Bøger af H. P. Lovecraft

"The Shunned House" is a horror fiction novelette by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written on October 16-19, 1924. It was first published in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales.The Shunned House of the title is based on an actual house in Providence, Rhode Island, built around 1763 and still standing at 135 Benefit Street. Lovecraft was familiar with the house because his aunt Lillian Clark lived there in 1919/20 as a companion to Mrs. H. C. Babbit. However, it was another house in Elizabeth, New Jersey that actually compelled Lovecraft to write the story. As he wrote in a letter: On the northeast corner of Bridge Street and Elizabeth Avenue is a terrible old house-a hellish place where night-black deeds must have been done in the early seventeen-hundreds-with a blackish unpainted surface, unnaturally steep roof, and an outside flight of stairs leading to the second story, suffocatingly embowered in a tangle of ivy so dense that one cannot but imagine it accursed or corpse-fed. It reminded me of the Babbit House in Benefit Street.... Later its image came up again with renewed vividness, finally causing me to write a new horror story with its scene in Providence and with the Babbit House as its basis. (wikipedia.org)

At the Mountains of Madness is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in February/March 1931 and rejected that year by Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright on the grounds of its length. It was originally serialized in the February, March, and April 1936 issues of Astounding Stories. It has been reproduced in numerous collections.The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent. These events include the discovery of an ancient civilization older than the human race, and realization of earth's past told through various sculptures and murals. (wikipedia.org)

Szukając zaginionej krainy, można przypadkiem odnaleźć... siebie. Randolph Carter, znany z opowiadań „Zeznania Randolpha Cartera" i „Nienazwane", odbywa podróż w poszukiwaniu cudownego miasta Kadath. Niezwykłą wybiera przy tym drogę, bo podróżuje przez Krainę Snów. Wytwory śniącego umysłu pełne są niesamowitych miejsc, wzburzonych mórz, strzelistych gór, nieodkrytych lądów. Wszystko jednak podlane jest sosem grozy i tajemnicy. Fascynująca odyseja przez świat wywiedziony z nieposkromionej wyobraźni Lovecrafta. Powieść wciągnie zarówno czytelników utworów grozy spod znaku Edgara Allana Poe, jak i miłośników powieści Tolkiena.H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) - amerykański pisarz, jeden z prekursorów fantastyki naukowej, twórca mitologii Cthulhu. Gdy miał trzy latka, jego ojciec popadł w głęboką psychozę i do śmierci nie wyszedł ze szpitala psychiatrycznego. Sam Lovecraft cierpiał na parasomnię i wiele jego kreacji literackich było inspirowanych upiornymi wizjami, których doświadczał podczas snu. Był ponadprzeciętnie zdolnym dzieckiem, jednak częste problemy zdrowotne uniemożliwiły mu pobierania regularnej nauki w szkole. Gdy nie dostał się na wymarzony kierunek studiów (chemia lub astronomia), doznał poważnego załamania nerwowego. Za namową kolegi wznowił porzucone w młodości pisanie utworów fantastycznych. Dzieła Lovecrafta, zwłaszcza stworzona przez niego mitologia Cthulhu, inspirują kolejne pokolenia literatów, filmowców, twórców gier komputerowych itd. Stuart Gordon zekranizował wiele opowiadań pisarza. Do motywów z jego utworów nawiązywały m.in. zespoły Metallica, Iron Maiden, Electric Wizard, a w Polsce - Vader.

Może się wydawać, że nie ma nic bardziej niesamowitego, niż eksplorowanie Antarktydy na początku XX wieku. A to dopiero wierzchołek przygodowej góry lodowej.Grupa geologów ma zbadać skute lodem połacie południowego bieguna. Wśród ciekawych okazów fauny i flory naukowcy odnajdują tajemnicze ślady obcej cywilizacji oraz szczątki jej przedstawicieli. Im głębiej eksplorują teren, tym większe towarzyszy im odczucie grozy. Na 2023 r. zapowiedziano premierę ekranizacji powieści w reżyserii Guillermo del Toro. Trzymająca w napięciu historia zadowoli miłośników Edgara Allana Poe czy Stefana Grabińskiego.H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) - amerykański pisarz, jeden z prekursorów fantastyki naukowej, twórca mitologii Cthulhu. Gdy miał trzy latka, jego ojciec popadł w głęboką psychozę i do śmierci nie wyszedł ze szpitala psychiatrycznego. Sam Lovecraft cierpiał na parasomnię i wiele jego kreacji literackich było inspirowanych upiornymi wizjami, których doświadczał podczas snu. Był ponadprzeciętnie zdolnym dzieckiem, jednak częste problemy zdrowotne uniemożliwiły mu pobierania regularnej nauki w szkole. Gdy nie dostał się na wymarzony kierunek studiów (chemia lub astronomia), doznał poważnego załamania nerwowego. Za namową kolegi wznowił porzucone w młodości pisanie utworów fantastycznych. Dzieła Lovecrafta, zwłaszcza stworzona przez niego mitologia Cthulhu, inspirują kolejne pokolenia literatów, filmowców, twórców gier komputerowych itd. Stuart Gordon zekranizował wiele opowiadań pisarza. Do motywów z jego utworów nawiązywały m.in. zespoły Metallica, Iron Maiden, Electric Wizard, a w Polsce - Vader.

"Der findes mennesker, som mener, at ting og steder besidder en sjæl, og så der er dem, der afviser den tanke kategorisk. Jeg tillader mig ikke at tage stilling til disse spekulationer, men lad mig dog alligevel berette om Gaden.""Gaden", som er H. P. Lovecrafts tolvte kommercielle novelle, blev skrevet december 1919 og udgivet første gang i december 1920 i Wolverine amateur journal.

From the famous horror writer, H.P. Lovecraft, comes this brand new collection of poetry. From the macabre work he's best known for to his gentle odes to nature, this volume includes many of Lovecraft's most effective poems.The Poetry of H.P. Lovecraft collates the horror writer's wide variety of poetry into one compact collection. Including Lovecraft's fantasy work, satirical pieces, nature poetry and occasion verse written for specific events, this volume introduces the reader to a whole new side of the writer's personality and work. Many of the poems nod to Lovecraft's roots in horror, and even in his poetry we see the classic disturbing sentiments that make his work unique.This collection includes poems such as:- 'An Ode to Selene or Diana'- 'On Receiving a Picture of Swans'- 'A Garden'- 'Nemesis'- 'The Nightmare Lake'- 'The Ancient Track'These poems have been published in a new collection by Read & Co. Books' vintage poetry imprint, Ragged Hand, for a new generation of readers to enjoy. Complete with two introductory essays by Lovecraft, 'The Allowable Rhyme' and 'Metrical Regularity', this volume is not to be missed by fans of Lovecraft's work or lovers of poetry.

"Behold, the very first appearance of Cthulhu in Lovecraft's literature! Published in 1928 in "Weird Tales" magazine, comes The Call of Cthulhu, wherein H. P. Lovecraft throws down the gauntlet in the horror genre, drawing forth from his dreams and imagination all the dark things. The Cthulhu 'myth' would take on a life of its own, as so many 'myths' do. In this way, the myth declares that it is singularly alive--true, it lives only in the minds of men, but such myths leap over generations and grow into their own thing. Readers then encounter the myth rather than create it, even as the myth's existence depends on readers encountering it. It would not do justice to Lovecraft's storytelling to attempt to explain what the various parts The Call of Cthulhu might represent, especially as the narrative unfolded into later works. Indeed, Lovecraft himself likely wouldn't have tried. Some things are just better that way."--

The Cthulhu Mythos is a literary cycle of cosmic horror between 1921 and 1935 by the American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft. They create a realistic horror of monstrous and unknown beings that hide in the darkest places of Earth, time and space.

More than 40 terrifying tales from the masters of cosmic horror, presented in a collectible hardback anthology with dust jacket. > This collection includes the brilliant and horrifying tales from: - H. P. Lovecraft - Robert E. Howard - Arthur Machen - Lafcadio Hearn>Featuring beautiful illustrated endpapers and a retro cover design, this collection makes a wonderful gifts or collectible for any classic literature lover. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Retro Classics are beautiful hardcover collections which bring together the best short stories from across the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. With striking retro cover designs and illustrated endpapers by Tithi Luadthong, these editions make wonderful collectibles for your home library.

"H. P. Lovecraft is one of the great masters of cosmic horror and the undisputed pillar of terror. In this compilation are some of the author's first stories, as well as the great classics he published during the 1920s and 1930s, and in which he already foreshadowed his major thematic concerns and his hallmarks as an author"--

"What do you get when you combine classic public domain horror stories with some "best of" horror stories from horror master Thomas M. Malafarina? You get Horror Classics Volume 1, a collection from Hellbender Books, featuring 6 stories from horror legends, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelley, and W. W. Jacobs side by side with 18 stories from modern horror author, Thomas M. Malafarina. This is a great opportunity to see how horror of today compares with the classics of old. It's also a great way to not only familiarize yourself not only with the stories from the masters, but to sample the works of Thomas M. Malafarina"--

Although he's best known for his works of weird fiction, H.P. Lovecraft for most of his life considered himself primarily a poet. This cycle of 36 classic-form sonnets, infused with his trademark cosmic dread, represents the pinnacle of Lovecraft's career as a poet, and it's his most well-known and thoroughly-studied body of poetry. This volume presents Fungi from Yuggoth in the context of Lovecraft's literary life, with examples of his other poetry. In it, you will discover - or rediscover - the dark humor, bold imagination, and sparkling wit that is Howard Phillips Lovecraft's enduring gift to the world.

Translation of The Dunwich horror and other stories.

"From the fictional land of Carcosa that inspired the HBO show True Detective to H. P. Lovecraft's accursed New England hills, this collection features some of the most legendary landscapes of the cosmic horror genre. The collection includes the following twelve stories: Edgar Allan Poe, "MS. Found in a Bottle" Bram Stoker, "The Squaw" Ambrose Bierce, "Moxon's Master" Ambrose Bierce, "The Damned Thing" Ambrose Bierce, "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" R. W. Chambers, "The Repairer of Reputations" M. P. Shiel, "The House of Sounds" Arthur Machen, "The White People" Algernon Blackwood, "The Willows" Henry James, "The Jolly Corner" Walter de la Mare, "Seaton's Aunt" H. P. Lovecraft, "The Colour Out of Space" "The true weird tale has something more than a secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains. An atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces must be present; a hint of that most terrible conception of the human brain--a malign and particular suspension or defeat of those fixed laws of Nature which are our only safeguard against the assaults of chaos and the daemons of unplumbed space."--H. P. Lovecraft"--

Some of H. P. Lovecraft's most fascinating work came from a time in his life that he was forced, by economic survival, to ghostwrite, collaborate and revise the work of others in the field. Here Lovecraft Scholar S. T. Joshi collects the best of these revisions and collaborations in a two volume set to be published this year from Arcane Wisdom Press The Crawling Chaos and Others is the first of these two volumes. This edition is painstakingly annotated, and includes an introduction and bibliography by S. T. Joshi. The book is a must for the Lovecraft enthusiast and scholar alike.

Hypnos. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) is a novelist famous for his horror stories, fantasy and science fiction. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, his work is now considered a classic of literature. Lovecraft's work has influenced many authors, including Stephen King, who considers him "the greatest craftsman of the classic horror story of the 20th century".

Quasi inconnu de son vivant, Lovecraft est à présent considéré comme l'un des écrivains d'horreur les plus influents du XXe siècle. Robert Blake, écrivain amateur d'Esotérisme, est fasciné par une sorte d'église abandonnée qu'il voit depuis sa fenêtre, et dont il découvre qu'elle terrifie les habitants du quartier. En effet, le bâtiment désaffecté a autrefois habité un culte secret démantelé depuis une vingtaine d'années ; on prétend que les nuits d'orage, de drôles de bruits se font encore entendre dans les combles.

The Shadow over Innsmouth. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) is a novelist famous for his horror stories, fantasy and science fiction. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, his work is now considered a classic of literature. Lovecraft's work has influenced many authors, including Stephen King, who considers him "the greatest craftsman of the classic horror story of the 20th century".

Dagon. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) is a novelist famous for his horror stories, fantasy and science fiction. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, his work is now considered a classic of literature. Lovecraft's work has influenced many authors, including Stephen King, who considers him "the greatest craftsman of the classic horror story of the 20th century".