By H. P. Lovecraft With an Introduction by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
eBook, 336 pages
English language
Published June 22, 2011 by Barnes & Noble, Incorporated.
Multi-eyed protoplasmic entities, flesh-eating ghouls, animate corpses, time-traveling body snatchers and, yes, even huge albino penguins. These are some of the bizarre creatures that populate the universe created by American horror author H. P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft has influenced many of today’s most famous writers and artists, including Stephen King, Guillermo Del Toro, and H. R. Giger
This collection includes three selections from the Cthulhu Mythos: the novella At the Mountains of Madness, which is often considered Lovecraft’s masterpiece; “The Thing on the Doorstep”; and “The Shadow Out of Time.” In addition to including all the chilling “cyclopean vistas,” monstrous abominations, and appalling transformations, this collection also showcases his fantasy writing in stories such as “The Cats of Ulthar,” “The Silver Key,” and notably The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.
I mostly read it to get an overview over the cthulhu mythos stories, which this collection delivers. I couldnt really get into the other stories it includes (which is why i give it only three stars). The introduction is very well written and very helpful in understanding the stories and the author.
