Horror in the Museum: Collected Short Stories Volume 2
H.P. Lovecraft
My eyes, perversely shaken open, gazed for an instant upon a sight which no human creature could even imagine without panic, fear and physical exhaustion...
A wax museum in London boasts a new exhibit, which no man has seen and remained sane... A businessman is trapped in a train carriage with a madman who claims to have created a new and efficient method of capital punishment... A doctor plans a horrible revenge, using as his murder weapon an insect believed capable of consuming the human soul...
Within these pages, some of H P Lovecraft's more obscure works of horror and science fiction can be found, including several fantastic tales from his celebrated Cthulhu Mythos. No true Lovecraft aficionado dare be without this volume.
The Hound
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Hound" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It contains the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional text the Necronomicon,
The story focuses around the narrator and his friend St. John, who have a deranged interest in robbing graves. They constantly defile crypts and often keep souvenirs of their nocturnal expeditions. Since they reside in the same house, they have the opportunity to set up a sort of morbid museum in their basement. Using the objects they collect from the various graves they have robbed, they organize the private exhibition. The collection consists of headstones, preserved bodies, skulls, and several heads in different phases of decomposition. It also included statues, frightful paintings, and a locked portfolio bound in tanned human-skin.
The H P Lovecraft Omnibus
H.P. Lovecraft
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus represents the best-in-class collection in EBook form of the entire output of the 20th century's most accomplished writer of weird and supernatural fiction.
The Omnibus contains over 1,000 pages of extensively quality assured text, covering:
- A complete set of *all* stories written by Lovecraft (100 stories, including juvenilia)
- A comprehensive selection of stories written in collaboration with other authors (a further 28 stories)
- A comprehensive selection of essays and poetry written by Lovecraft (a further 37 texts)
- A brief biography of Lovecraft
- A set of Notes accompanying the texts
The Omnibus is the result of a year long project of extensive research to gather together not only every weird story Lovecraft ever wrote but also to select essays and accompanying material that provides further illumination and interest for Lovecraft fans new and old.
The Omnibus includes extensively quality assured editions of *all* Lovecraft stories, including such classics as: The Call of Cthulhu, The Colour Out of Space, At the Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
In addition, the Omnibus is an extremely valuable resource for the avid Lovecraft fan or student, in that it also provides further material that allows the reader to come to a deeper understanding of the works:
Included in the Omnibus is a selection of essays which provide illumination as to Lovecraft's:
- Philosophical and political orientation ("Americanism", "Bolshevism", "Idealism and Materialism", "Nietzscheism and realism")
- Thoughts on writing and tips for authors ("Notes on Writing Weird Fiction", "Notes on Weird Fiction")
- Extensive review / reading lists from the entire history of Supernatural Literature ("Supernatural Horror in Literature")
- Very frank and revealing assessment of his own Life and Works ("Some Notes on a Nonentity")
The Omnibus also includes a carefully selected set of Lovecraft's poetry, including several texts that are highly recommended for lovers of Lovecraft's fiction (notably "Fungi from Yuggoth" and "The Ancient Track").
The LEXIDO H P Lovecraft Omnibus has been extensively proof read and Quality Assured to ensure that your EBook is:
- Faithful to the text of the original printed edition
- Free from spelling, layout defects and omissions
- Excellently reproduced on all Kindle Ebook readers
- Easy to navigate via a Table of Contents linking to each chapter.
In summary, the H P Lovecraft Omnibus represents the best-in-class edition of Lovecraft's entire set of works in digital form.
The Little Glass Bottle
H.P. Lovecraft
In this little snippet of a story, a man finds a little glass bottle floating in the ocean containing a treasure map.
The Lovecraft Compendium (Arcturus Classics)
H.P. Lovecraft
Regarded by many as a masterpiece, The Call of Cthulhu is among H.P. Lovecraft's most famous works. Recounting the mystery of the cult of Cthulhu, it conjures up a dark and fascinating world.
The Cthulhu Mythos has since become a study of its own for those who have delighted in Lovecraft's writing, captivated by the weird horror and dark fantasy of which he was a master. In addition to The Call of Cthulhu, this collection of stories also includes others that made either direct or indirect reference to Cthulhu: Dagon, The Dunwich Horror, The Whisperer in Darkness, and The Haunter of the Dark.
The Lurking Fear
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Lurking Fear" is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in November 1922, it was first published in the January through April 1923 issues of Home Brew.
The story is narrated by an unnamed seeker of strange horrors who is investigating the massacre of a community of some six dozen backwoods degenerates in an obscure region of the Catskills, a massacre which occurred during a particularly violent electrical storm and seems to have been perpetrated by an unidentified clawed beast. The narrator soon discovers that the most sinister legends of the region center around the abandoned Martense mansion, and he decides together with two companionsto spend the night in the big old house...
The Moon-Bog
H.P. Lovecraft
The Moon-Bog is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft.
The unnamed narrator describes the final fate of his good friend, Denys Barry, an Irish-American who reclaims an ancestral estate in Kilderry, a fictional village in Ireland. Barry ignores pleas from the superstitious local peasantry not to drain the nearby bog, with unfortunate supernatural consequences.
The Music of Erich Zann
H.P. Lovecraft
* Book: The Music of Erich Zann * Biography * Bibliography " I have examined maps of the city with the greatest care, yet have never again found the Rue d'Auseil. These maps have not been modern maps alone, for I know that names change. I have, on the contrary, delved deeply into all the antiquities of the place, and have personally explored every region, of whatever name, which could possibly answer to the street I knew as the Rue d'Auseil. But despite all I have done, it remains an humiliating fact that I cannot find the house, the street, or even the locality, where, during the last months of my impoverished life as a student of metaphysics at the university, I heard the music of Erich Zann. "
The Nameless City
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine. It is often considered the first Cthulhu Mythos story.
The Nameless City of the story's title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and is older than any human civilization.
The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
"With an increasing distance from the twentieth century…the New England poet, author, essayist, and stunningly profuse epistolary Howard Phillips Lovecraft is beginning to emerge as one of that tumultuous period’s most critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figures," writes Alan Moore in his introduction to The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft. Despite this nearly unprecedented posthumous trajectory, at the time of his death at the age of forty-six, Lovecraft's work had appeared only in dime-store magazines, ignored by the public and maligned by critics. Now well over a century after his birth, Lovecraft is increasingly being recognized as the foundation for American horror and science fiction, the source of "incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction" (Joyce Carol Oates).
In this volume, Leslie S. Klinger reanimates Lovecraft with clarity and historical insight, charting the rise of the erstwhile pulp writer, whose rediscovery and reclamation into the literary canon can be compared only to that of Poe or Melville. Weaving together a broad base of existing scholarship with his own original insights, Klinger appends Lovecraft's uncanny oeuvre and Kafkaesque life story in a way that provides context and unlocks many of the secrets of his often cryptic body of work.
Over the course of his career, Lovecraft―"the Copernicus of the horror story" (Fritz Leiber)―made a marked departure from the gothic style of his predecessors that focused mostly on ghosts, ghouls, and witches, instead crafting a vast mythos in which humanity is but a blissfully unaware speck in a cosmos shared by vast and ancient alien beings. One of the progenitors of "weird fiction," Lovecraft wrote stories suggesting that we share not just our reality but our planet, and even a common ancestry, with unspeakable, godlike creatures just one accidental revelation away from emerging from their epoch of hibernation and extinguishing both our individual sanity and entire civilization.
Following his best-selling The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Leslie S. Klinger collects here twenty-two of Lovecraft's best, most chilling "Arkham" tales, including "The Call of Cthulhu," At the Mountains of Madness, "The Whisperer in Darkness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Colour Out of Space," and others. With nearly 300 illustrations, including full-color reproductions of the original artwork and covers from Weird Tales and Astounding Stories, and more than 1,000 annotations, this volume illuminates every dimension of H. P. Lovecraft and stirs the Great Old Ones in their millennia of sleep.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft (The Annotated Books)
H.P. Lovecraft
"With an increasing distance from the twentieth century…the New England poet, author, essayist, and stunningly profuse epistolary Howard Phillips Lovecraft is beginning to emerge as one of that tumultuous period’s most critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figures," writes Alan Moore in his introduction to The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft. Despite this nearly unprecedented posthumous trajectory, at the time of his death at the age of forty-six, Lovecraft's work had appeared only in dime-store magazines, ignored by the public and maligned by critics. Now well over a century after his birth, Lovecraft is increasingly being recognized as the foundation for American horror and science fiction, the source of "incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction" (Joyce Carol Oates).In this volume, Leslie S. Klinger reanimates Lovecraft with clarity and historical insight, charting the rise of the erstwhile pulp writer, whose rediscovery and reclamation into the literary canon can be compared only to that of Poe or Melville. Weaving together a broad base of existing scholarship with his own original insights, Klinger appends Lovecraft's uncanny oeuvre and Kafkaesque life story in a way that provides context and unlocks many of the secrets of his often cryptic body of work.Over the course of his career, Lovecraft—"the Copernicus of the horror story" (Fritz Leiber)—made a marked departure from the gothic style of his predecessors that focused mostly on ghosts, ghouls, and witches, instead crafting a vast mythos in which humanity is but a blissfully unaware speck in a cosmos shared by vast and ancient alien beings. One of the progenitors of "weird fiction," Lovecraft wrote stories suggesting that we share not just our reality but our planet, and even a common ancestry, with unspeakable, godlike creatures just one accidental revelation away from emerging from their epoch of hibernation and extinguishing both our individual sanity and entire civilization.Following his best-selling The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Leslie S. Klinger collects here twenty-two of Lovecraft's best, most chilling "Arkham" tales, including "The Call of Cthulhu," At the Mountains of Madness, "The Whisperer in Darkness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Colour Out of Space," and others. With nearly 300 illustrations, including full-color reproductions of the original artwork and covers from Weird Tales and Astounding Stories, and more than 1,000 annotations, this volume illuminates every dimension of H. P. Lovecraft and stirs the Great Old Ones in their millennia of sleep.
The Outsider
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales.
The Outsider And Others
H.P. Lovecraft
The Outsider and Others is a collection of stories by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1939 and was the first book published by Arkham House. 1,268 copies were printed. It went out of print early in 1944 and has never been reprinted. [Wikipedia]
The Outsider: H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in Weird Tales. "The Outsider" combines Horror, Fantasy, and Gothic Fiction to create a nightmarish story, containing themes of loneliness, the abhuman, and the afterlife.
The Picture in the House
H.P. Lovecraft
The Picture in the House
by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The Quest of Iranon
H.P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
The Randolph Carter Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
Carter is a quiet and melancholy dreamer with a sensitive disposition, prone to fainting during times of emotional stress. But he can also be courageous, with enough strength of mind and character to face and foil the horrific creatures of the Dreamlands. Randolph Carter is an antiquarian and one-time student of the Miskatonic University. Based on clues from various stories, he was probably born around 1874 and grew up in and around Boston. At the age of nine, he underwent a mysterious experience at his great-uncle Christopher's farm and thereafter exhibited a gift of prophecy. He is the descendant of Sir Randolph Carter, who had studied magic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Sir Randolph had then emigrated to America and his son Edmund Carter later had to flee the Salem witch-trials. Carter also had an ancestor involved in one of the Crusades, who was captured by the Muslims and learned ""wild secrets"" from them. This volume contains all of H P Lovecraft's stories about Randolph Carter.
The Rats in the Walls
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Rats in the Walls" is a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. Written in August–September 1923, it was first published in Weird Tales, March 1924.
The story is narrated by the scion of the Delapore family, who has moved from Massachusetts to his ancestral estate in England, known as Exham Priory. On several occasions, the protagonist and his cats hear the sounds of rats scurrying behind the walls. Upon investigating further, he finds that his family maintained an underground city for centuries and that the inhabitants of the city fed on human flesh, even going so far as to raise generations of human cattle, who eventually began to de-evolve due to their sub-human living conditions.
The Secret Cave or John Lees Adventure
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
The Shadow Out of Time
H.P. Lovecraft
Voted one of the top ten Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2001 by Cinescape Magazine. " The Shadow out of Time " is H. P. Lovecraft's last major story. It was first published in Astounding Stories for June 1936. And yet, this text has never been published as Lovecraft wrote it—until now. The recent discovery of Lovecraft's handwritten manuscript allows readers to appreciate this magnificently cosmic story exactly as originally written. All previous editions of the story contain hundreds of serious errors, including errors in paragraphing, omissions and mistranscriptions of many words and passages, and erroneous punctuation. Leading Lovecraft scholars S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz have provided an exhaustive introduction and commentary on the story, elucidating names, places and other elements in this richly evocative story. A must for all devotees of Lovecraft and weird fiction!
The Shadow Out Of Time and other tales of horror
H.P. Lovecraft
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The Shadow over Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
Considered to the be one of most influential American authors, Howard Philip Lovecraft is synonymous with some of the best fantasy and horror fiction of the 20th century, second only to Edgar Allan Poe.
Innsmouth is a dilapidated seaside town with secrets as a hybrid race of half-human and half-amphibian creatures worship the gods of Cthulhu and Dagon…
Written in 1931, and published by the Visionary Publishing Company some five years later.
The Shunned House
H.P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft died in 1937, at the height of his career. Though only forty-six years of age, he had built up an international reputation by the artistry and impeccable literary craftsmanship of his weird tales; and he was regarded on both sides of the Atlantic as probably the greatest contemporary master of weird fiction. His ability to create and sustain a mood of brooding dread and unnamable horror is nowhere better shown than in the posthumous tale presented "The Shunned House."
Now the irony is this. In this walk, so many times repeated, the world's greatest master of the terrible and the bizarre was obliged to pass a particular house on the eastern side of the street; a dingy, antiquated structure perched on the abruptly rising side hill, with a great unkempt yard dating from a time when the region was partly open country. It does not appear that he ever wrote or spoke of it, nor is there any evidence that he even noticed it. And yet that house, to the two persons in possession of certain information, equals or outranks in horror the wildest fantasy of the genius who so often passed it unknowingly, and stands starkly leering as a symbol of all that is unutterably hideous.
The Shunned House (Fantasy and Horror Classics): With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss
H.P. Lovecraft
This early work by H. P. Lovecraft was originally published in 1924. Born in 1890 in Rhode Island, USA, Lovecraft began writing at a very young age, quickly developing a deep and abiding interest in science. In 1913, Lovecraft joined the UAPA (United Amateur Press Association) but it was four years later, in 1917, that he began to focus on fiction, producing such well-known early stories as 'Dagon' and 'A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson'. However, it was during the last decade of his life that Lovecraft produced his most notable works, such as 'the Dunwich Horror' and 'The Call of Cthulhu' which subsequently earned him his place as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.
The Silver Key
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Silver Key" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1926, considered part of his Dreamlands series. It was first published in the January 1929 issue of Weird Tales. It was followed by a sequel, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key", co-written with E. Hoffmann Price.
The story and its sequel both feature Lovecraft's recurring character of Randolph Carter as the protagonist.
"The Silver Key" is thought to have been inspired in part by Lovecraft's visit to Foster, Rhode Island, where his maternal ancestors lived. The character Benijah Corey from the story seems to combine the names of Emma Corey Phillips, one of Lovecraft's relatives, and Benejah Place, a farmer who lived across the street from the home where Lovecraft stayed.[1]
Carter's search for meaning through a succession of philosophical and aesthetic approaches may have been inspired by J. K. Huysmans' A rebours (1884), whose main character undertakes a similar progression.
Randolph Carter discovers, at the age of 30, that he has gradually "lost the key to the gate of dreams." Randolph once believed life is made up of nothing but pictures in memory, whether they be from real life or dreams, and he highly prefers his romantic nightly dreams of fantastic places and beings, as an antidote for the "prosiness of life", believing his dreams to reveal truths missing from man's waking ideas, regarding the purpose of humans and the universe, primary among these being the truth of beauty as perceived and invented by humans in times past. As he ages, though, he finds that his daily waking exposure to the more "practical", scientific ideas of man, has eventually eroded his ability to dream as he once did, and has made him regretfully subscribe more and more to the mundane beliefs of everyday, waking "real life". But still not certain which is truer, he sets out to determine whether the waking ideas of man are superior to his dreams, and in the process, he passes through several unsatisfying philosophical stances. Discouraged, he eventually withdraws from these lines of inquiry, and goes into seclusion. After a time, a hint of the fantastic enters his dreams again, though he is still unable to dream of the strange cities of his youth, leaving him wanting more. During one of these dreams, his long-dead grandfather tells him of a silver key in his attic, inscribed with mysterious arabesque symbols, which he finds and takes with him on a visit to his boyhood home in the backwoods of northeastern Massachusetts (the setting for many of Lovecraft's stories), where he enters a mysterious cave that he used to play in. The key somehow enables him to return to his childhood as a ten-year-old boy, and his adult self disappears from his normal time. The story then relates how Randolph's relatives had noted, beginning at the age of ten, that he had somehow gained the ability to glimpse events in his future. The narrator of the story then states that he expects to meet Randolph soon, in one of his own dreams, "in a certain dream-city we both used to haunt", reigning there as a new king, where the narrator may look at Randolph's key, whose symbols he hopes will tell him the mysteries of the cosmos.
The Statement of Randolph Carter
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Statement of Randolph Carter" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December 1919, it was first published in The Vagrant, May 1920. It tells of a traumatic event in the life of Randolph Carter, a student of the occult loosely representing Lovecraft himself. It is the first story in which Carter appears. Its adaptations include the film The Unnamable The Statement of Randolph Carter. With Plot details.
The Street
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Street" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in late 1919 and first published in the December 1920 issue of the Wolverine amateur journal.The story traces the history of the eponymous street in a New England city, presumably Boston, from its first beginnings as a path in colonial times to a quasi-supernatural occurrence in the years immediately following World War I.
The Temple
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Temple" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1920, and first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in February 1925. It was the first story Lovecraft published in Weird Tales, and indeed was his first publication in any professional outlet.
The story is narrated as a "found manuscript" penned by Karl Heinrich, Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, a Lieutenant Commander in the Imperial German Navy during the days of World War I. It documents his untimely end at the bottom of the ocean.
The Terrible Old Man
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Terrible Old Man" is a very short story (less than 1200 words) by H. P. Lovecraft, written on January 28, 1920, and first published in the Tryout, an amateur press publication, in July 1921. It's notable as the first story to make use of Lovecraft's imaginary New England setting, introducing the fictional town of Kingsport.
The Terrible Old Man is a strange elderly man "so old that no one can remember when he was young, and so taciturn that few know his real name". He lives alone in an ancient house on Water Street in the town of Kingsport. Even among the locals, few know the details of the Old Man's life, but it is believed that he captained East Indian clipper ships in his youth and had accumulated great jewels and riches throughout his life. Those who had visited the property had seen bizarre collections of stones in the front yard and observed the Old Man carrying on conversations with bottles on his table. Most locals care to avoid the Old Man and his house.
The story focuses on three robbers, Angelo Ricci, Joe Czanek and Manuel Silva, who are "of that new and heterogeneous alien stock which lies outside the charmed circle of New England life and traditions". They little heed the locals' cautionary whisperings and disregard them completely when they hear that the Old Man possesses a treasure. They act immediately on their avarice according to their natures, and go to the Old Man's house to commit robbery. Ricci and Silva go inside to "interview" the Old Man about the treasure and its hiding place. Czanek waits outside in the motor-car. Czanek waits impatiently for a long while. After a time, the gate of the house opens, but it is not his accomplices who emerge but the house's inhabitant.
The bodies of the three robbers are later found horribly mutilated down on the beach, "horribly slashed as with many cutlasses, and horribly mangled as by the tread of many cruel boot-heels".
The Thing on the Doorstep
H.P. Lovecraft
"The Thing on the Doorstep" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft, part of the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror fiction. It was written in August 1933, and first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales.
Daniel Upton, the story's narrator, begins by telling that he has killed his best friend, Edward Derby, and that he hopes his account will prove that he is not a murderer ...
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fictionHoward Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. This Penguin Classics edition brings together a dozen of the master's tales-from his early short stories "Under the Pyramids" (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and "The Music of Erich Zann" (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through his more fully developed works, "The Dunwich Horror," The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and At the Mountains of Madness.The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story.
Contains the following tales:
- The Tomb
- Beyond the Wall of Sleep
- The White Ship
- The Temple
- The Quest of Iranon
- The Music of Erich Zann
- Imprisoned with the Pharaohs aka Under the Pyramids
- Pickman's Model
- The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
- The Dunwich Horror
- At the Mountains of Madness
- The Thing on the Doorstep
The Tomb
H.P. Lovecraft
Jervas Dudley was only a child when he found the mausoleum of the Hyde family. The place becomes very important to Dudley ? one day he will find his way to open the door to the mausoleum. As the days pass, Dudley becomes more and more obsessed with the grave. He even starts to sleep next to the mausoleum. When Dudley finally finds the key, however, he is about to discover something he was not prepared for... H.P. Lovecraft (1890?1937) was an American horror writer. His best known works include ?The Call of Cthulhu? and ?the Mountains of Madness?. Most of his work was originally published in pulp magazines, and Lovecraft rose into fame only after his death at the age of 46. He has had a great influence in both horror and science fiction genres.
The Tomb and Other Tales
H.P. Lovecraft
This extraordinary collection features 13 spine-tingling tales of delicious terror by the unquestioned master of the horror genre, as well as portions of stories he never fully completed. Discover how the mind of H.P. Lovecraft worked, and how much his early and late stories tell about this intriguing writer.
The Transition of Juan Romero
H.P. Lovecraft
The story involves a mine that uncovers a very deep chasm, too deep for any sounding lines to hit bottom. The night after the discovery of the abyss the narrator and one of the mine's workers, Juan Romero, venture inside the mine, drawn against their will by a mysterious rhythmical throbbing in the ground.
The Tree
H.P. Lovecraft
Kalos and Musides are two Greek sculptors who are asked to sculpt statues for a competition. But while they are preparing their statues, something terrible happens – Kalos becomes ill. As the two of them are very good friends, the sickness of Kalos makes Musides very unhappy.
When Kalos is about to die, he asks Musides to bury olive branches with him. The result, however, is something beautiful and horrifying at the same time.
H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American horror writer. His best known works include ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ and ‘the Mountains of Madness’. Most of his work was originally published in pulp magazines, and Lovecraft rose into fame only after his death at the age of 46. He has had a great influence in both horror and science fiction genres.
The Whisperer in Darkness
H.P. Lovecraft
The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics. Wilmarth uncovers old legends about monsters living in the uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture or settle too close to their territory.
The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume 1
H.P. Lovecraft
That is not dead that can eternal lie
And with strange aeons even death may die.
Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last.
The Whisperer in Darkness brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Included in this volume are several early tales, along with the classics 'The Call of Cthulhu', 'The Dunwich Horror' and 'At the Mountains of Madness'. Arm yourself with a copy of Abdul Alhazred's fabled Necronomicon and prepare to face terrors beyond the wildest imaginings of all, save H.P. Lovecraft.
The White Ship
H.P. Lovecraft
"The White Ship" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. It was first published in The United Amateur (Volume 19) #2, November 1919.
A lighthouse keeper named Basil Elton engages upon a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man piloting a mystical white ship is found sailing upon a bridge of moonlight. Elton joins the bearded man on this ship, and together they explore a mystical chain of islands unlike anything that can be found on Earth.
Tutti i racconti
H.P. Lovecraft
Tutta la potenza creativa di Howard Phillips Lovecraft, un «Edgar Poe cosmico» che ben prima della Beat Generation ha offerto un radicale esempio di insofferenza per la visione conformista del reale espressa dalla società del suo tempo, si sprigiona da questo volume che ne raccoglie l'intera produzione. Oltre a tutti i capolavori, infatti, sono qui presenti i racconti giovanili e quelli scritti in collaborazione. Le traduzioni sono state capillarmente controllate sui testi dei manoscritti originali o delle prime edizioni americane, oppure su quelli confluiti nell'edizione definitiva preparata da S.T. Joshi per Arkham House. Fiorito negli anni a cavallo tra le due guerre, tra la ruggente età del jazz e la Depressione, Lovecraft ha esercitato un'influenza duratura su scrittori come Cocteau e Borges e tuttora affascina i lettori grazie a quella che il suo primo antologista italiano, Carlo Fruttero, ha definito una «prosa densa e aristocratica». Narratore di sogni e dell'inconscio, uomo posseduto dai suoi stessi incubi, più che a Poe Lovecraft è assimilabile a Kafka per il modo in cui ha saputo dare corpo con le parole alle angosce del suo tempo. Viaggiando con la pura forza del pensiero attraverso le galassie, egli scopre – e svela ai lettori – quanto l'universo sia luogo di meraviglie e nello stesso tempo di totale mancanza di senso. Le forze cosmiche non sono maligne, sono, leopardianamente, indifferenti. E l'opera di Lovecraft finisce così per dipingere davanti ai nostri occhi un mondo che è profondamente nostro, e insieme profondamente estraneo. Un mondo che non può essere normale perché la norma, semplicemente, non è mai esistita. «Un universo di meraviglie e di gloria» che ancora oggi ci costringe a farci domande che non hanno smesso di inquietarci.
Tutti i racconti 1897-1922
H.P. Lovecraft
In edizione integrale e in nuove traduzioni l'universo meraviglioso e agghiacciante di Lovecraft.
Tutti i racconti: 1927-1930
H.P. Lovecraft
Da Robert Bloch a Fritz Leiber, Henry Kittner e, indirettamente, Ray Bradbury, Lovecraft ha esercitato un influsso determinante su gran parte della narrativa fantastica del dopoguerra. Nei racconti Lovecraft rivela l'invidiabile capacità di gettare un ponte tra il mondo dei sogni e quello della veglia, finché a poco a poco l'uno trascolora nell'altro in un'amalgama originalissimo. Abissi senza fondo che si spalancano su altre sfere di realtà, corridoi sotterranei che si snodano sotto le fondamenta di edifici familiari, esseri mostruosi che riempiono, al tempo stesso, di meraviglia e di terrore: i protagonisti della narrativa lovecraftiana non sono esseri umani, ma terribili forze arcane dell'ignoto. Questo terzo volume di racconti, che va dal 1927 e il 1930, comprende i racconti scritti da Lovecraft in proprio e quelli scritti in collaborazione.
Tutti i Racconti n. 2: 1923-1926
H.P. Lovecraft
Da Robert Bloch a Fritz Leiber, Henry Kittner e, indirettamente, Ray Bradbury, Lovecraft ha esercitato un influsso determinante su gran parte della narrativa fantastica del dopoguerra. Nei suoi racconti lo scrittore statunitense rivela l’invidiabile capacità di gettare un ponte tra il mondo dei sogni e quello della veglia, finché a poco a poco l’uno trascolora nell’altro in un’amalgama originalissimo. Abissi senza fondo che si spalancano su altre sfere di realtà, corridoi sotterranei che si snodano sotto le fondamenta di edifici familiari, esseri mostruosi che riempiono, al tempo stesso, di meraviglia e di terrore: i protagonisti della narrativa lovecraftiana non sono esseri umani, ma terribili forze arcane dell’ignoto. Questo volume comprende i racconti scritti tre il 1923 e il 1926, il periodo più fecondo e creativo di H.P. Lovecraft.
Um Sussurro nas Trevas
H.P. Lovecraft
Quando os jornais locais publicam relatos de criaturas estranhas vistas a flutuar nos rios durante uma inundação histórica em Vermont, Wilmarth, professor de literatura na Universidade Miskatonic em Arkham, Massachusetts, fica envolvido num debate sobre a realidade e o significado dos avistamentos. Ele concorda com os cépticos, culpando velhas lendas sobre monstros que vivem em colinas desabitadas que raptam pessoas que se aproximam demasiado do seu território. Recebe, então, uma carta de Henry Wentworth Akeley, um homem que vive numa quinta isolada, vizinho de uma raça extraterrestre. Ele afirma ter provas que convencerão Wilmarth a deixar de questionar a existência das criaturas.
W górach szaleństwa
H.P. Lovecraft
„W górach szaleństwa”, „Cień spoza czasu”, „Bezimienne miasto”, „Pod piramidami” - cztery przerażające opowieści mistrza klasycznej literatury grozy Howarda Philipsa Lovecrafta. Cztery odległe, egzotyczne miejsca – mroźne pustkowia Antarktydy, dzika Australia, bezkresna pustynia Arabii, przesiąknięty historią Egipt. Czterej bohaterowie, którym przyjdzie zmierzyć się z tajemnicą pradawnych, mrocznych ruin, siedzib dawno wymarłych ras, zapomnianych cywilizacji. To co tam odkryją odmieni na zawsze ich życie. Wiedza na temat przedwiecznych istot zamieszkujących onegdaj nasz świat wyznacza prostą drogę ku granicy między poczytalnością i szaleństwem.
Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
H.P. Lovecraft
Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
Zew Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
Kultowe, pierwsze, oficjalne wydanie opowiadań Lovecrafta w Polsce. Do tej pory opowieści HPL-a ukazywały się jedynie w gazetach lub niewielkiej książeczce wydanej przez klub miłośników fantastyki.
Na książkę składają się same najlepsze teksty Lovecrafta. Człowiek, który dokonywał wyboru (zapewne Marek Wydmuch, autor genialnego wstępu) znał się na rzeczy. Pochwały należą się również Ryszardzie Grzybowskiej, która całkiem zgrabnie przełożyła dziwaczne językowo teksty HPL-a, nie mając zapewne wcześniej styczności ze światami Lovecrafta.
Spis treści:
Cień z Providence – Marek Wydmuch
Zew Cthulhu
Widmo nad Innsmouth
Kolor z przestworzy
Szepczący w ciemności
Duch Ciemności
Koszmar w Dunwich
Muzyka Ericha Zanna
Zov Ktulua
H.P. Lovecraft
Boston, 1926. Fransis Terston prelistava spise iz zaostavštine njegovog deda-ujaka, koji je nedavno preminuo pod tajnovitim okolnostima. Ubrzo saznaje za postojanje kulta koji obožava drevne i neizrecive užase. Misteriozna ubistva, krvavi rituali u dubinama močvara Luizijane, umetnici koje obuzima ludilo nakon košmarnih vizija i, povrh svega, kiklopski grad koji se diže iz mora. Korak po korak, Terston uviđa da se njegov rođak u svom istraživanju suviše primakao istini. U senkama obitavaju oni koji žele da probude usnulog boga Ktulua, kako bi širom sveta posejao ludilo i uništenje. Zvezde su u pravom položaju. Da li je smak na vidiku?
Zov Ktulua, priča H. F. Lavkrafta prvi put objavljena 1928. godine, klasik je američke horor literature. Sam Ktulu, koji sneva i čeka svoj trenutak na dnu mora, postao je središnji simbol čitave mitologije kosmičkog užasa koju je osmislio Lavkraft. Fransoa Baranže, ilustrator ranije poznat po radu na filmovima i video-igrama, od malih nogu je opčinjen Lavkraftovim stvorenjima i vizijama što tavore u najmračnijim uglovima fantastike, a u ovoj knjizi raskošno je i zlokobno ilustrovao Lavkraftovu najslavniju priču.
Η σκιά πάνω από το Ίννσμουθ και άλλες ιστορίες (Οι εκπληκτικοί κόσμοι του H.P. Lovecraft, #1)
H.P. Lovecraft
Ο Γιώργος Μπαλάνος προτείνει και μεταφράζει:
Οι εκπληκτικοί κόσμοι του H.P.Lovecraft - 1
Η Σκιά Πάνω από το Ίννσμουθ
"Είπαν...ότι αν ένωναν το αίμα τους θα γεννιόντουσαν παιδιά που στην αρχή θα έμοιαζαν με ανθρώπους, αλλ' αργότερα θα έμοιαζαν ολοένα και περισσότερο μ' εκείνα τα πλάσματα"...
Οι Αρουραίοι στους Τοίχους
"Οι δαιμονικοί αρουραίοι που τρέχουν πίσω από τη μαλακή, προστατευτική επένδυση των τοίχων αυτού του δωματίου και με καλούν εκεί κάτω, σε ακόμη μεγαλύτερες φρικαλεότητες απ' όσες γνώρισα ποτέ."
Ο Καταχθόνιος Τρόμος
"Καταρράχτες σκιών βγαλμένες από κόκκινους βούρκους τρέλας να ουρλιάζουν, να σέρνονται, να κυνηγούν η μια την άλλη μέσα σε ατέλειωτους αιματόχρωμους διαδρόμους κάτω από πορφυρούς, αστραποβόλους ουρανούς..."
Το Κυνηγόσκυλο
"Η τρέλα καλπάζει πάνω στον αστρικό άνεμο...νύχια και δόντια ακονισμένα πάνω σ' αιώνες από κουφάρια...που στάζουν το θάνατο μέσα σ' ένα βακχικό όργιο από νυχτερίδες, από τα μαύρα σαν τη νύχτα ερείπια των θαμμένων ναών του Βελίαλ..."
Повне зібрання прозових творів. Том 1
H.P. Lovecraft
Лавкрафт із тих письменників, які не потребують особливого представлення. Важко переоцінити вплив його творчості на сучасну літературу фантастичного і химерного, так само як на масову культуру загалом. Черпаючи своє натхнення у творах іншого видатного американця, Едґара Алана По, Лавкрафт зміг створити свій цілковито оригінальний літературний світ міфів і темних пророцтв, забутих богів з далеких погаслих зірок і нічних марень, в яких відкривається похмура прихована правда. Літературний спадок Говарда Філіпса Лавкрафта використаний у багатьох фільмах, творах образотворчого мистецтва, а за кількістю продовжувачів його літературних традицій він може позмагатися з будь-яким іншим письменником світу.
Перший том повного зібрання прозових творів видатного майстра літератури “загадкового та потойбічного” Г.Ф. Лавкрафта охоплює його прозу, написану у період з 1917 по 1926 роки, — від найперших спроб письменника на ниві містичного оповідання “Склеп” і аж до таких відомих творів, як “Храм”, “Герберт Вест — Реаніматор”, “Зачаєний жах”, “Щури у стінах”, “Покинутий будинок” та “Жах Ред Гука”.
خلف جدار النوم
H.P. Lovecraft
รวมเรื่องสั้นแนวเขย่าขวัญระดับคลาสสิก จากนักเขียนอเมริกันผู้สร้างโลกพิสดารอันเลื่องลือ
เอช. พี. เลิฟคราฟท์ (H. P. Lovecraft) หนึ่งในนักเขียนสยองขวัญที่ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุด งานเขียนของเขาอาจจะไม่ใช่ของชอบสำหรับทุกคน เพราะมันเป็นสิ่งที่อธิบายไม่ได้ สิ่งที่เขาทำก็คือบอกใบ้ถึงสิ่งที่แอบแฝงอยู่ในเงามืด ส่วนที่เหลือขึ้นอยู่กับจินตนาการของคุณ
คธูลู มีรูปร่างคล้ายมนุษย์ ส่วนหัวคล้ายปลาหมึก มีหนาวระโยงระยางจำนวนมาก ร่างกายมีเกล็ด ขาหน้าเป็นกรงเล็บแหลมคม มีปีกคู่หนึ่งอยู่ด้านหลัง รูปร่างใหญ่โตเหมือนภูเขา ปรากฏตัวครั้งแรกใน ‘เสียงเพรียกจากคธูลู’ เรื่องสั้นสยองขวัญสุดคลาสสิกของ เอช. พี. เลิฟคราฟท์ เมื่อชาวประมงบังเอิญไปปลุกมันขึ้น
คธูลู เป็นสิ่งชั่วร้ายที่ต่อสู้กับเทพโบราณ ลัทธิบูชาคธูลูแพร่กระจายอยู่ทั่วโลก โดยมีศูนย์กลางอยู่ในแถบอาหรับ และมีผู้นำลัทธิซึ่งเชื่อว่าเป็นอมตะอยู่ในหุบเขาในประเทศจีน สาวกของคธูลูจะรอเวลาให้ดวงดาวบนท้องฟ้าอยู่ในตำแหน่งที่เหมาะสม เพื่อทำพิธีปลดปล่อยคธูลูจากสภาพกึ่งเป็นกึ่งตายอีกครั้ง และคธูลูจะใช้พลังจิตทำให้มนุษย์บ้าคลั่งและฆ่าฟันกันเอง
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