by H.P. Lovecraft
This is absolutely not the place to start reading Lovecraft and is only for Lovecraft aficionados. Half the space of the collection is given over to two novellas: The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath and the Case of Charles Dexter Ward. The Dreamquest is a grand tour through the Lovecraftian mythos a...
I need to get a couple of things up front, right off the bat.(1) I have a great and abiding fondness for many of Lovecraft's stories; "Pickman's Model" is a longtime favourite, and "The Dunwich Horror" and "The Colour out of Space" and "The Cats of Ulthar" are part of my very early memories of horro...
This was my introduction to Lovecraft. There are some very good stories in this book, but unfortunately, some of them were also tedious to me. I will probably read other Lovecraft in the future, but I cannot say that this is a favorite.