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""You need to read him--he's where the darkness starts." --Neil Gaiman"
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A follow-up volume to NECRONOMICON, Gollancz's best-selling hardback of the year!
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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If you only buy one volume of H P Lovecraft, don't buy this, buy Necronomicon by the same publishers. But if you want to buy more than one volume, make this the second. This is stuff "left out" of the Necronomicon, and while some is good, as a whole its not as good as the contents of that book. Ever bought a "Best of, Vol 2" album? Well, this is a little like that. A few hits, and some "not hits".
The stories are in published order - and includes some early stuff not professionally "published" at all. You can see the beginnings of Lovecraft's style in this early (1916 onwards) work, but it is clearly not his best stuff. There is a fair chunk of poetry here too- probably 50 pages out of 400-odd of fiction- and as a rule there are a lot of very short stories, with some almost fragments of ideas. It is definitely interesting to compare this to Lovecraft's later work, and the later stories get better as you would expect.
There is also an interesting essay on writing horror by Lovecraft himself as well as the history of publishing Lovecraft in England by Steven Jones. All up this adds another 100 plus pages to 430 or so of prose and poetry. The inside covers have the distinctive Virgil Finlay commemorative sketch of HPL in shades of blue, which is a really nice touch.
I finished up my review of the Necromonicon by saying I wasn't going to purchase more Lovecraft; but this Black Book changed my mind. I'm not really sorry about that, but this is a companion piece to a greater work, not a starting point for an introduction to HPL's works. If you are a HPL fan, grab a copy, and treat the review as 5 stars; if you are a more casual reader of HPL, don't shed too many tears if you miss it.
The stories are in published order - and includes some early stuff not professionally "published" at all. You can see the beginnings of Lovecraft's style in this early (1916 onwards) work, but it is clearly not his best stuff. There is a fair chunk of poetry here too- probably 50 pages out of 400-odd of fiction- and as a rule there are a lot of very short stories, with some almost fragments of ideas. It is definitely interesting to compare this to Lovecraft's later work, and the later stories get better as you would expect.
There is also an interesting essay on writing horror by Lovecraft himself as well as the history of publishing Lovecraft in England by Steven Jones. All up this adds another 100 plus pages to 430 or so of prose and poetry. The inside covers have the distinctive Virgil Finlay commemorative sketch of HPL in shades of blue, which is a really nice touch.
I finished up my review of the Necromonicon by saying I wasn't going to purchase more Lovecraft; but this Black Book changed my mind. I'm not really sorry about that, but this is a companion piece to a greater work, not a starting point for an introduction to HPL's works. If you are a HPL fan, grab a copy, and treat the review as 5 stars; if you are a more casual reader of HPL, don't shed too many tears if you miss it.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have only relatively recently delved into Lovecraft, thanks to the wonderful Necronomicon. The quality of the writing in this volume surely doesn't need to be remarked on - if you're a Lovecraft fan, a fan of horror, of the weird, the fantastic, or just some of the best of modern writing, you need to read this.
However, the collection is approximately three hundred pages shorter than this website promises at the time of writing (this review will be deleted if the real number of pages is uploaded of course). This led to a bit of disappointment for me, which I hope others can avoid. The review is still five stars because I really don't want anyone to think the stories are of a lesser quality, or in any way turn off people from reading the Eldritch Tales. I just want people to now know what they're buying; a slightly shorter slice of the work of Lovecraft.
However, the collection is approximately three hundred pages shorter than this website promises at the time of writing (this review will be deleted if the real number of pages is uploaded of course). This led to a bit of disappointment for me, which I hope others can avoid. The review is still five stars because I really don't want anyone to think the stories are of a lesser quality, or in any way turn off people from reading the Eldritch Tales. I just want people to now know what they're buying; a slightly shorter slice of the work of Lovecraft.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'll be short and sweet, the book is of very high quality, and looks better than the pictures portray, this alongside the Gollancz Necronomicon is a superb book and the afterword by Stephen Jones, is a wonderful read.
This and the Necronomicon will take pride and place on my lovecraft shelf.
Of all the recent publications of Lovecrafts work, this and the Necronomicon stand head and shoulders above all other editions.
This and the Necronomicon will take pride and place on my lovecraft shelf.
Of all the recent publications of Lovecrafts work, this and the Necronomicon stand head and shoulders above all other editions.
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Let's be clear, if you are looking for an introductory volume to this author, then buy the brick-like hard back that is the Necronomicon from the same publisher. Read more
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