By H.P. Lovecraft
Edited with an Introduction and
Notes
by S.T. Joshi
Back Cover Text
A collection of stories from H.P. Lovecraft, the
unrivaled
master of early-twentieth-century horror
Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Phillips
Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century, discarding
ghosts and witches and envisioning instead mankind as a tiny outpost of
dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe.
Lovecraft’s preeminent interpreter S.T. Joshi presents a
selection of the master’s fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and
madness such as “The Outsider” and “Rats in the Walls,” through the
grotesquely comic “Herbert West – Reanimator” and “The Hound,” to the
overpowering cosmic terror of “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” and “The Call of
Cthulhu.” The first paperback edition to include the definitive corrected
tests, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories reveals the
development of Lovecraft’s mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him
as a canonical – and visionary – American writer.
“I think it is beyond doubt that H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be
surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic
horror tale.” – Stephen King
Contents
Bibliographic Information
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories. By H.P. Lovecraft, Edited with an
Introduction and Notes by S.T. Joshi. New York, NY: Penguin USA; 1999; ISBN 0-14-118234-2;
Paperback.
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