H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was the premier horror writer of his time, and continues to exert an influence on practitioners of that dark art. Most of his work is unified by a common theme--the Cthulhu (kuh-tool-ew) Mythos--in which gods furtively control the fate of mortals, and a mere glimpse of the universe, by nature hostile, is enough to drive a man insane. A number of Lovecraft's peers borrowed the Mythos for use in their own stories, launching a tradition that continues in our day. This generous volume, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Arkham House (established to preserve Lovecraft's work in hardcover), features 22 Mythos stories by Lovecraft and 15 other writers, including the poetic Clark Ashton Smith, the action-oriented Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Arkham's co-founder August Derleth and the youngest of the original circle, Robert Bloch ( Psycho ). Modern writers include Colin Wison, Joanna Russ, Richard Lupoff, Karl Edward Wagner; and Ramsey Campbell, Fritz Leiber and Stephen King, who contribute especially fine work (noticeably absent is T.E.D. Klein). James Turner, who edited the volume, supplies a fine introduction. (Feb.)
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This collection is generally good, but is a bit of a mixed bag.
The Lovecraft entries are superb, as is Karl Edward Wagner's 'Sticks'; but some of the others just seem a little contrived, or otherwise seem to be poor assimilations of Lovecraft's style and lacking in any independent originality or merit.
Otherwise, this book is mostly good; just beware that there's only like two original Lovecraft tales.
Also, the Del Rey editions of Lovecraft's stories always seem have schlock-horror elements on the covers depicting skeletons and zombies, etc. which just have nothing to do with Lovecraftian horror.
HP Lovecraft will always be a Favorite of Hollywood. Items such as the Necronomicon (later taken up by the Evil Dead franchise) and unspeakable horrors who only a Great hero can face.
Writing in a style that Many critics can Purple Prose, Howard Phillip Lovecraft instead uses his discriptions and suggestion to carry his short stories.
Having never gotten around to writing a Novel HP Lovecraft instead specialized on short stories. It is in these stories that a Mythos was created populated Mythical with Creatures from pre-dawn to things that go bump-in-the-night. The World which he has created has been taken up and furthered by generations of new Authors.
This is a great book for Teens looking for a quick horror fix and the jaded horror junkie to trace the roots of old Horror Movies from the 50's.
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