Gathered together in this handsome leather-look tome are all H.P Lovecraft's tales of terror, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, in their original, unedited forms. These astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction and cosmic horror, the idea that those who delve into incomprehensible secrets and try raising the gods, risk not just their lives, but their sanity. H.P Lovecraft's tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of unpronounceable fellow gods were written mainly for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s.
LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. This volume will introduce a whole new generation of readers to his unforgettable fiction. All about Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. Wikipedia says: '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.' Lovecraft's stories in one handsome volume, a companion to THE COMPLETE CHRONICLES OF CONAN. This book may be purchased in hardcover from or Barnes & Noble or in paperback from or Barnes & Noble.The best of H.P. Lovecraft, edited withĪn Afterword by Stephen Jones, and illustrated by Les Edwards.
Afterword: A Gentleman of Providence by Stephen Jones.Through the Gates of the Silver Key (with E.Introduction by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock.LES EDWARDS is an award-winning artist who has established himself as a stalwart of the Britishįantasy, horror and science fiction illustration scene in a career spanning more than thirty He has nearly 100 books to his credit, and has won numerous awards. STEPHEN JONES is one of Britain’s most acclaimed anthologists of horror and dark fantasy. – is known all over the world and forms the basis for countless books, movies, comics, Published during his lifetime was the privately printed Shadow Over Innsmouth (1936).įollowing his untimely death in 1937, Lovecraft’s work was initially kept in print byĪrkham House publishers and today his fiction – notably the influential Cthulhu Mythos A voluminous letter-writer, the only book of his fiction His tales of horror and the macabre did not see print professionally until the early 1920s, andĮven then the bulk of his work appeared in such pulp magazines as Weird Tales, along withĪ handful of hardcover anthologies.
Who had an interest in astronomy, his early work was initially published in the amateur press. HOWARD PHILLIPS LOVECRAFT was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1890. Illustrated by Les Edwards From the End Material Edited with an Afterword by Stephen Jones and
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