H. P. Lovecraft: Tales

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear." So said Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890?1937), the 20th-century successor to Poe as America's foremost wr...iter of fantastic fiction. In the novels and stories he published in pulp magazines like Weird Tales and Amazing Stories - and in some of his best work that remained unpublished until after his death - H. P. Lovecraft adapted the conventions of horror stories and science fiction to express an intensely personal vision, cosmic in its ramifications and fearsome in its shuddering view of human destiny.In this volume, the distinguished best-selling novelist Peter Straub brings together the very best of Lovecraft's fiction in a treasury guaranteed to bring fright and delight both to longtime fans and to readers new to his work. Including such classics as "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" and "The Colour Out of Space," these stories, whether set in old New England towns oppressed by memories of unholy pasts or in Antarctic wastes that disclose appalling extraterrestrial secrets, never fail to fascinate.Detailed info »« Brief info