Review:This comprehensive volume of collected works from the master of the macabre contains not only his most celebrated masterpieces, it also possesses rare collaborations. If you are a serious student of Lovecraft, then this volume will be indespensible to you. There are pieces herein that I have never read before in the years I've been both a fan and scholar of this man's work. From the Cthulhu Mythos to his Dunsanian Dreamland works, everything is contained herein. As a writer of dark fantasy mysel... Read more

Review:This book is the best in the series of short story collections issued by DelRey books, and probably contains the best collection of classic HPL stories available today. Here you have the best and most revered stories from Lovecraft's prime period of creativity. You can clearly see how influential this work has been for all horror fiction that has been written since. Clive Barker and Stephen King are definitely fans, and even movies like "Poltergeist" and "Ghostbusters" are clearly inspired by Lo... Read more

Review:Like all of Klinger's annotated editions, the book looks gorgeous. It's huge and lavishly illustrated. But many of the notations are obvious/superficial and don't show a lot of insight into the author. For example, In footnote #4 to "Haunter of the Dark," it is pointed out that, regarding the death of the writer and painter: "These events were never recorded by Lovecraft." True. BUT they were recorded by Robert Bloch in "The Shambler from the Stars," the prequel to this story. Incredibly, this i... Read more

Review:In The Call of Cthulhu HP Lovecraft has fashioned a truly spooky story that haunts the reader long after finishing the book. The concept is simple enough, a man has spent his life searching for a strange cult. He doesn't find it, but he finds the trail of men who did come across its worshipers and he puts the evidence together to discover an astounding truth. The truth is so horrible he can't face it and wants the story of the cult, all the evidence he has gathered, destroyed. What makes the... Read more

Review:I have been reading Howard P. for years, but lost all the the books during various moves and housing disasters.

This collection has solved that problem, everything the man published (including some I have never seen before) in a single easily navigated electronic document. With audio versions as an added bonus.

I highly recommend this for the die hard HPL fan, it isn't the same as having that dusty old copy of The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward in your hands, but it is a damn... Read more

Review:Finally! I've been after HP Lovecraft's works for years but never got around to it. When this Knickerbocker Classics edition showed up I had to get it.

The book is gorgeous to touch, the printing is fantastic, the paper is thicker than expected and the slipcase, though dented in one corner, is thoroughly sturdy and will protect the book for years to come.

I'm gonna make my way through it now - years in the waiting. I'm so excited! Read more

Review:This book titled Necronomicon was written by H.P Lovecraft . It is all of his stories in one book. His way of writing for his time was unheard of his ventures onto the dark side!!!! Some of his wording in his storys were kind of confusing but that is what a dictionary is for. I recomend this book if you are into stories that are dark and evil. Read more

Review:I've been trying to re-read some of the books of my youth, in part to determine how my perspective has changed over the years. One that has been on the list, since it was one of the first 20 books I've read, is Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer My "gut" has been telling me that will be a bit of a slog, so I compromised, and decided to read this one, by Miller's good friend, with similar subject material, and ... Read more

Review:and desairing. nothing of value in here. I read about a tenth and am trying to make my way through a few pages a week. I don't understand why anyone would write this book nor why anyone would buy it. The description on Amazon isn't accurate in my mind. I was thinking this might be some kind of art deco book but it's totally, mind blowingly decadent. Read more

Review:I know of no other writer who makes words truly live like Henry Miller does. "Cancer" is his best (although the neglected "Colossus of Maroussi" runs a close second), full of enthusiasm, rampant lust-driven adventures, a man living though it rain crocodiles, a visionary portrait of a person determined to live in this cracked and dying earth that will drag you down and suffocate you if you let it. Living has nothing to do with money. It has nothing to do with prestige, nothing to do with a career... Read more