The H.P. Lovecraft Dream Book

by H.P. Lovecraft, Will Murray (Editor), David E. Schultz (Editor)

Compiles Lovecraft's descriptions of notable dreams from his letters, many of which were later worked into stories by himself or others. Much of this material was previously included in out-of-print collections from Arkham House.

41 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

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

[Tom Andersson · Rating 4 out of 5]

För att vara en samling brev är denna boken väldigt intressant. Det eftersom Man får en insikt i Lovecraft som författare och det hantverket han utför. Han resonerar om vilka drömmar som kan passa sig för litterär bearbetning och man märker även tydligt att hans återgivning av sina drömmar är litterärt bearbetade. Dock är inte alla hans drömmar så som hans noveller, det är uppfriskande att läsa om andra drömmar han hade som inte var direkt skräckrelaterade, så som när han drömmer att han åker tillsammans med Benjamin Franklin från 1700-talet till 1930-talet.
Boken är också inte särskilt lång så det är inte så krävande att ta den till sig.

[Will · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recovering material I was looking for, which previously was only found in out-of-print Arkham House collections.