The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
Frequently imitated and widely influential, H. P. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre for the twentieth century. Discarding witches and ghosts, he envisaged mankind as an outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi makes his selection from the early tales of...
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Frequently imitated and widely influential, H. P. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre for the twentieth century. Discarding witches and ghosts, he envisaged mankind as an outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi makes his selection from the early tales of nightmares and madness to the overpowering cosmic terror of 'The Call of Cthulhu'. This is the first paperback edition to include the definitive corrected texts of these classics of American fantasy fiction.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141182346 (0141182342)
ASIN: 141182342
Publish date: October 1st 1999
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 420
Edition language: English
Series: Lovecraft Library (#2)
Comenzando con H.P. Lovecraft, este libro te atrapa, interesante, tiene su propia mitología y es corto. Espero leer Los Mitos de Cthulhu.
Classic short collection of Lovecraft with excellent narration (save for some of the odd accents purportedly from New England). Full of the usual horrors and ghastliness and madness driven by fear and doomed narrators and ancient hieroglyphics and wacky unworldly geometry. Good Halloween reading.
Very descriptive. I like the imagery used in the story. Also I think cthulthu looks cute in my mind. Haha... But then again I think it's media that had turned him cute.The overall plot on how the main character comes to terms with cthulthu is very interesting.
Oh my gods why did I wait so long to read this?! I am honestly a bit ashamed that I haven't read any of Lovecraft's work until now. This is the kind of weird, creepy horror I love (well, I'm also partial to classic ghost stories) and I can't wait to read more.If you like weird and freaky and you hav...
"¿Quién conoce el fin? Lo que ha surgido ahora puede hundirse y lo que se ha hundido puede surgir. La abominación espera y sueña en las profundidades del mar, y sobre las vacilantes ciudades de los hombres flota la destrucción."Leído para el reto 12 months-12 classic: Abril.La idea de Cthulhu:El des...
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