Waterstones H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)
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Description: H.P. Lovecraft fused supernatural horror with visionary science fiction; this volume collects together all of these writings. This is an exquisitely designed edition that features a silk-ribbon bookmark, distinctive gilt edging & marbled endpapers. This is the perfect gift for book lovers and an artful addition to any home library. In the 1920s and '30s, H.P. Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft's tales of cosmic horror revolutionised modern horror fiction and earned him the reputation of the most influential American writer of weird tales since Edgar Allan Poe. H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction collects for the first time in a single volume all of Lovecraft's groundbreaking fictions. The book is exquisitely designed with bonded-leather bindings, distinctive gilt edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, the Leatherbound Classics series offers hours of pleasure to readers young and old and is an indispensable cornerstone for any home library. Waterstones H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: M. Wilkinson
Rating: 4
Review: I've read some H P Lovecraft before, and, years later, I decided I "ought to" give him a proper chance. This book was pretty much as expected. Lovecraft had a fantastically dark vision of his world. However, his writing style is laboured, and sooner rather than later, you get a bit tired of everything being eldritch, nameless, blasphemous, or — for occasional variety — rugose (look it up :) ) If Lovecraft had been born a few decades later, he would have designed some excellent album sleeves for metal bands. As it was, he wrote a whole load of short fiction in which someone gradually becomes aware of something eldritch, nameless and blasphemous (and occasionally rugose) and goes mad. I'll say again, though, his vision of his cosmos is fantastic, and probably worth the entrance fee alone. It's just the writing style that wears thin. Go on, buy it, you know you want to, but only read them one at a time, with sufficient intervals in between that it seems fresh. His stories are a bit like anchovies: strongly flavoured and some people really like them, but very few people would consume a whole plateful at one sitting.
