The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft
Another excellent edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Colour Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.
The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the works of classic authors from around the world in stunning gift editions to be collected and enjoyed. Complete and unabridged, these elegantly designed cloth-bound hardcovers feature a slipcase and ribbon marker, as well as a comprehensive introduction providing the reader with enlightening information on the author's life and works.
Contents:
- Introduction by Eric Carl Link
- The Beast in the Cave
- The Alchemist
- The Tomb
- Dagon
- A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
- Polaris
- Beyond the Wall of Sleep
- Memory
- Old Bugs
- The Transition of Juan Romero
- The White Ship
- The Street
- The Doom That Came to Sarnath
- The Statement of Randolph Carter
- The Terrible Old Man
- The Cats of Ulthar
- The Tree
- Celephaïs
- The Picture in the House
- The Temple
- Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
- From Beyond
- Nyarlathotep
- The Quest of Iranon
- The Music of Erich Zahn
- Ex Oblivione
- Sweet Ermengarde
- The Nameless City
- The Outsider
- The Moon-Bog
- The Other Gods
- Azathoth
- Herbert West - Reanimator
- Hypnos
- What the Moon Brings
- The Hound
- The Lurking Fear
- The Rats in the Walls
- The Unnamable
- The Festival
- Under the Pyramids
- The Shunned House
- The Horror at Red Hook
- He
- In the Vault
- Cool Air
- The Call of Cthulhu
- Pickman's Model
- The Strange High House in the Mist
- The Silver Key
- The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
- The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
- The Colour Out of Space
- The Descendant
- The Very Old Folk
- History of the Necronomicon
- The Dunwich Horror
- Ibid
- The Whisperer in Darkness
- At the Mountains of Madness
- The Shadow Over Innsmouth
- The Dreams in the Witch House
- Through the Gates of the Silver Key
- The Thing on the Doorstep
- The Evil Clergyman
- The Book
- The Shadow Out of Time
- The Haunter of the Dark
- The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft
- Further Reading
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) is a well known American horror, fantasy and science fiction author. He is especially known for creating the Cthulhu Mythos.
H. P. Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, but his reputation has grown over the decades and he's regarded as one of the greatest and most influential horror writers of the 20th century. Lovecraft's short stories have inspired many authors, artists and directors.