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La biblioteca d'Arkham: El cicle oníric. Volum 1
200 pages, Paperback
Published November 12, 2025
About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,431 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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May 3, 2026
3,5*
Els contes del Cicle Oníric de Lovecraft estan inspirats en somnis del propi autor. La majoria descriuen llocs, ciutats, paisatges... bells, antics, envoltats de malenconia. Alguns tenen també el punt de terror propi de l'autor; gòtic i còsmic. Tots estan escrits a l'estil de Lovecraft, centrats en la descripció de l'ambient més que en l'acció. Alguns es fan un poc repetitius, però hi ha de realment magistrals. Per a fans del terror i de l'autor.
«...cap horror nou pot ser més terrible que la tortura diària de la rutina.»
«Estrella Polar», 3,5*
«Més enllà de la barrera del son», 3,5*
«El vaixell blanc», 4*
«La fatalitat que va caure sobre Sarnath», 3*
«Els gats d'Ulthar», 4*
«Celephaïs», 3,5*
«Ex Oblivione», 3,5*
«La recerca de l'Iranon», 4*
«Els altres déus», 4*
«El foraster», 5*
«Hipnos», 2*
«El que porta la Lluna», 3*
«Azathoth», 3*
«El gos de caça», 5
«L'estranya casa elevada entre la boira», 3,5*
Els contes del Cicle Oníric de Lovecraft estan inspirats en somnis del propi autor. La majoria descriuen llocs, ciutats, paisatges... bells, antics, envoltats de malenconia. Alguns tenen també el punt de terror propi de l'autor; gòtic i còsmic. Tots estan escrits a l'estil de Lovecraft, centrats en la descripció de l'ambient més que en l'acció. Alguns es fan un poc repetitius, però hi ha de realment magistrals. Per a fans del terror i de l'autor.
«...cap horror nou pot ser més terrible que la tortura diària de la rutina.»
«Estrella Polar», 3,5*
«Més enllà de la barrera del son», 3,5*
«El vaixell blanc», 4*
«La fatalitat que va caure sobre Sarnath», 3*
«Els gats d'Ulthar», 4*
«Celephaïs», 3,5*
«Ex Oblivione», 3,5*
«La recerca de l'Iranon», 4*
«Els altres déus», 4*
«El foraster», 5*
«Hipnos», 2*
«El que porta la Lluna», 3*
«Azathoth», 3*
«El gos de caça», 5
«L'estranya casa elevada entre la boira», 3,5*
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