H.P. Lovecraft
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| Original Title: | Great Tales of Horror |
| ISBN: | 1435140370 (ISBN13: 9781435140370) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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So I finally got the chance to finish this monster when hurricane Irma left me without power for a week. Nothing like sitting in the dark with a horror story while watching all your neighbors get power back!Either way, I finished it and I really loved it! There are definitely times where his writing can seem a little slow, but the more I read the more I got used to his style and appreciated the story-telling. I've been finding myself excited to talk about these stories and recommending them to anyone who will listen, and even though I'm not usually a big fan of horror, I'm really glad I gave these a try!
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| Title | : | Great Tales of Horror |
| Author | : | H.P. Lovecraft |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 600 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2012 by Barnes & Noble Inc (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Classics. Fiction. Fantasy. Short Stories. Science Fiction. Anthologies |
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Ratings: 4.15 From 1808 Users | 136 ReviewsColumn About Books Great Tales of Horror
I read this collection of tales one by one over the course of the last few months; usually one short story each night before bed. Despite my personal enjoyment of Lovecraft's lasting influence on the horror genre as a whole, I do feel obligated to be truthful about what others can expect from his work. Frankly, if you have read one Lovecraft tale, then you have read them all. There is little to no variation in the core makeup of each and every single story. There never fails to be a male scholarIf you don't know anything about Lovecraft and his stories, look it up on Wikipedia. I'm only going to tell you what I thought of the book. As a collection of short stories (Some could be called Novellas), this runs a whole range of quality. Creepy. Fun. Disturbing. Silly. Dated. Timeless. First you are going to have to suspend your disbelief about what we know in modern science. Even taking into account the fantasy elements, there is a lot that is just plain wrong and can't be explained away.
This was... a chore.I can count on one hand the number of stories collected in here that actually stuck with me in any way; "The Colour Out of Space" and "The Lurking Fear" both managed to get under my skin (in a good way!), but there's something to be said about the fact that both were among the first three in the book. As I read further, the more tedious it became simply due to the fact that reading all of these stories back to back highlighted just how similar they all were.I'd give some
This book collects all of the very best magnificent fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. Strangely, the constant complaint against the stories here at Goodreads is that they are all too similar, but this is absurd--none of these stories resemble each other. "The Colour out of Space" is as unique a tale as is "The Haunter of the Dark," with no similarities, except for excellence in the writing. Lovecraft's weird tales have depths that can never be completely plumbed, and thus one can return to his work
Certainly no easy read, it was well worth the effort. Nobody writes horror like this any more.
This collection has all the best of Lovecraft's horror tales, and each story is introduced with a blurb by famed Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi. This is a great collection to own for any fans of the weird yarns of H.P.L. My personal favorites are The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Colour Out of Space, and The Whisperer in Darkness.
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