Lovecraft is the Greatest Gothic Writer of All Time

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	• The Road to Madness H. P. Lovecraft, John Jude Palencar, ... Del Rey, 1996 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 32 reviews view larger image
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Lovecraft is the Greatest Gothic Writer of All Time

Here you have it! The lot of the H.P. Lovecraft stories that were later adapted into horror films. As such, it is the most interesting of the series of 3 books by Del Ray. The movies were liberal adaptions, as the stories were short and left most to the imagination. This book in particular is key to horror fans; no collector or afficienado should be without this. You will be a lot better person after reading this than before. Sit back and enjoy.

The greatest author of all time!

Most people thinks that a man with a knife chasing teenagers is scary. This book proves them wrong! All of these stories were written back in the 1920s, but just because they're old doesn't mean they're not scary. His stories tell of civilizations that existed before man and creatures that drive people insane. They tell of aliens that have supernatural qualities and creatures that are really evil. His stories are almost believable. Some people actually believed his stories! I think it's because his ideas and writing are so perfect. You won't find a bad story in this book. It's worth the price.

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Better than Average Collection

"Transition", the third in a series of books documenting the complete range of HP Lovecraft's works, offers a prespective look at the author's earliest stories, and constrasts these with the pieces that would eventually seal his cult popularity. While many of the early pieces (with "The Beast in the Cave" being a notable exception) are hardly worth the read, this volume does contain a fair of amount of Lovecraft's more exceptional offerings. "At the Mountains of Madness", a short novel in itself, is a fantastic example of both horror and wonder found at the ends of the earth. "Arthur Jermyn", an indelible favorite, chronicles the lineage of one man's twisted family history, and finds a rotten apple on the family tree. "Cold Air", an unsually straight horror yarn about the apartment upstairs, gets ugly when the air conditioning suddenly goes on the brink. And of course, the infamous "Herbert West - Re-animator", where a power mad doctor is forced to reconcile the consequences of a legion of walking atrocities created by his own hands. 29 Stories are includced in this volume, but unfortunetly alot of the real spine tinglers (such as "Pickman's Model") were already compiled in the first two volumes of the series. LoveCraft's writing is at times more than a little thick, and the early 20th century cadence of the english requires time to digest, but worth it in the end. Unfortunately, his works are grotesuely racist and culturally xenophobic, but given the date these stories were written one must oblige to take it in with a grain of salt. Lovecraft's stories are not neccesarily for everyone, but those who like him tend to love him, and for those people, this book is a better than average compendium. On a side note, the illustrations, both on the cover and inside the book, are fantastic.

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Review

I highly recomend this book. It combines classic lovecraft stories (such as "At the Mountains of Madness") with some of his lesser known classics (like "The Shunned House" and "The Street")
I think that this book in conjunction with "Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft" and "Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre: The Best of H.P. Lovecraft" could be the definitive (although by no means complete) Lovecraft
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Some of the stories are rascist, but with Lovecraft's background, what else would you expect.

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the master of the macabre

lovecraft's work, perhaps more so than any other writer of his time or any other time, reflects the horror at the center of existence and the unseen forces which work to disrupt our rational, everyday lives. lovecraft certainly surpasses king, koontz, et al. his only modern equal is thomas ligotti. "the statement of randolph carter" is the best story, and perhaps his most philosophical: nothing can be known, and the human will is destined to fail or end in madness. lovecraft may have been ugly, but he could write. read it.

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