Selected Weird Tales

by H.P. Lovecraft

Genres: Fiction

203 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2022

About the author

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.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

— Wikipedia

Reviews

[Maryna Ponomaryova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Зібрання 5 коротких повістей, 3 зовсім короткі і дві довші. Довші (Поклик Ктулху і Дунвіч Горрор) класні, у них вже прописані персонажі та сюжет, цікаво дізнаватися більше про моторошних істот і як вони взаємодіють з людьми. А короткі виглядають більше як синопсисами, і не зовсім страшні коли читаєш - про болото, яке не треба було осушувати, про старовинний амулет, про крис у стінах.

[Christina Sopp · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are some parts that should be changed for a modern audience… like give that cat a different name

[David Booy · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

I can't believe I waited this long to read The Call of Cthulhu. The Moon-Bog and Rats in the Walls were great as well. Lovecraft's writing is unbelievably good.

It is important to note that some of the language and opinions Lovecraft expresses were very much a product of their time. While I don't think these texts should be suppressed, it is important to acknowledge this when reading his work.

[Vira Sakhniuk · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐ The Moon-Bog
2.5 ⭐ The Hound
3 ⭐ The rats in the walls
4 ⭐ The call of Cthulhu
4.5 ⭐ The Dunwich Horror

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are, perhaps, some words (and opinions) best ignored in here; but the vibes are exactly as off as they occultly should be.

[Murmur]

"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."

[Jonathan Garcia · Rating 5 out of 5]

spooky