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Colección de Cuentos Completos Howard Phillips Lovecraft. 5 Libros
Howard Phillips Lovecraft fue un autor estadounidense que alcanzó fama póstuma a través de sus influyentes obras de ficción de terror. Prácticamente desconocido y publicado solo en revistas antes de morir en la pobreza, ahora es considerado como uno de los autores más importantes del siglo XX en su género. Lovecraft nació en Providence, Rhode Island, donde pasó la mayor parte de su vida. Entre sus cuentos más célebres se encuentra La Llamada del Cthulhu, En las montañas de la locura y El Color que cayó del cielo. Nunca fue capaz de mantenerse con las ganancias como autor y editor, Lovecraft vio que el éxito comercial lo eludía cada vez más en este último período, en parte porque carecía de la confianza y el impulso para promocionarse. Subsistió en circunstancias cada vez más difíciles en sus últimos años. Murió a los 46 años. Esta colección, con atractivos diseños de tapa, se compone de 5 volúmenes que agrupa su obra completa.
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Published January 1, 2020
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H.P. Lovecraft
6,587 books19.8k 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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March 17, 2022
El único relato que no terminé de leer es "La sombra sobre Innsmouth" que es una novella y era muy tedioso. Fue el único. Todos los demás un besito chef hasta una comedia inédita que parecía una película de cine mudo cómica.
July 17, 2020
Amo los cuentos de Lovecraft :)
January 8, 2024
Totalmente fuera de lo común
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