The Call of Cthulhu
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A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror "I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." -Stephen King Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as "The Outsider" to the overpowering cosmic terror of "The Call of Cthulhu." More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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1 primary book17 released booksDark Adventure Radio Theatre
Dark Adventure Radio Theatre is a 17-book series with 1 primary work first released in 1926 with contributions by H.P. Lovecraft and Keith Herber.
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Este ha sido mi primer relato de Lovecraft y mi primera andadura en el terror cósmico, el libro es corto y realmente lo puedes leer en un solo día aunque yo lo he espaciado un poco.
Ha sido una lectura interesante, pero no sorprendente y mucho menos terrorífica, aunque haya alguna situación medianamente espeluznante o algo perturbadora, pero vaya nada que realmente te quite el sueño.
Básicamente el libro trata de una especie de diario escrito por un señor que relata ciertos descubrimientos perturbadores que aparentemente llevaron a su muerte o desaparición, la parte que más me llamó la atención fue la del culto ya que es la que me hizo sentir un poco en tensión y quizás perturbarme un poco, pero realmente no ahondan mucho ahí ya que despues de todo el libro es muy corto.
Recomendable? Te diría que si ya que es una lectura corta y te la puedes acabar en unas horitas si te pones. Pero lo que mencioné antes, me quedé un poco tibio.
Dicho esto, todavía me queda por adentrar en el mundo de Lovecraft y mi siguiente objetivo es "The call of cthulhu and Other Storier" ya os diré por allí que tal ese libro y si realmente despierta algo más en mi que la mera curiosidad por las obras de Lovecraft.
Short but a duly impactful and iconic story. By today's standards, The Call of Cthulhu probably wouldn't be considered remotely scary - except in how dense the writing is compared to contemporary horror - but it's still such a great study in cosmic horror. I like to call it the fear of the vast unknown.
The writing style might not be for everyone but if you're able to stomach it, I strongly recommend it for just about anybody who loves fantasy, sci-fi, and the idea of being tiny and insignificant in a vast and unknowable universe.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
