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The Transition of H.P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness
The Transition of HP Lovecraft The Road to Madness
Author: H. P. Lovecraft, John Jude Palencar, Barbara Hambly
One of the most influential practitioners of American horror, H.P. Lovecraft inspired the work of Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Clive Barker. As he perfected his mastery of the macabre, his works developed from seminal fragments into acknowledged masterpieces of terror. This volume traces his chilling career and includes: — Imprisoned with...  more »Houdini seeks to reveal the demons that inhabit the Egyptian night.

At the Mountains of Madness -- An unsuspecting expedition uncovers a city of untold terror, buried beneath an Antarctic wasteland.

Plus, for the first time in any Del Rey edition:

Herbert West: Reanimator -- Mad experiments yield hideous results in this, the inspiration for the cult film Re-Animator.

Cool Air -- An icy apartment hides secrets no man dares unlock.

The Terrible Old Man -- The intruders seek a fortune but find only death!

and twenty-four more blood-chilling tales:

  • Indhold: The beast in the cave
  • The alchemist
  • Poetry and the gods
  • The street
  • The transition of Juan Romero
  • The book
  • Dagon
  • The tomb
  • Memory
  • The white ship
  • Arthur Jermyn
  • The temple
  • The terrible old man
  • The crawling chaos
  • The tree
  • The moon-bog
  • Herbert West
  • reanimator
  • The lurking fear
  • The festival
  • The unnamable
  • Imprisoned with the Pharaohs
  • The shunned house
  • He
  • The horror at Red Hook
  • Cool air
  • Nathicana
  • At the Mountains of Madness
  • In the Walls of Eryx
  • The evil clergyman
ISBN-13: 9780345384225
ISBN-10: 0345384229
Publication Date: 10/1/1996
Pages: 381
Rating:
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Publisher: Del Rey
Book Type: Paperback
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I got this book to give H.P. a try. Honestly I just could not get into it. I read 5 or 6 of the stories and out of those I liked The Alchemist. I did not find the few I read all that creepy or scary. Don't get me wrong, the writing and vocabulary is difficult at times but at the same time fantastic. Just not for me.
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I enjoyed this collection of short stories and novellas by H.P. Lovecraft. My favorites included "Herbert West--Renanimator," "Imprisoned with the Pharoahs," and "At the Mountains of Madness." The first one I liked because of the way the narrator told the story - first a little bit, and then it repeats with more and more detail. I liked the second story because it was told from the point of view of Harry Houdini. And finally, I liked the third story because it was a good mix of discovery, adventure, and horror. Plus, it takes place in one of my favorite literary settings, Antarctica.


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