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The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft


Most of Howard Phillips Lovecraft's writings are in this volume, the majority of which are short stories. As a fan of the horror genre I consider it important to not bypass H.P. Lovecraft. After all, he has inspired so many horror writers over the years. Although there is a tendency for his stories to become predictable, his style makes you want to read more. His characters are memorable; they can amuse, disgust, inspire, and horrify. Meanwhile his choice of words are excellent. He is a master at imagery; the play on words never fail to amaze me every time. What makes his stories so terrifying is the usual theme of probing the unknown and the consequences of that curiosity. Unlike most horror stories and movies today, Lovecraft doesn't use too much gore, sex and violence, and even ghosts. Yet his disturbing characters and the pervading atmosphere of hopelessness make all those mentioned above insignificant. Indeed the universe he created in his stories makes man insignificant compared to the great horrors of the cosmos and the unknown.

H.P. Lovecraft's works are must-reads if you're into horror. Although he wrote in the early 1900's his stories  are timeless because they appeal to man's fascination and sometimes aversion for the unknown.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Here is the list of the writings included in this volume:
The Tomb
Dagon
Polaris
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Memory
Old Bugs
The Transition of Juan Romero
The White Ship
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Terrible Old Man
The Tree
The Cats of Ulthar
The Temple
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
The Street
Celephais
From Beyond
Nyarlathotep
The Picture in the House
Ex Oblivione
The Nameless City
The Quest of Iranon
The Moon-Bog
The Outsider
The Other Gods
The Music of Erich Zann
Herbert West - Reanimator
Hypnos
What the Moon Brings
Azathoth
The Hound
The Lurking Fear
The Rats in the Walls
The Unnamable
The Festival
The Shunned House
The Horror at Red Hook
He
In the Vault
The Descendant
 Cool Air
The Call of Cthulhu
Pickman's Model
The Silver Key
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Colour Out of Space
The Very Old Folk
The Thing in the Moonlight
The History of the Necronomicon
Ibid
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
At the Mountains of Madness
Shadow Over Innsmouth
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Thing On the Doorstep
The Evil Clergyman
The Book
The Shadow Out of Time
The Haunter of the Dark

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