An extensive collection of H.P. Lovecraft's greatest works of
horror and dread, from his early stories to his major classics like
"The Call of Cthulhu," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," and At the
Mountains of Madness In this Library of America volume, the
best-selling novelist Peter Straub brings together the very best of
H. P. Lovecraft's fiction in a treasury guaranteed to bring fright
and delight both to longtime fans and to readers new to his work.
Early stories such as "The Outsider," "The Music of Erich Zann,"
"Herbert West-Reanimator," and "The Lurking Fear" demonstrate
Lovecraft's uncanny ability to blur the distinction between reality
and nightmare, sanity and madness, the human and non-human. "The
Horror at Red Hook" and "He" reveal the fascination and revulsion
Lovecraft felt for New York City; "Pickman's Model" uncovers the
frightening secret behind an artist's work; "The Rats in the Walls"
is a terrifying descent into atavistic horror; and "The Colour Out
of Space" explores the eerie impact of a meteorite on a remote
Massachusetts valley. In such later works as "The Call of Cthulhu,"
"The Whisperer in Darkness," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The
Shadow Over Innsmouth," and "The Shadow Out of Time," Lovecraft
developed his own nightmarish mythology in which encounters with
ancient, pitiless extraterrestrial intelligences wreak havoc on
hapless humans who only gradually begin to glimpse "terrifying
vistas of reality, and our frightful position therein." Moving from
old New England towns haunted by occult pasts to Antarctic wastes
that disclose appalling secrets, Lovecraft's tales continue to
exert a dread fascination. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent
nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our
nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently
in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library
of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date,
authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature
cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on
premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
General
Imprint: |
The Library of America
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2005 |
First published: |
February 2005 |
Authors: |
H. P Lovecraft
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Editors: |
Peter Straub
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Dimensions: |
208 x 130 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
837 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-931082-72-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Horror & ghost stories
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LSN: |
1-931082-72-3 |
Barcode: |
9781931082723 |
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