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The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories H. P. Lovecraft

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories By H. P. Lovecraft

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft


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Brings together a dozen of the master's tales - from author's early short stories 'Under the Pyramids' and 'The Music of Erich Zann' through to his more fully developed works, 'The Dunwich Horror', 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward', and 'At the Mountains of Madness'.

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories Summary

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft

Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Storiesbrings together a dozen of the master's tales - from his early short stories 'Under the Pyramids' (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and 'The Music of Erich Zann' (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favourites) through to his more fully developed works, 'The Dunwich Horror', 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward', and 'At the Mountains of Madness'. The book presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life. His relatively small body of work - three novels and sixty short stories - has nevertheless exercised an incalculable influence on horror and supernatural fiction.

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories Reviews

Praise for Penguin Horror Classics:

The new Penguin Horror editions, selected by Guillermo del Toro, feature some of the best art-direction (by Paul Buckley) I've seen in a cover in quite some time. - Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

Each cover does a pretty spectacular job of evoking the mood of the title in bold, screenprint-style iconography. - Dan Solomon, Fast Company

About H. P. Lovecraft

H.P. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1890. He was self-educated and lived in his birthplace all his life, working as a freelance writer, journalist, and ghostwriter. His best work - including some sixty or so short stories - was published from 1923 onwards in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. He died in 1937, in poverty and virtually unknown; today he is recognized as one of the great masters of supernatural fiction.

Additional information

NGR9780143122326
9780143122326
0143122320
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft
New
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20131003
464
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