Through their investigations into the unexplained, they tug at the thin threads that separate our world from another of indescribable horror. Writing in the gothic tradition, narrators recount their descent into madness and despair. This collection spans Lovecraft’s literary career, his ‘cosmicist’ philosophy and the belief that behind the veil of our blinkered everyday lives lies another reality, too terrible for the human mind to comprehend. In his beautifully crafted new preface, Moore finds Lovecraft at once at odds with and integral to the time in which he lived, ‘the improbable embodiment of an estranged world in transition’ yet, despite his prejudices and parochialisms, he ‘possessed a voice and a perspective both unique in modern literature’.Īlso available as a 750 copy limited edition in a presentation box with a print signed by the artist each edition shimmers with Lovecraft’s ‘unknown colours’, purple and greens akin to both the ocean depths and mysteries from outer space - each features a mystical design by Hillier. This new edition from The Folio Society marries Lovecraft’s best-known fiction with two modern masters of the macabre, the acclaimed artist Dan Hillier and author Alan Moore. Lovecraft at the beginning of the last century.
Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.The birth of the modern horror story can be traced to the dark visions that crept from the febrile imagination of H.
HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Lovecraft’s horror writing served as the basis for what is now called “The Cthulhu Mythos,” a universe created by Lovecraft and subsequent writers-most famously Lovecraft’s publisher August Derleth-that centered around the horror of “The Great Old Ones.” The Cthulhu Mythos has become influential in popular culture and has inspired numerous books, comics, films, and games. The story is written as an academic account of evidence of Cthulhu, including encounters with the ominous and murderous “Cult of Cthulhu.” Lovecraft’s most famous creation, the mythological octopus-like creature Cthulhu, one of “The Great Old Ones,” a pantheon of cosmic entities who once ruled Earth but have since fallen into deep slumber.
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