In the 1920s and '30s, H.P. Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft's tales of cosmic horror revolutionised modern horror fiction and earned him the reputation of the most influential American writer of weird tales since Edgar Allan Poe. H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction collects for the first time in a single volume all of Lovecraft's groundbreaking fiction. The book is exquisitely designed with bonded-leather bindings, distinctive gilt edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, the Leatherbound Classics series offers hours of pleasure to readers young and old and is an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.
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H. P. Lovecraft was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, specifically, the genre known as weird fiction. Although his readership was limited during his lifetime, his reputation has grown over the decades and he is now viewed as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderful book that has been highly flawed by a curious incident wherein it was not proofread by Stefan at Barnes & Noble. S. T. Joshi was hired by Arkham House to edit the Corrected Text editions, which are based on S. T.'s examination of the actual Lovecraft mss at John Hay Library and thus restore the fiction exactly as Lovecraft originally wrote it. The amazing Martin Andersson has gone over the texts in this edition and corrected thousands of errors, and his corrections will be used in the newest edition of this book when it is reprinted around September of 2011.
With this book, the amazing leading expert on H. P. Lovecraft has assembled all of Lovecraft's fiction that he wrote on his own, with only one collaboration (with E. Hoffmann Price). S. T. has written a superb Introduction for the book, and then each tale is prefaced by a wee note concerning the writing of the story, date publish'd, &c. The contents of the books is:
The Beast in the Cave
The Alchemist
The Tomb
Dagon
A reminiscence of Dr.... Read more ›
With this book, the amazing leading expert on H. P. Lovecraft has assembled all of Lovecraft's fiction that he wrote on his own, with only one collaboration (with E. Hoffmann Price). S. T. has written a superb Introduction for the book, and then each tale is prefaced by a wee note concerning the writing of the story, date publish'd, &c. The contents of the books is:
The Beast in the Cave
The Alchemist
The Tomb
Dagon
A reminiscence of Dr.... Read more ›
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By John
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The copy I received is the corrected edition. In the book, Barnes & Noble give thanks to Martin Andersson for his help in correcting the text. There is one glaring error still to be corrected and that is that the contents page states there is an "about the author" section on page 1099. Unfortunately, the book only goes up to page 1098 and so no such section is to be found. It doesn't really matter because S. T. Joshi's Introduction does the job very nicely.
There are some things to note.
Firstly, this is not strictly "the complete fiction" and it would have more accurate (truthful) to call it "The Collected Fiction" - because `Collected' usually denotes that items may have been omitted. As one reviewer has written, the story fragment "The Thing in the Moonlight" is missing. I've noted that the story "Poetry and the Gods" is missing too. The book includes one story written in collaboration with another writer and excludes all the other collaborations by Lovecraft. It hasn't been unusual for a book of Lovecraft's fiction to include a chronological list of his fiction. You won't find one here, perhaps because it would highlight what was missing from a book described as `complete.' No explanation is given for the omissions. Another reviewer here gives a useful full list of contents of this book.
Secondly, despite being part of Barnes & Noble's `leatherbound' classics the book is not leatherbound. It's not even clothbound. It appears to be boards covered in a thick, tough bookbinding paper. Because I didn't buy this book as a `collectable' item, but merely for the convenience of having one book with as many of Lovecraft's stories in it as possible, the points mentioned are not a big deal - but it might be for others so I have noted them here.... Read more ›
There are some things to note.
Firstly, this is not strictly "the complete fiction" and it would have more accurate (truthful) to call it "The Collected Fiction" - because `Collected' usually denotes that items may have been omitted. As one reviewer has written, the story fragment "The Thing in the Moonlight" is missing. I've noted that the story "Poetry and the Gods" is missing too. The book includes one story written in collaboration with another writer and excludes all the other collaborations by Lovecraft. It hasn't been unusual for a book of Lovecraft's fiction to include a chronological list of his fiction. You won't find one here, perhaps because it would highlight what was missing from a book described as `complete.' No explanation is given for the omissions. Another reviewer here gives a useful full list of contents of this book.
Secondly, despite being part of Barnes & Noble's `leatherbound' classics the book is not leatherbound. It's not even clothbound. It appears to be boards covered in a thick, tough bookbinding paper. Because I didn't buy this book as a `collectable' item, but merely for the convenience of having one book with as many of Lovecraft's stories in it as possible, the points mentioned are not a big deal - but it might be for others so I have noted them here.... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Dale Hudson
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm new to H.P. Lovecraft and when scouring the web for recommendations on decent psychological horror, numerous sites and blogs pointed me to this celebrated author. On searching Amazon UK, the first page of results pointed me to this particular Barnes and Noble edition and I bought it. It arrived well packaged - there were no scuffs or marks or squashed edges that I've read about on other websites, including Barnes and Noble's own. My only issue is that the book itself isn't leather and so I don't believe it should be listed as such. I don't actually mind as it's still a beautiful and strong edition, and the paper isn't too thin, but some may find this misleading.
After some browsing I discovered that the first edition of this particular collection was filled with spelling errors and other typos. The edition I received is apparently the second edition, which gives thanks to Martin Andersson for his help in the preparation of texts. I bought my copy from Amazon in August 2012, so hopefully anyone else that orders it will presumably get the corrected edition too, however it does contain a
few typos still.
The stories themselves are wonderful, and as I've only read a few so far it would be foolish of me to rate them all, but I love what I've read so far and it was just the very thing I was looking for. If you're a fan of psychological horror, then this edition is for you.
After some browsing I discovered that the first edition of this particular collection was filled with spelling errors and other typos. The edition I received is apparently the second edition, which gives thanks to Martin Andersson for his help in the preparation of texts. I bought my copy from Amazon in August 2012, so hopefully anyone else that orders it will presumably get the corrected edition too, however it does contain a
few typos still.
The stories themselves are wonderful, and as I've only read a few so far it would be foolish of me to rate them all, but I love what I've read so far and it was just the very thing I was looking for. If you're a fan of psychological horror, then this edition is for you.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Gatanothioa
Format:Hardcover
We all know Lovecraft so basically this book contains the "complete fiction" if you like lovecraft you'll be happy.
Generally this is a good quality leatherbound book on good quality paper, this appears to the "corrected" text, with an introduction by Sunand Joshi.
I bought this purely because it is HP lovecraft and to add to my collection of lovecraft volumes. From the images the book looks good however in the flesh (so to speak) I found the look of the book a bit garish, more-so than the pictures portray, also from the images it looks like the front decoration is printed directly onto the leather however "in the flesh" it is an inlay which appears to be glued to the front of the book.
I am quite happy with this volume and it is a nice addition to my collection, though I will admit I much prefer the recent "Necronomicon" by Gollancz (and have pre ordered the "Eldritch Tales" because of this) as it looks a more classic volume and is better presented (only in my personal opinion), I will admit I also much prefer the introduction by Stephen Jones for the necronomicon compared with this one.
If you are interested in Lovecraft, I would also recommend the H P Lovecraft Omnibuses (paperback) 1, 2 and 3 by voyager, the stories are grouped better as they are more closely arranged with Lovecrafts themes (dream cycles, mythos stories etc) rather than chronological order, they have the original text (which personally reads a lot better than the edited text) and have introductions by August derleth, which are a nice (short) read in themselves, as Derleth was a close friend of Lovecraft his introductions are more personal than either Joshi or Jones's.... Read more ›
Generally this is a good quality leatherbound book on good quality paper, this appears to the "corrected" text, with an introduction by Sunand Joshi.
I bought this purely because it is HP lovecraft and to add to my collection of lovecraft volumes. From the images the book looks good however in the flesh (so to speak) I found the look of the book a bit garish, more-so than the pictures portray, also from the images it looks like the front decoration is printed directly onto the leather however "in the flesh" it is an inlay which appears to be glued to the front of the book.
I am quite happy with this volume and it is a nice addition to my collection, though I will admit I much prefer the recent "Necronomicon" by Gollancz (and have pre ordered the "Eldritch Tales" because of this) as it looks a more classic volume and is better presented (only in my personal opinion), I will admit I also much prefer the introduction by Stephen Jones for the necronomicon compared with this one.
If you are interested in Lovecraft, I would also recommend the H P Lovecraft Omnibuses (paperback) 1, 2 and 3 by voyager, the stories are grouped better as they are more closely arranged with Lovecrafts themes (dream cycles, mythos stories etc) rather than chronological order, they have the original text (which personally reads a lot better than the edited text) and have introductions by August derleth, which are a nice (short) read in themselves, as Derleth was a close friend of Lovecraft his introductions are more personal than either Joshi or Jones's.... Read more ›
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Not Leatherbound But Other Than That Oozes Quality
Very well typeset quality publication. Good introduction and short intros to each story. For this to be perfect it would also include notes on the text (Lovecraft often makes... Read more
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A beautiful tome!
This book looks amazing on the table beside my bed. I have had this book just over a week, and have devoured multiple stories each and every night since. Read more
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Seemed Most Complete Collection
I haven't read all the stories as yet, but the book is nice, and when looking to buy this seemed the most complete collection.
Published 5 months ago by Ian
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Greatest writer of horror/Sf ever.
I was going to buy this book after I saw it in a well known bookshop chain(H2o stones)at the price of £25,but the Amazon price is such a brilliant bargain it's irresistible. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Music Lover
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Now, good edition is shipped
Just bought "Complete Ficion" of Lovecraft. Earlier Support Service confirmed, that Thay sell second, corrected edition. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Seweryn Goral
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Excellent content - decent package
First a few things about the book itself:
1. The cover is not leather - it's more leather effect paper over a card cover.
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1. The cover is not leather - it's more leather effect paper over a card cover.
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Published 16 months ago by SRH
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Yesss, but...
Logically, if this is the COMPLETE fiction, then 'Wentworth's Day', 'The Gable Window' and 'The Horror from the Middle Span' must be fact. OOOOer!!!!! (hides behind sofa). Read more
Published 17 months ago by John Rhodes
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