"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have...
Wow. So I knew Lovecraft was a racist, but... wow. He would not have liked me!I thought it was about time I read some H.P. Lovecraft, and I'm glad I did. I like his writing style. I'd describe it as somehow melodious. That description doesn't usually go well with horror stories but in my head, it...
Well, I'm as finished as I'm going to be with this 1,200-page monster. I read everything whose title I mostly recognized or was recommended. Overall, I enjoyed it. His later works - 1929 or so - are noticeably more readable than the earlier ones. Generally found it much more readable than I had a...
Amazing tales for the ones who appreciate this kind of literature. So far I have no complaints. The layout for this ebook is perfect. Lovecraft does the rest.
Lovecraft is wicked fun! The quality of his work varies a bit, but overall this is a great read. currently reading The Tomb. will update every time I finish a piece.
Primeira novela do autor editada em vida como livro (sua obra foi publicada em periódicos), trata de um forasteiro que resolve conhecer Innsmouth, vilarejo da Nova Inglaterra que não se encontra em mapa nenhum. O autor consegue manter um ótimo clima de suspense enquanto descreve uma cidade pratic...
There was a house that brought grave misfortune to any that dared stay within its walls. Fascinated by the house's strange and macabre history Doctor Elihu Whipple and his nephew set out to find a solution to this mystery. What they found was worse than they could ever imagine.This is the first L...
"Herbert West Re-Animator" is a short-story/novel written by Lovecraft in his distinct style. Old-fashioned, slightly baroque language. Combine this with slightly hysteric characters. Add a touch of quaint black magic in a pseudoscientific guise. And voilà - a Lovecraftian story. Set in Lovecraft...
Davvero poco interessante. Giuro, ho dato del mio meglio per riuscire a farmi trasportare dalla narrazione di Lovecraft ma, purtroppo, non ce l'ho fatta. Per non parlare del secondo racconto, abbandonato quasi alla fine. La pecca, secondo il mio parere, sta nell'aver descritto per tipo 30 pagine ...
The Shadow Over Innsmouth is one of Lovecraft's most popular works, and it's probably the story I would suggest as the ideal first read for some outsider who is not familiar with the great master and his style. It incorporates not just his usual favorite motives like a decaying New England town, ...
The complete fiction of H.P. Lovecraft is pretty much that;complete.Missing only one Story which was "In the walls of Eryx" co-written by Lovecraft and Kenneth J. Sterling. The complete works embodies Lovecraft's progression as a writer and fills his mythos well. The only complaint I could find i...
At first glance I found the Hergé-like illustrations to be a very odd choice for illustrating Lovecraft, but since At The Mountains of Madness is part an Victorian exploration tale, the style sort of fits - it's like an extra tentacled version of a Boy's Own adventure.It's a very quick read, alth...
I have very little experience with Lovecraft, but I know what an influence his work has been on 20th Century Horror, and I have been more and more intrigued to explore his works. This volume has about 20 of his stories, and from the looks, they are the most famous ones. I am excited!5/13 I am ...
Чудесен Лъвкрафт!Това е втората му книга, която чета, но отново съм впечатлена от лекия за четене стили майсторското умение да се пресъздава в литературна форма чистия ужас.Окултното престъпване в кошмарния свят на демоничното е в основата на двете новели, включени в тази книга. Едно мистично, тъ...
La historia me gustó y la forma en la que está escrito no es pesada como en otros cuentos que tuve el placer de leer. Pero las últimas 20 páginas me llevó varios días leerlas y esto alargó lo que llamo "la tortura de Lovecraft", yo quería terminar los cuentos de una vez pero solo se me hacían cad...
Well, this definitely makes me like the movie less. Also, myself as apparently I too need to be overcome with dread at what will happen to sweet Doris Day because when I read this, I was like, 'What? That's it? And he never even got the book? And he just KEPT GOING to more colleges?'The coole...
Thoroughly enjoyable book. H.P. Lovecraft's grabs you with some great opening lines and then you are left in a deeply unsettling atmosphere that lingers throughout each short story in this collection. The atmosphere builds up and builds up until it reaches a crescendo of terror. A lot of his phra...
No cabe duda de que a August Derleth hay que achacarle muchas cosas, entre ellas la explotación de toda la obra de H.P. Lovecraft desde la muerte de éste. Derleth fue un adepto de Lovecraft, un miembro de su círculo más íntimo, lo que le permitió (junto a Donald Wandrei), hacerse con todos sus pa...
I begin this review with a confession. I stole this book.At the age of 12, I found this in my school library. I borrowed it, devoured it and loved it so, so much that I couldn’t bear to part with it. So I lied to the library staff, telling them that I’d lost the book. They charged me a fee, but I...
6.0 stars. As I was experiencing Lovecraft’s supremely awesome, nightmarish masterpiece, At the Mountains of Madness (ATMOM), it really struck me for the first time that he was a tremendously literate writer. I have been a fan of Lovecraft for a long time and have always been gaga for his bizarre...
“Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn”Try saying that backward (or forward, which is equally challenging).H.P. Lovecraft is definitely the granddaddy of “Cosmic Horror” and Weird Fiction. He is often mentioned in science fiction / fantasy / horror related websites and forums, not to...
Though Lovecraft is a favorite writer of mine, until now this book (one of only two novel-length pieces he ever wrote) has been one I hadn't gotten around to reviewing. It was recently nominated as a common read in my Supernatural Fiction Readers group; and though it wasn't the one chosen, that ...
Лавкрафтов квест вступил в сговор с моим внутренним Февралем и глумливо похихикал над потугами осилить эту фантасмагорию на языке оригинала. Я вроде говорила, что «Квантовый вор» взрывает восприятие, выносит сознание за рамки воображения? Ну так вот: «Кадат», последовавший почти сразу после крыше...
This here, folks, is the most impressive image of Cthulhu that I’ve come across: He just looks so damn regal, this eldritch, malevolent entity that appears part octopus kraken, part dragon, part human caricature…the so called "mountain who walks." Yes, I admit that I’m a Lovecraft/Cthulhu mytho...
