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La llave de plata y otros cuentos
=The Golden Key and other stories
160 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2003
About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,478 books19.6k followersHoward 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.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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January 12, 2014
Leerlo de madrugada me hizo disfrutarlo muchísimo; sobre todo "El extraño".
February 11, 2018
Una lectura horrorifica, con ambientes esotéricos...
December 12, 2018
Muy buenos cuentos del maestro
June 9, 2019
Sin duda uno de los libros más cortos y con más suspenso que conozco!!!
April 8, 2011
Empiezo a pensar que hice mal al comprar tantos libros de Lovecraft seguidos. La mayoría de los libros que compré contienen muy buenos cuentos, pero el estilo, trama y prosa de todos es en extremo similar, lo que hace que uno se aburra o hasta harte de ellos.
El cuento principal "La llave de plata" junto con su continuación "A través de las puertas de la llave de plata" exploran en relativamente pocas páginas muchos eventos fantásticos como el viaje en el tiempo, mundos paralelos, seres antiguos y dioses inconcebibles, lo cual crea un ambiente con muchas posibilidades, desgraciadamente esta historia tiene un final muy simple y predecible.
Los demás cuentos: "Nyarlathotep: El caos reptante", "El extraño" y "El árbol en la colina" son entretenidos pero no lo suficiente como para hacer más extensa esta reseña.
El cuento principal "La llave de plata" junto con su continuación "A través de las puertas de la llave de plata" exploran en relativamente pocas páginas muchos eventos fantásticos como el viaje en el tiempo, mundos paralelos, seres antiguos y dioses inconcebibles, lo cual crea un ambiente con muchas posibilidades, desgraciadamente esta historia tiene un final muy simple y predecible.
Los demás cuentos: "Nyarlathotep: El caos reptante", "El extraño" y "El árbol en la colina" son entretenidos pero no lo suficiente como para hacer más extensa esta reseña.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews