Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales
Originally written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, H. P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published. This tome brings together all of Lovecraft's harrowing...
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Originally written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, H. P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published. This tome brings together all of Lovecraft's harrowing stories, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were first released. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft's fiction, as well as attract those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive volume.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780575081567 (0575081562)
Publish date: January 1st 2008
Publisher: Gollancz, Great Britain
Pages no: 895
Edition language: English
I never cease to be amazed by literary language, specifically words wrought in English, that being the only language in which I am fluent. Wrought as in deftly formed and finished, or intently delineated, styled, ornamented, disturbed or excited, or shaped by hammering and beating. Though the works ...
I never cease to be amazed by literary language, specifically words wrought in English, that being the only language in which I am fluent. Wrought as in deftly formed and finished, or intently delineated, styled, ornamented, disturbed or excited, or shaped by hammering and beating. Though the works ...
NOTES ON THE STORIESThe Colour Out Of Space = WIN. And it's a stand-alone story. You don't need to know anything about the mythos for this one.Pickman's Model = WIN. Another stand-alone story, without reference to the mythos. Actually very creepy.The Shadow Over Innsmouth = WIN. A good introduction ...
Shamelessly skagged from zenicurean:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnbYcB9ctu8&feature=player_embedded