H.P. Lovecraft: The Fiction (Library of Essential Writers)

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Author: H. P. Lovecraft

ISBN-10: 1435107934

ISBN-13: 9781435107939

Category: Short Story Collections (Single Author)

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In the 1920s and ‘30s, H.P. Lovecraft pioneered a new type of weird fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft’s tales of cosmic horror revolutionized modern horror fiction and earned him the reputation as the most influential American writer of weird tales since Edgar Allan Poe.This omnibus collects for the first time in a single volume all of Lovecraft’s groundbreaking fiction: “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Dreams in the Witch House,” “The Haunter of the Dark,” “At the Mountains of Madness,” “The Shadow out of Time,” “The Shadow over Innsmouth,” the full-length novels The Case of Charles Dexter Ward and The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, and many others.H.P. Lovecraft: The Fiction is part of Barnes & Noble’s Library of Essential Writers. Each title in the series presents the finest works—complete and unabridged—from one of the greatest writers in literature in magnificent, elegantly designed hardback editions. Every volume also includes an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on the writer’s life and works.

Introduction ixThe Beast in the Cave 1The Alchemist 6The Tomb 14Dagon 23A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson 28Polaris 33Beyond the Wall of Sleep 37Memory 46Old Bugs 47The Transition of Juan Romero 54The White Ship 60The Street 65The Doom That Came to Sarnath 70The Statement of Randolph Carter 76The Terrible Old Man 81The Tree 84The Cats of Ulthar 88The Temple 91Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family 102Celephaïs 110From Beyond 115Nyarlathotep 121The Picture in the House 124Ex Oblivione 131Sweet Ermengarde 133The Nameless City 141The Quest of Iranon 151The Moon- Bog 157The Outsider 164The Other Gods 170The Music of Erich Zann 174Herbert West-Reanimator 181Hypnos 206What the Moon Brings 212Azathoth 214The Hound 216The Lurking Fear 223The Rats in the Walls 240The Unnamable 256The Festival 262Under the Pyramids 270The Shunned House 292The Horror at Red Hook 314He 332In the Vault 341Cool Air 348The Call of Cthulhu 355Pickman's Model 380The Silver Key 391The Strange High House in the Mist 401The Dream- Quest of Unknown Kadath 409The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 490The Colour out of Space 594The Descendant 617History of the Necronomicon 621The Very Old Folk 623Ibid 629The Dunwich Horror 633The Whisperer in Darkness 668At the Mountains of Madness 723The Shadow over Innsmouth 807The Dreams in the Witch House 859Through the Gates of the Silver Key 889The Thing on the Doorstep 919The Evil Clergyman 941TheBook 945The Shadow out of Time 948The Haunter of the Dark 999Appendix: JuveniliaThe Little Glass Bottle 1018The Secret Cave 1020The Mystery of the Grave- yard 1022The Mysterious Ship [short version] 1027The Mysterious Ship [long version] 1030Discarded draft of "The Shadow over Innsmouth" 1034Supernatural Horror in Literature 1041About the Author 1099