The Ultimate H. P. Lovecraft Collection, Paperback/H. P. Lovecraft

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"Pleasure to me is wonder-the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability." Howard Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality. Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe. This 800-page jumbo book is the definitive collection for H. P. Lovecraft fans, containing his complete fiction as well as selected collaborations and essays. "That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die." Complete Fiction THE NAMELESS CITY DAGON THE CALL OF CTHULHU AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS THE SHUNNED HOUSE BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP THE DUNWICH HORROR THE ALCHEMIST THE LURKING FEAR MEMORY AZATHOTH THE MOON-BOG THE BEAST IN THE CAVE NYARLATHOTEP THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN THE BOOK THE OTHER GODS THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD THE OUTSIDER THE CATS OF ULTHAR PICKMAN'S MODEL CELEPHAIS THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE POLARIS COOL AIR THE QUEST OF