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Varjo menneisyydestä ja muita kertomuksia
Juhlapäivä (The Festival, 1925)
Nimetön kaupunki (The Nameless City, 1921)
Väri avaruudesta (The Colour Out of Space, 1927)
Vainooja pimeydestä (The Haunter of the Dark, 1936)
Faaraoiden vankina (Imprisoned with the Pharaohs, 1924)
Eryksin muurit (In the Walls of Eryx, 1939)
Red Hookin kauhu (The Horror at Red Hook, 1927)
Varjo menneisyydestä (The Shadow out of Time, 1936)
Ultharin kissat (The Cats of Ulthar, 1920)
Temppeli (The Temple, 1925)
Kylmää ilmaa (Cool Air, 1928)
Ulkopuolinen (The Outsider, 1926)
Kuva talossa (The Picture in the House, 1921)
Kuutamoinen räme (The Moon-Bog, 1926)
Pickmanin malli (Pickman's Model, 1927)
Herbert West – elvyttäjä (Herbert West – Reanimator, 1922)
Nimetön kaupunki (The Nameless City, 1921)
Väri avaruudesta (The Colour Out of Space, 1927)
Vainooja pimeydestä (The Haunter of the Dark, 1936)
Faaraoiden vankina (Imprisoned with the Pharaohs, 1924)
Eryksin muurit (In the Walls of Eryx, 1939)
Red Hookin kauhu (The Horror at Red Hook, 1927)
Varjo menneisyydestä (The Shadow out of Time, 1936)
Ultharin kissat (The Cats of Ulthar, 1920)
Temppeli (The Temple, 1925)
Kylmää ilmaa (Cool Air, 1928)
Ulkopuolinen (The Outsider, 1926)
Kuva talossa (The Picture in the House, 1921)
Kuutamoinen räme (The Moon-Bog, 1926)
Pickmanin malli (Pickman's Model, 1927)
Herbert West – elvyttäjä (Herbert West – Reanimator, 1922)
356 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,040 books19.2k 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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July 5, 2021
Lovecraft's not that good yo!
Poor plotter, dull and less-than-decent storyteller, mechanical in his overtly descriptive (and varely anything else) writings from one interchangeable, nigh-identical story to the next.
Poor plotter, dull and less-than-decent storyteller, mechanical in his overtly descriptive (and varely anything else) writings from one interchangeable, nigh-identical story to the next.
January 3, 2019
H.P. Lovecraftin "Varjo menneisyydestä ja muita kertomuksia" (Jalava, 2010) jatkaa kulttimainetta nauttivan amerikkalaiskirjailijan kauhukertomusten keräämistä yksiin kansiin; kyseessä on tällä kertaa Koottujen teosten toinen osa. Kaikki tarinat on julkaistu aikaisemminkin suomeksi, mutta osa niistä on käännetty uudelleen.
Vuosina 1919-1935 kirjoitettujen kuudentoista novellin joukkoon mahtuvat muun muassa elokuvaohjaaja Stuart Gordonia hulvattomalla tavalla inspiroinut, mutta tylsästä toistosta kärsivä "Herbert West - elvyttäjä", preussilaisen sukellusveneupseerin viimeisiä vaihteita kuvaava "Temppeli", Cthulhu-tarinat "Väri avaruudesta" ja "Varjo menneisyydestä" sekä kollega Robert Blochille omistettu "Vainooja pimeydestä", jossa kirjailija Robert Blakea kohtaa kohtaa karmaiseva loppu.
Novellien taso ei valitettavasti yllä ihan ensimmäisen kokoelman tasolle (esimerkiksi Harry Houdinin - kyllä, juuri sen kahlekuninkaan - kanssa yhteistyössä julkaistu "Faaraoiden vankina" on melkoisen huono ja osa lyhyemmistä kertomuksista parhaimmillaankin unohdettavia) ja paikoitellen lukeminen muodostuu hieman puuduttavaksi, mistä on osin kiittäminen kirjailijan hyvin tunnistettavaa tyyliä.
Joka tapauksessa koottujen teosten julkaiseminen on aikamoinen kulttuuriteko Jalavalta!
Vuosina 1919-1935 kirjoitettujen kuudentoista novellin joukkoon mahtuvat muun muassa elokuvaohjaaja Stuart Gordonia hulvattomalla tavalla inspiroinut, mutta tylsästä toistosta kärsivä "Herbert West - elvyttäjä", preussilaisen sukellusveneupseerin viimeisiä vaihteita kuvaava "Temppeli", Cthulhu-tarinat "Väri avaruudesta" ja "Varjo menneisyydestä" sekä kollega Robert Blochille omistettu "Vainooja pimeydestä", jossa kirjailija Robert Blakea kohtaa kohtaa karmaiseva loppu.
Novellien taso ei valitettavasti yllä ihan ensimmäisen kokoelman tasolle (esimerkiksi Harry Houdinin - kyllä, juuri sen kahlekuninkaan - kanssa yhteistyössä julkaistu "Faaraoiden vankina" on melkoisen huono ja osa lyhyemmistä kertomuksista parhaimmillaankin unohdettavia) ja paikoitellen lukeminen muodostuu hieman puuduttavaksi, mistä on osin kiittäminen kirjailijan hyvin tunnistettavaa tyyliä.
Joka tapauksessa koottujen teosten julkaiseminen on aikamoinen kulttuuriteko Jalavalta!
March 16, 2016
My favourite out of these stories was probably Herbert West – Reanimator or Imprisoned with the Pharaohs. Even if the Herbert West story was quite repetitive at times (probably because it was published in a magazine in many parts), it was still quite thrilling with zombies (Lovecraft never writes about zombies in the works I have read so far).
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs also stood out from the rest because the protagonist is a real person (Harry Houdini). If I remember correctly, originally Lovecraft wrote this story and Houdini was credited as the author because he needed a story for something. The story (obvious by the name) happens in Egypt, whereas Lovecraft’s stories generally locate to Massachusetts or such, and so that as well made this particular story stand out more.
The least likeable story was In the Walls of Eryx. It is not even written by Lovecraft, he merely transcribed it.
Generally it was quite an entertaining read… but it’s not wise to read a lot of Lovecraft at once because then one comes to notice the same devices he employs in every story. He’s not extremely varied, but due to to the entertainment value, I like to read his works. Once enough time has passed, I’ll read the third compilation.
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs also stood out from the rest because the protagonist is a real person (Harry Houdini). If I remember correctly, originally Lovecraft wrote this story and Houdini was credited as the author because he needed a story for something. The story (obvious by the name) happens in Egypt, whereas Lovecraft’s stories generally locate to Massachusetts or such, and so that as well made this particular story stand out more.
The least likeable story was In the Walls of Eryx. It is not even written by Lovecraft, he merely transcribed it.
Generally it was quite an entertaining read… but it’s not wise to read a lot of Lovecraft at once because then one comes to notice the same devices he employs in every story. He’s not extremely varied, but due to to the entertainment value, I like to read his works. Once enough time has passed, I’ll read the third compilation.
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