Explore the marvelous complexity of Lovecraft's writing—including his use of literary allusions, biographical details, and obscure references in this rich, in-depth exploration of great horror fiction from the acknowledged master of the weird, including the stories "Herbert West—Reanimator", "Pickman's Model", "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Thing on the Doorstep", "The Horror at Red Hook" and more. Did Lovecraft believe in ghosts or paranormal phenomena? In what story does the narrator fear riding the Boston T? A pathfinder in the literary territory of the macabre, H.P. Lovecraft is one of America's giants of the horror genre. Now, in this second volume of annotated tales, Lovecraft scholars S. T. Joshi and Peter Cannon provide another rare opportunity to look into the mind of a genius. Their extensive notes lift the veil between real events in the writer's life—such as the death of his father—and the words that spill out onto the page in magnificent grotesquerie. Mansions, universities, laboratories, and dank New England boneyards appear also as the haunts where Lovecraft's characters confront the fabulous and fantastic, or—like the narrator in "Herbert West—Reanimator"—dig up fresh corpses. Richly illustrated and scrupulously researched, this extraordinary work adds exciting levels of meaning to Lovecraft's chilling tales . . . and increases our wonder at the magic that transforms life into a great writer's art.

More Annotated H.P. Lovecraft

Literature & Fiction

S.T. Joshi

Peter Cannon

H.P.Lovecraft

United States

Dell

In the years following H. P. Lovecraft's death in 1960, few of his friends and admirers were moved to write down their personal impressions. This may have been in part because HPL outlived so many of his colleagues. One can only wonder what intimates such as W. Paul Cook or Robert Barlow might have penned had they not preceded him to the grave. Perhaps others felt they had little more to add to the already ample public record of a successful author. Then, too, the appearance soon after his passing of August Derleth s brilliant critical survey and L. Sprague de Camp's definitive biography seems to have discouraged younger scholars from pursuing Lovecraft studies. Now, in one volume, Peter Cannon has scraped up three hitherto unpublished memoirs, each focused on a critical stage in Lovecraft s career. Though HPL was most comfortable in male society, two out of the three selections are written by women: Clarissa Stone's account of his early literary triumphs, and Leonora Lathbury's memoir of his time in England. Even Robert Pratt's brief view of Lovecraft in his last days spotlights Lyda Arco Long, the outspoken bride of HPL's favourite adopted grandson, Frank Belknap Long. While offering few surprises to the Lovecraft aficionado, these disparate reminiscences amount to an incomparable portrait sure to revive interest in an author unjustly neglected in recent decades.

The Lovecraft Chronicles

Subterranean

H. P. Lovecraft once wrote: 'As a rule, I don't think that a comic or flippant style--or one with much satire--mixes well with the weird.' Peter Cannon has devoted most of his writing career to breaking this rule, usually at the expense of Lovecraft himself. This volume collects the finest and funniest of Cannon's parodies and pastiches, starting with the title story, a six-part sequel to Lovecraft's 'The Thing on the Doorstep.' Various Edward Derby heirs and scholars contend for control of the poet-prodigy's literary legacy, too absorbed in their own affairs to take much heed of the supernatural mischief made possible by mind transfer. Before there was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, there were the three 'Wodecraft' tales, in which P. G. Wodehouse's characters show considerable savoir faire in the face of cosmic dread. Cannon also mashes up Lovecraft with two classic American writers, F. Scott Fitzgerald ('Tender Is the Night-gaunt') and William Faulkner ('The Sound and the Fungi'). James Herriot, of All Creatures Great and Small fame, receives similar treatment in 'All Moon-Beasts Amorphous and Mephitic.' Two selections pay homage to living horror greats Ramsey Campbell ('The Undercliffe Sentences') and T.E.D. Klein ('The Arkham Collector'). In 'Old Man,' a tale of cats and crime, Cannon posthumously collaborates with the Old Gent of Providence. The concluding novella, 'Nautical-looking Negroes,' attempts to fill in some of the gaps in Lovecraft's first major Mythos story, 'The Call of Cthulhu.' Those who like their Mythos fiction leavened with a dose of deadpan humor won't want to miss Forever Azathoth.

Forever Azathoth

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The mammoth book of comic fantasy

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Avram Davidson

Terry Jones

John Morressy

Harvey Jacobs

tom-holt

David Langford

Ron, Goulart

Neil, Gaiman

Lewis. Carroll

Edward, Lear

louise-cooper

Anthony Armstrong

J.F. Sullivan

Science Fiction

Robinson

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