This could mean that for a novice, the collection may get alienating here and there. If this is the very first Lovecraft material you will ever read, then I think this particular anthology might baffle you at times because the degree of difficulty to his prose that might not be accessible to a reader more used to a contemporary and more straightforward style of storytelling, particularly when it comes to horror. tumsā” – Karkosa un Hastūrs te ir pieminēti tikai kā vārdi šausmonīgos rituālos, par kuru patieso dabu mēs varam nojaust tikai no trakā arāba Nekronomikona un Pnekotiskajiem manuskriptiem. Bet stāsts ir labs, pa Senajiem, kas mums līdzās dzīvo jau no senseniem laikiem. Par to, kā cilvēces izplešanās ASV mežonīgajos apgabalos ir radījusi sadursmi starp Senajiem un cilvēkiem. Zinātnieki kā vienmēr ir apbrīnojami naivi un lētticīgi, vietējais novadpētnieks izpilda episku last stand pret citdimensiju ordām, viņa liktenis paliek neskaidrs. Viņa līdzinātājs paliek, lai pastāstītu stāstu. Plutona atklāšana ir liela kļūda. 10 no 10 ballēm.

krājumā mans favorīts ir “Ārprāta kalni”. Šai stāstā autors ir noslēpis visas šausmas vienā no pēdējiem baltajiem plankumiem , kas vēl atlicis uz Zemes Antarktīdā. Zinātnieku ekspedīcija tur atrod ne tikai senu civilizāciju paliekas, bet arī vēl senākus šausmīgus notikumus, kas nav zaudējuši savu spēku un to vien gaida, lai apdraudētu mūsu civilizāciju. Jebkura jauna zinātnes nozare paver durvis atklājumiem un šajā stāstā gods atvērt Pandoras lādi tiek uzticēts arheoloģijai un polārpētniecībai. Neliela, bet labi finansēta ekspedīcija piedzīvo patiesu ārprātu vēl neatklātajā kontinentā, un izdzīvojušie vēlas, lai par viņu atklājumiem neviens nekad neuzzinātu. Episks stāsts, kurš ietekmēs literatūru, kinematogrāfiju un datorspēles vēl ilgi. 10 no 10 ballēm. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), born in Providence, Rhode Island was self-educated and lived in his birthplace all his life, working as a freelance writer, journalist, and ghostwriter. Using many pen names, he contributed his supernatural/horror and science fiction/fantasy stories to various pulp magazines but his reputation as a writer rests mainly on the 60 or so stories he published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales starting in 1923. 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. A land of quaint gardens and cherry trees, and when the sun rose he beheld such beauty of red and white flowers, green foliage and lawns, white paths, diamond brooks, blue lakelets, carven bridges, and red-roofed pagodas.” For a change, we get a named protagonist, the eponymous character. This is one of HPL’s stories with a “tell, don’t show” climax, entirely reliant on atmosphere.The dread and tension as the protagonist explores the dark corridors of the wretched house’s forbidden depths smothers you with its intensity. The decrepit tragedies lurking within its violent and disturbing history were passed down through the ages, giving the dreadful impression that the very foundation of the world is built upon such horrors. A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror in a Penguin Classics Deluxe edition with cover art by Travis Louie Folklore professor Albert Wilmarth investigates legends of strange creatures in the most remote hills of Vermont. His enquiry reveals a terrifying glimpse of the truth that lurks behind the legends. The answer to what lies beyond the vast cosmos is a question that may better be left unanswered.

I wish I could rate this book purely on the merits of literary talent, but to do so would be irresponsible to those who might be swayed by my recommendation. I don't see many references to Lovecraft's personal flaws in this review section, so I feel obligated to at least mention some.H. P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. Frequent illnesses in his youth disrupted his schooling, but Lovecraft gained a wide knowledge of many subjects through independent reading and study. He wrote many essays and poems early in his career, but gradually focused on the writing of horror stories, after the advent in 1923 of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, to which he contributed most of his fiction. His relatively small corpus of fiction—three short novels and about sixty short stories—has nevertheless exercised a wide influence on subsequent work in the field, and he is regarded as the leading twentieth-century American author of supernatural fiction. H. P. Lovecraft died in Providence in 1937. Frankly, I think The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories is a fascinating though difficult read. Pats ar Lavkraftu iepazinos deviņdesmito gadu vidū izlasot stāstu “Krāsa no kosmosa” krievu valodā. Neteikšu, ka tas mani baigi pārsteidza, jo viss jau šķita kut kur lasīts un redzēts. Tajos tālajos laikos, kad lasīju visu, kam virsū uzrakstīti burti, es vēl nebiju nonācis līdz atziņai, ka rakstnieki mēdz aizņemties idejas no saviem priekštečiem, un šausmu literatūrā Lavkrafts ir gan pats aizņēmies, bet vēl vairāk ir aizņēmušies no viņa. Pilnībā visus viņa stāstus izlasīju tikai divtūkstošo sākumā un tad jau es spēju ar pirkstu parādīt, kurš autors ko no viņa ir aizlienējis. Lavkrafta stāsti nav zaudējuši ietekmi arī šodien, laiku pa laikam parādās pa antoloģijai, kurās apkopoti mūsdienu autoru stāsti, kuri norit Lavkrafta mitosa pasaulē, tomēr nekas nevar aizstāt arī paša oriģināla lasīšanu. Un nu par dažiem krājuma stāstiem: Lovecraft plays with the idea of unsolved mysteries a lot, which is his biggest strength. I love how he created an entire universe and embedded it seamlessly into ours - in his stories, he introduces us to Arkham, a fictional city and location of many of his stories; the Old Ones, a powerful supernatural entity and he is also the inventor of the Necronomicon as well as the Cthulhu myth. His imagination is rich, integral and unlike anyone else's. I can totally see why his writing was a real game-changer for the genre.

Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-10-08 09:16:56 Associated-names Joshi, S. T., 1958- Boxid IA40255711 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Not only did Lovecraft reinvent the horror genre, he did it in a way that was utterly unheard of before. The twist at the end was cool in itself, but the way it was delivered made it feel like something you would see in a cheesy, low budget horror film involving a phone call. Also, given his incredible influence over horror, weird, fantasy, science-fiction and pop culture (see “In The Mountains of Madness” https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...), this little collection is a must-read if only because it is so seminal. You don’t have to like the guy, but knowing what inspired the greatest minds of genre literature and cinema is very interesting (at least, to nerds like me). It can definitely be a challenging read, both because of the style, repetition of a few tropes, and of course, the occasional unsavory descriptions. But when they are good, Lovecraft’s stories are truly wonderful, atmospheric and spooky. He created a world of dark menace, filled with truly alien entities whose motivations the human mind simply cannot grasp, and that world has spread like a virus into the mind of so many other writers and artists…

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I thought I would love Lovecraft. I genuinely dig some of the mythos that has built up around his work. I have (and love) Fantasy Flight's Eldritch Horror boardgame, and have played and enjoyed Arkham Horror. Furthermore, I was keen to explore the early years of the horror genre and experience writing that has influenced later authors such as Richard Matheson and Stephen King.