Bøker av H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft's literary career ended very much the way it began-with amateur journalism. In 1914, he had entered the United Amateur Press Association and gained lifelong friends and a renewed will to live and write. In 1930, Lovecraft's attendance at the annual convention of the National Amateur Press Association led to a renewed interest in the multifarious issues agitating amateurdom at that time. Encouraged by a new colleague, Helm C. Spink, Lovecraft took on the role of poetry critic for the NAPA's Bureau of Critics. Hyman Bradofsky, whose Californian allowed an unprecedented amount of space for lengthy contributions, persuaded Lovecraft to write numerous articles and to steer other amateurs in Bradofsky's direction. Lovecraft then became embroiled in heated controversies and feuds, many of them revolving around the argumentative Ralph W. Babcock. This volume also includes substantial letters to devotees of weird fiction, including Richard Ely Morse, Margaret Sylvester, John J. Weir, and a pair of brilliant weird artists, Virgil Finlay and Frank Utpatel. As in previous volumes in this series, all letters have been meticulously edited and thoroughly annotated. The appendix includes a generous array of poetry by Morse along with other materials that shed light on all the issues discussed here.

Eine Gruselgeschichte von H.P. Lovecraft und Zelia Bishop.Sie wurde im Jahre 1939, zwei Jahre nach dem Tod des Horror-Großmeisters, in der Januar-Ausgabe des Magazins 'WEIRD TALES' veröffentlicht, nachdem sie Zelia Bishop überarbeitet hatte.Allgemein als 'zu rassistisch' betrachtet, wie viele der Werke von Lovecraft, wurde sie später nur noch zögerlich veröffentlicht. Obwohl recht plump, kommt in seinen Büchern manches in dieser Hinsicht auch so komisch daher, dass es sich wieder relativiert.Dennoch wurde das Original in der Übersetzung etwas entschärft, aber ohne dabei einen Mohrenkopf gleich zum 'schokoladenüberzogenen gesüßten Eiweißschaum' zu machen.

Die allerschlimmsten HorrorgeschichtenIn der Gruft von H.P. Lovecraft (erschienen1925), Das Klappern der Knochen von Robert E. Howard (erschienen 1929), Die Affenpfote von W.W. Jacobs (erschienen 1902)Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts hatten Schauergeschichten, wie auch Science Fiction oder Mystery, in Form von Kurzgeschichten, ihre Blütezeit. Mehr als das, es wurden die Grundlagen für das Genre gelegt. Immer populärer, besonders in den 1930er bis 1950er-Jahren, wurden spezielle Magazine, wie 'Weird Tales', oft auch als Pulp Fiction (kurz 'Pulp') bezeichnet, in denen diese Geschichten erschienen. Der Begriff entstammt dem englischen Wort 'pulp' (Holzbrei), ein Hinweis auf einfaches, sehr holzhaltiges Papier und die damit zusammenhängende billige Herstellung.'Pulp' wurde von Kritikern gerne als Trivial- oder gar Schundliteratur bezeichnet. Was auch immer, wer unkomplizierte, dennoch packende Unterhaltung mag, der kann sich an den zahlreichen, oft nur wenige Seiten kurzen Geschichten erfreuen; auf alle Fälle wird keine Zeit verschwendet, um am Ende eines Hunderte von Seiten starken Buches festzustellen, dass es doch nicht der 'Knüller' war, der den Aufwand gelohnt hat und das man nach gelesenen 250 Seiten nicht einfach vergessen kann, wie das bereits bestellte Bier, das man trotz aufkommender Bauchschmerzen dennoch leert.Die Idee für den Plot (das Handlungsgerüst) wird bei diesen Kurzgeschichten nicht endlos gestreckt, politisiert, 'soziologiert', überfrachtet oder gar ausgeleiert, sondern kurz und spannend erzählt.Sehen Sie dieses kleine Buch gerne als literarisches Fast Food für zwischendurch. Die schnelle Curry-Wurst ? aber bitte mit ganz scharfer Soße! Der Hunger ist da schon wieder weg, noch bevor Sie im Schicki-Micki-Restaurant die Speisekarte bekommen haben, und wie's schmeckt, wissen Sie schon vorher.Schönes Gruseln!

DIE LAUERNDE ANGST von H.P. Lovecraft.Horror-Kurzgeschichte aus dem Jahre 1922 vom Großmeister des Grauens. Erstmals 1923 in der Zeitschrift 'Home Brew' veröffentlicht, wurde sie 1928 in dem bekannten 'Pulp'-Magazin 'Weird Tales' abgedruckt; später findet man sie auch in Sammelbänden seiner Werke. 64 Seiten brutto, große Schrift - literarisches Grusel-Fastfood, ein kleines Häppchen für zwischendurch und Leser mit gutem Magen.

The Dunwich Horror is a horror story titled by an American Author H. P. Lovecraft. It was initially printed in the April 1929 edition of Weird Tales after being written in 1928. (pp. 481-508). It happens in the fictitious Massachusetts town of Dunwich. It is regarded as one of the Cthulhu Mythos' central tales. Only an elderly university librarian can stop a strange family from conjuring and nurturing an evil thing from another universe in a dilapidated farmhouse close to remote, rural Dunwich with the intention of destroying the planet and giving it to old gods to reign. Weird Tales originally published The Dunwich Horror in 1929. The Dunwich Horror tells the odd events that led to Wilbur Whateley's birth and early development. This topic is written on a real-world issue and contains accurate information. While HPL served as a reference, the information on this topic is drawn from the "Lovecraft Circle" Myth Cycles rather than being solely based on his writings. H. P. Lovecraft wrote a short story titled "The Dunwich Horror." One of the rare stories Lovecraft wrote where the protagonist triumph over the story's antagonistic creature or monster is "The Dunwich Horror."

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. He was born into affluence, but his family's wealth dissipated soon after the death of his grandfather. In 1913, he wrote a critical letter to a pulp magazine that ultimately led to his involvement in pulp fiction. During the interwar period, he wrote and published stories that focused on his interpretation of humanity's place in the universe. In his view, humanity was an unimportant part of an uncaring cosmos that could be swept away at any moment. These stories also included fantastic elements that represented the perceived fragility of anthropocentrism.Lovecraft was at the center of a wider body of authors known as "The Lovecraft Circle." This group wrote stories that frequently shared details among them. He was also a prolific letter writer. He maintained a correspondence with several different authors and literary proteges. According to some estimates, he wrote approximately 100,000 letters over the course of his life. In these letters, he discussed his worldview and his daily life, and tutored younger authors, such as August Derleth, Donald Wandrei, and Robert Bloch.Throughout his adult life, Lovecraft was never able to support himself from earnings as an author and editor. He was virtually unknown during his lifetime and was almost exclusively published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty at the age of 46, but is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors of supernatural horror fiction. Among his most celebrated tales are "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Rats in the Walls", At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow over Innsmouth, and The Shadow Out of Time. His writings form the basis of the Cthulhu Mythos, which has inspired a large body of pastiches across several mediums drawing on Lovecraft's characters, setting and themes, constituting a wider subgenre known as Lovecraftian horror. (wikipedia.org)

H. P. Lovecraft wrote the short story "The Whisperer in Darkness." It was written between February and September 1930 and first appeared in Weird Tales in August 1931. It is a horror/science fiction hybrid, similar to "The Color Out of Space" (1927). Despite numerous references to the Cthulhu Mythos, the supernatural does not play many roles in the plot and therefore reflects Lovecraft's transformation to a sci-fi writer. Mi-Go, an alien race, is also introduced in the story. Much to the chagrin of Albert N. Wilmarth, local academic, bizzare things are sighted floating in rivers in the area of rural Vermont after a flood which consequently resurfaces the debates regarding an old myth of hill-dwelling monsters that abducts humans. However, Wilmarth is drawn into a surprising correspondence that leads to a troubling discovery when he begins receiving letters from an individual named Henry Wentworth Akeley which talks about the alleged presence close to his farmhouse of an extraterrestrial race worshipping ancient cosmic deities. "The Haunter of the Dark," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Burial Place," and "The Lurker at the Threshold" are among the volumes that contain Lovecraft's supernatural tales.

The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft contains all Lovecraft's solo writings as an adult, beginning in 1917 with ""The Tomb"" and ending in 1935 with ""The Haunter of the Dark.""The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's all Solo Writings as an adult. 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.This Edition has over 60 Stories; Included in this volume are, 'The Tomb'; 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward', 'Old Bugs'; 'The Call of Cthulhu', 'The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath', 'At the Mountains of Madness', 'The Temple', 'The Haunter of The Dark', 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth', 'The Color Out of Space', 'The Dunwich Horror', and many more hair-raising tales.

Set in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, an unnamed narrator investigates a local area known as the "blasted hearth." After failing to extract any information from the Arkham locals, the narrator encounters an old man, Ammi Pierce, who relates the story of a farmer who once lived there. The hearth, he claims, was caused by a meteorite that fell onto the farmer's field in 1882.The Colour Out of Space is one of H.P. Lovecraft's best-loved and most critically acclaimed story. According to the author, it was also his personal favorite. It has been adapted twice for film; first in 1967 and later in 1987.

"Supernatural Horror in Literature" is a 28,000 word essay by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, surveying the development and achievements of horror fiction as the field stood in the 1920s and 30s. The essay was researched and written between November 1925 and May 1927, first published in August 1927, and then revised and expanded during 1933-1934. Lovecraft's essay ranges widely, but he first examines the beginnings of weird fiction in the early gothic novel. As a guide for what to read in the early gothic he relied partly on Edith Birkhead's 1921 historical survey The Tale of Terror, and he was also able to draw on the expertise of the great many experts and collectors in his circle. The bulk of the essay was written in New York City giving Lovecraft easy access to the resources of the city's great public libraries and also to the collections of his friends, and thus he was able to read widely and obtain obscure and rare works. His survey then proceeds to outline the development of the supernatural and the weird in the work of major writers such as Ambrose Bierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe. Lovecraft names as the four "modern masters" of horror: Algernon Blackwood, Lord Dunsany, M. R. James, and Arthur Machen. In addition to these masters, Lovecraft attempts to make the essay an encompassing survey, and thus he mentions or notes many others in passing. (wikipedia.org)About the author:Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. He was born into affluence, but his family's wealth dissipated soon after the death of his grandfather. In 1913, he wrote a critical letter to a pulp magazine that ultimately led to his involvement in pulp fiction. During the interwar period, he wrote and published stories that focused on his interpretation of humanity's place in the universe. In his view, humanity was an unimportant part of an uncaring cosmos that could be swept away at any moment. These stories also included fantastic elements that represented the perceived fragility of anthropocentrism.Lovecraft was at the center of a wider body of authors known as "The Lovecraft Circle." This group wrote stories that frequently shared details among them. He was also a prolific letter writer. He maintained a correspondence with several different authors and literary proteges. According to some estimates, he wrote approximately 100,000 letters over the course of his life. In these letters, he discussed his worldview and his daily life, and tutored younger authors, such as August Derleth, Donald Wandrei, and Robert Bloch.Throughout his adult life, Lovecraft was never able to support himself from earnings as an author and editor. He was virtually unknown during his lifetime and was almost exclusively published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty at the age of 46, but is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors of supernatural horror fiction. Among his most celebrated tales are "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Rats in the Walls", At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow over Innsmouth, and The Shadow Out of Time. His writings form the basis of the Cthulhu Mythos, which has inspired a large body of pastiches across several mediums drawing on Lovecraft's characters, setting and themes, constituting a wider subgenre known as Lovecraftian horror. (wikipedia.org)

"The Shunned House" is a horror fiction novelette by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written on October 16-19, 1924. It was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales.The Shunned House of the title is based on an actual house in Providence, Rhode Island, built around 1763 and still standing at 135 Benefit Street. Lovecraft was familiar with the house because his aunt Lillian Clark lived there in 1919/20 as a companion to Mrs. H. C. Babbit. However, it was another house in Elizabeth, New Jersey that actually compelled Lovecraft to write the story. As he wrote in a letter: On the northeast corner of Bridge Street and Elizabeth Avenue is a terrible old house-a hellish place where night-black deeds must have been done in the early seventeen-hundreds-with a blackish unpainted surface, unnaturally steep roof, and an outside flight of stairs leading to the second story, suffocatingly embowered in a tangle of ivy so dense that one cannot but imagine it accursed or corpse-fed. It reminded me of the Babbit House in Benefit Street.... Later its image came up again with renewed vividness, finally causing me to write a new horror story with its scene in Providence and with the Babbit House as its basis. (wikipedia.org)

At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. It has been reproduced in numerous collections.The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent. These events include the discovery of an ancient civilization older than the human race, and realization of earth's past told through various sculptures and murals. (wikipedia.org)

From the famous horror writer, H.P. Lovecraft, comes this brand new collection of poetry. From the macabre work he's best known for to his gentle odes to nature, this volume includes many of Lovecraft's most effective poems.The Poetry of H.P. Lovecraft collates the horror writer's wide variety of poetry into one compact collection. Including Lovecraft's fantasy work, satirical pieces, nature poetry and occasion verse written for specific events, this volume introduces the reader to a whole new side of the writer's personality and work. Many of the poems nod to Lovecraft's roots in horror, and even in his poetry we see the classic disturbing sentiments that make his work unique.This collection includes poems such as:- 'An Ode to Selene or Diana'- 'On Receiving a Picture of Swans'- 'A Garden'- 'Nemesis'- 'The Nightmare Lake'- 'The Ancient Track'These poems have been published in a new collection by Read & Co. Books' vintage poetry imprint, Ragged Hand, for a new generation of readers to enjoy. Complete with two introductory essays by Lovecraft, 'The Allowable Rhyme' and 'Metrical Regularity', this volume is not to be missed by fans of Lovecraft's work or lovers of poetry.

"Behold, the very first appearance of Cthulhu in Lovecraft's literature! Published in 1928 in "Weird Tales" magazine, comes The Call of Cthulhu, wherein H. P. Lovecraft throws down the gauntlet in the horror genre, drawing forth from his dreams and imagination all the dark things. The Cthulhu 'myth' would take on a life of its own, as so many 'myths' do. In this way, the myth declares that it is singularly alive--true, it lives only in the minds of men, but such myths leap over generations and grow into their own thing. Readers then encounter the myth rather than create it, even as the myth's existence depends on readers encountering it. It would not do justice to Lovecraft's storytelling to attempt to explain what the various parts The Call of Cthulhu might represent, especially as the narrative unfolded into later works. Indeed, Lovecraft himself likely wouldn't have tried. Some things are just better that way."--

"What do you get when you combine classic public domain horror stories with some "best of" horror stories from horror master Thomas M. Malafarina? You get Horror Classics Volume 1, a collection from Hellbender Books, featuring 6 stories from horror legends, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, and W. W. Jacobs side by side with 18 stories from modern horror author, Thomas M. Malafarina. This is a great opportunity to see how horror of today compares with the classics of old. It's also a great way to not only familiarize yourself not only with the stories from the masters, but to sample the works of Thomas M. Malafarina"--

In the Lovecraftian universe there exists many terrible and horrifying things, from extraterrestrial gods and ancient secrets to zealous cults, supernatural beasts and beyond. Part of our "Fantasy and Horror Classics" imprint, this book contains a collection of Lovecraft's best horror short stories from the 'Cthulhu Mythos'. The stories include: "The Nameless City", "The Unnamable", "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Dunwich Horror", "The Whisperer in the Darkness", "Out of the Aeons", "The Shadow over Innsmouth", and "The Thing on the Doorstep". The perfect collection for horror lovers and fans of Lovecraft's terrifying fiction. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Read & Co. is publishing this classic collection of short stories now in a new edition complete with a dedication by George Henry Weiss.

In the Lovecraftian universe there exists many terrible and horrifying things, from extraterrestrial gods and ancient secrets to zealous cults, supernatural beasts and beyond. Part of our "Fantasy and Horror Classics" imprint, this book contains a fantastic collection of chilling short stories by American author H. P. Lovecraft. From his magnum opus "At the Mountain of Madness" to his seminal "The Call of Cthulhu", this collection includes some of Lovecraft's most successful and terrifying works of horror fiction not to be missed by lovers of the genre. Contents include: "The Rats in the Walls", "The Outsider", "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", "The Colour Out of Space", "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Dunwich Horror", "The Whisperer in Darkness", "At the Mountain of Madness", "The Shadow Out of Time", "The Shadow Over Innsmouth", etc. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Read & Co. is publishing this classic collection of short stories now in a new edition complete with a dedication by George Henry Weiss.

Many of the horror stories of monsters and ghouls, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Great Race of Yith are an extra-terrestrial species who travel through space and time by swapping their bodies with those of distant hosts. Though their motives are mostly academic, they were eventually forced to use their abilities to escape annihilation by swapping bodies with an ancient race that once resided on planet earth, 250 million years ago. When American citizen Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee has his body swapped with an earth-dwelling Yithian from the distant past, his life is changed forever. A fantastic example of classic sci-fi by master of the genre, H. P. Lovecraft. "The Shadow Out of Time" is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed other works by Lovecraft. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Other notable works by this author include: "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Rats in the Walls", and "The Shadow Over Innsmouth". Read & Co. is publishing this classic work now as part of our "Fantasy and Horror Classics" imprint in a new edition with a dedication by George Henry Weiss.

Gripping tension, thrilling creatures, and tragic incidents, At the Mountains of Madness is one of the prolific horror writer H. P. Lovecraft's best horror masterpieces.A group of ill-fated explorers set off on an expedition in Antarctica. Reaching a mountain range beyond the Himalayas, the scientists uncover the long-forgotten remains of an ancient civilisation, older than the moon itself. The mysterious ruins remain home to the partially preserved 'Elder Things', and it isn't long before the scientists begin to suffer at the fate of these unidentifiable prehistoric lifeforms. A terrifyingly tragic tale of supernatural horror and macabre science fiction, At the Mountains of Madness was first published in 1936. This volume is not one to be missed by fans of H. P. Lovecraft's pioneering work.

When Charles Dexter Ward escapes from a mental asylum Wards' family doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, endeavours to unearth the reason for the madness and physiological changes that afflicted his patient. Willett learns that Ward had spent the last few years looking for the grave of his ancestor entrepreneur and alleged alchemist, Joseph Curwen. However, Willet discovers that the notable entrepreneur guarded a terrible secret. A chilling tale of evil spirits and supernatural forces, "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" is highly recommended for fans of horror fiction and is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed other works by this author. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Read & Co. is publishing this classic novel now as part of our "Fantasy and Horror Classics" imprint in a new edition with a dedication by George Henry Weiss.