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He is not to open the door which leads to the strange time and place, nor to invite Him Who lurks at the threshold ..." went the warning in the old family manuscript that Ambrose Dewart discovered when he returned to his ancestral home in the deep woods of rural Massachusetts. Dewart's investigations into his family's sinister past eventually lead to the unspeakable revelations of The Great Old Ones who wait on the boundaries of space and time for someone to summon them to earth. Acclaimed cult horror writer H. P. Lovecraft's notes and outlines for this tale of uncanny terror were completed by August Derleth, his friend and future publisher. Of the many Lovecraft-Derleth "posthumous collaborations," The Lurker at the Threshold remains the most popular, having sold 50,000 copies in its previous edition alone.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
BEWARE! Carroll & Graf are lying to you! This book is really by long-time friend of H.P.'s August Derleth! DO NOT BE FOOLED! I was, and I'm frankly a bit pissed, but nevertheless...It's true: Derleth merely uses a few snippets of Lovecraft's stuff to embellish it with his own. Granted, it is a fine book, but it really should say, at least, "by Derleth and Lovecraft." It's false advertising - no more, no less. The text is approximately 2% Lovecraft's!!! But enough bitching, it's a great book, quite chilling...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is a fairly good novel and one of the better
Mythos works August Derleth ever wrote. Yes, I said August
Derleth. H. P. Lovecraft is given credit on the cover,
but he only supplies two short fragments that are about
a page's worth of material each and were probably not
intended to go together. The rest is entirely
August Derleth's work. In all fairness, this is Carroll
and Graf's problem, not Amazon Book's.
Mythos works August Derleth ever wrote. Yes, I said August
Derleth. H. P. Lovecraft is given credit on the cover,
but he only supplies two short fragments that are about
a page's worth of material each and were probably not
intended to go together. The rest is entirely
August Derleth's work. In all fairness, this is Carroll
and Graf's problem, not Amazon Book's.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Most of the reviews that have been posted so far seem to be from Lovecraft purists who object to Derleth's creation of a novella from a 1200-word sketch by HPL. We should maybe bear in mind the debt that Lovecraftians owe to Derleth. He founded Arkham House specifically to keep HPL's memory alive and to bring his work to a larger audience than the readers of Weird Tales Magazine.
So, let's try to approach Lurker from another angle. Of course Derleth is different. But he's good too. The character that holds much of the narrative together is Quamis. Derleth does a sound job of tracing his malignant influence. Derleth also makes good use of Lovecraft's literary apparatus - his cosmology, his imaginary New England landscape, the sights, sounds and even the smells of the Lovecraft landscape (gambrel roofs ... dereliction and decay ... you know all that stuff). If you don't like Derleth's treatment, you don't have to read the book. As for me, I am at present re-reading it for about the tenth time. I like it!
So, let's try to approach Lurker from another angle. Of course Derleth is different. But he's good too. The character that holds much of the narrative together is Quamis. Derleth does a sound job of tracing his malignant influence. Derleth also makes good use of Lovecraft's literary apparatus - his cosmology, his imaginary New England landscape, the sights, sounds and even the smells of the Lovecraft landscape (gambrel roofs ... dereliction and decay ... you know all that stuff). If you don't like Derleth's treatment, you don't have to read the book. As for me, I am at present re-reading it for about the tenth time. I like it!
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Authentically Lovecraftian
It is not true, as some have carelessly stated. that H. P. Lovecraft "encouraged" people to use his ideas and add to his Mythos. Read more
Published 21 months ago by W. H. Pugmire
Some reviewers are missing the point
Read this book alone in the house with all the lights off but a small reading lamp and the hairs on the back of your neck will be standing up. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2007 by Brian Elliston
Absolutely Incredible
This is a brilliant book by one of the greatest authors in history (H.P. Lovecraft). Even if you have several people around you at a party even reading the book will make you feel... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2004 by "silvergunner"
"From a native New Englander, this book rocked!"
This is a very powerfull book. It completely draws you into the perverted world of Lovecraft which is filled with death, horror, ancient devil-worship, and wonder. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 1998
The usual Derlethian mess
August Derleth's "posthumous collaboration" with his idol H.P. Lovecraft (despite the credit, Lovecraft's contributions are merely snippets of his writing journal) is... Read more
Published on 18 Jun 1998
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