Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft (Illustrated)
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...
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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 genresPlease note: due to copyright restrictions, the short stories that Lovecraft wrote with C. M. Eddy, Jr. cannot appear in this collection.CONTENTS:H. P. Lovecraft: Brief IntroductionThe Short StoriesThe Little Glass BottleThe Secret CaveThe Mystery of the Grave-YardThe Mysterious ShipThe Beast in the CaveThe AlchemistThe TombDagonA Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel JohnsonSweet ErmengardePolarisThe Green MeadowBeyond the Wall of SleepMemoryOld BugsThe Transition of Juan RomeroThe White ShipThe Doom That Came to SarnathThe Statement of Randolph CarterThe Terrible Old ManThe TreeThe Cats of UltharThe TempleFacts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His FamilyThe StreetPoetry and the GodsCelephaïsFrom BeyondNyarlathotepThe Picture in the HouseThe Crawling ChaosEx OblivioneThe Nameless CityThe Quest of IranonThe Moon-BogThe OutsiderThe Other GodsThe Music of Erich ZannHerbert West — ReanimatorHypnosWhat the Moon BringsAzathothThe Horror at Martin’s BeachThe HoundThe Lurking FearThe Rats in the WallsThe UnnamableThe FestivalUnder the PyramidsThe Shunned HouseThe Horror at Red HookHeIn the VaultThe DescendantCool AirThe Call of CthulhuTwo Black BottlesPickman’s ModelThe Silver KeyThe Strange High House in the MistThe Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathThe Case of Charles Dexter WardThe Colour Out of SpaceThe Very Old FolkThe Thing in the MoonlightThe Last TestThe History of the NecronomiconThe Curse of YigIbidThe Dunwich HorrorThe Electric ExecutionerThe MoundMedusa’s CoilThe Whisperer in DarknessAt the Mountains of MadnessThe Shadow Over Innsmouth (Draft)The Shadow Over InnsmouthThe TrapThe Dreams in the Witch HouseThe Man of StoneThe Horror in the MuseumThrough the Gates of the Silver KeyWinged DeathOut of the AeonsThe Thing on the DoorstepThe Evil ClergymanThe Horror in the Burying-GroundThe Hoard of the Wizard-BeastThe Slaying of the MonsterThe BookThe Tree on the HillThe Battle that Ended the CenturyThe Shadow out of TimeTill A’ the Seas”Collapsing CosmosesThe Challenge from BeyondThe DisintermentThe Diary of Alonzo TyperThe Haunter of the DarkIn the Walls of EryxThe Night OceanLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe PoetryLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe MemoirsLIST OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORKS
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ASIN: B00AEH37XG
Publish date: November 27th 2012
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Pages no: 992
Edition language: English
I read all the books required for our book club discussion, so I'm counting this one as 'read' even though I haven't read every single book in it.Not going to rate it until its properly finished though.
I first encountered H.P. Lovecraft's work as a teenager. My entry point was the same as it was for most people -- the Cthulhu stories, which Del Rey had published in a series of paperbacks with appropriately gruesome covers. After a while, my interest waned and I sold my copies. Recently, though, a ...
Read “The Strange High House in the Mist”To the many excellent reviews already posted, I'll simply add my praise for two stories in this collection, The Strange High House in the Mist" and “The Music of Erich Zann”. I prefer these two, precisely because they doesn’t rely on the Cthulhu Mythos. Do...
Genug ist genug. Gefühlt zweieinhalb Handlungsmotive in drölfhundert verschiedenen Fassungen, dazu in einem Schreibstil, der auf Dauer mehr als nur ein bisschen nervt – ich mag nicht mehr. Garantiert entgehen mir durch den Verzicht der zweiten Hälfte der Sammlung ein paar gut versteckte Perlen in Lo...
Genug ist genug. Gefühlt zweieinhalb Handlungsmotive in drölfhundert verschiedenen Fassungen, dazu in einem Schreibstil, der auf Dauer mehr als nur ein bisschen nervt – ich mag nicht mehr. Garantiert entgehen mir durch den Verzicht der zweiten Hälfte der Sammlung ein paar gut versteckte Perlen in Lo...