| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
lxx, 852 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), genealogical table ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 835-849). |
| Contents |
Introduction by Alan Moore -- Foreword -- Editor's note -- The stories. Dagon -- The statement of Randolph Carter -- Beyond the wall of sleep -- Nyarlathotep -- The picture in the house -- Herbert West : reanimator -- The nameless city -- The hound -- The festival -- The unnamable -- The call of Cthulhu -- The silver key -- The case of Charles Dexter Ward -- The colour out of space -- The Dunwich horror -- The whisperer in darkness -- At the mountains of madness -- The shadow over Innsmouth -- The dreams in the witch house -- The thing on the doorstep -- The shadow out of time -- The haunter of the dark -- Appendix 1. Chronological table -- Appendix 2. Faculty of Miskatonic University -- Appendix 3. History of the Necronomicon -- Appendix 4. Genealogy of the elder races -- Appendix 5. The works of H.P. Lovecraft -- Appendix. 6. The "revisions" of H.P. Lovecraft -- Appendix 7. H.P. Lovecraft in popular culture. |
| Summary |
An extensively annotated anthology of twenty-two of the horror master's best writings also examines Lovecraft's rise and accomplishments against a backdrop of the pulp fiction era while evaluating his influence on literature. |
| Subject |
Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937.
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Horror tales, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Horror tales.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Klinger, Leslie S., editor, writer of foreword.
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Moore, Alan, 1953- writer of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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| ISBN |
9780871404534 (hardback) |
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0871404532 (hardback) |
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