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The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales

The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales

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  • Author：H.P. Lovecraft
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The Cthulhu Mythos was H。 P。 Lovecraft's greatest contribution to supernatural literature: a series of stories that evoked cosmic awe and terror through their accounts of incomprehensibly alien monsters and their horrifying incursions into our world。 The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales collects 23 of Lovecraft's greatest weird tales， including "The Call of Cthulhu，" "The Colour out of Space，" "The Dunwich Horror，" "The Shadow over Innsmouth，" and "The Shadow out of Time。" It also features six collaborative "revisions" through which Lovecraft expanded the scope of his dark mythology。

In these stories， monstrous entities traverse the gulfs of time and space and humankind cowers in fright at the havoc they wreak。 The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales is your passport to realms of unimaginable horror。

Contents:
1。 Dagon
2。 Nyarlathotep
3。 The Nameless City
4。 Azathoth
5。 The Hound
6。 The Festival
7。 The Call of Cthulhu
8。 The Colour out of Space
9。 History of the Necronomicon
10。 The Curse of Yig
11。 The Dunwich Horror
12。 The Whisperer in Darkness
13。 The Mound
14。 At the Mountains of Madness
15。 The Shadow over Innsmouth
16。 The Dreams in the Witch House
17。 The Man of Stone
18。 The Horror in the Museum
19。 The Thing on the Doorstep
20。 Out of the Aeons
21。 The Tree on the Hill
22。 The Shadow out of Time
23。 The Haunter of the Dark

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Andrea ，

Leggendo i Miti di Cthulhu ed altri racconti， si nota non solo la contraddizione che permea gli scritti lovecraftiani se si tiene in considerazione la personalità stessa dell'autore， ma anche lo sgorgare liberatorio della profondità del suo essere。 Nella sua biografia si dice che Lovecraft fu un convinto materialista e， pertanto， immagino che la teoria della conoscenza empirica non gli sarebbe risultata sgradevole， soprattutto per l'attuazione del ragionamento a posteriori。 Ciò nonostante fu un Leggendo i Miti di Cthulhu ed altri racconti， si nota non solo la contraddizione che permea gli scritti lovecraftiani se si tiene in considerazione la personalità stessa dell'autore， ma anche lo sgorgare liberatorio della profondità del suo essere。 Nella sua biografia si dice che Lovecraft fu un convinto materialista e， pertanto， immagino che la teoria della conoscenza empirica non gli sarebbe risultata sgradevole， soprattutto per l'attuazione del ragionamento a posteriori。 Ciò nonostante fu un amante dell'onirico， vedendo la mitologia di cui egli è artefice， nella quale si dedica a tratteggiare le fantasie più ambivalenti e a dare prova della sua angoscia cosmica， un'angoscia direi non molto dissimile ai due infiniti di cui ci parla Pascal nei Pensieri， o meglio， simile ad un solo infinito pascaliano dove si distingue la piccolezza dell'uomo di fronte alla magnificenza dell'universo。 Ho trovato interessante la concezione divina e la relazione contrattuale tra gli dèi e gli uomini: gli uni proteggono gli altri， mentre questi permettono ai primi di essere eterni e onnipotenti; il che indica la più desolante debolezza， tanto umana come divina。 Altro aspetto particolare che vorrei far presente concerne l'acqua， l'elemento da cui trae origine la creatura più potente e terribile: Cthulhu。 Nel racconto "La maschera di Innsmouth" vi sono svariati riferimenti ad un sentimento di avversione verso il mare， che appare oscuro e maleodorante。 Quasi profano。 Ricorrere ad una simbologia del genere sembra un tentativo da parte dell'autore di mutare l'acqua， generatrice di vita， in un elemento da cui nasce il male， ottenendo come risultato un'esistenza che è madre della sofferenza。 Mi dispiace， devo dire， che Lovecraft nei suoi scritti non abbia architettato un'analisi psicologica degli eventi e si sia rigorosamente dilungato nelle descrizioni （i dialoghi sono assenti nella maggior parte dei casi）。 Non affermo però l'inconvenienza della scelta; credo， infatti， che con eventuali approfondimenti intrapsichici si produrrebbe un conflitto fondamentale tra il terrore psicologico ed il terrore cosmico o dell'ignoranza。 In questa maniera il racconto subirebbe l'involuzione verso il delirio e la perturbazione poesca dell'animo。 Lovecraft riesce comunque a creare un ambiente cupo mediante la sua concisione organizzativa della trama， connotata da un climax che si dilata sempre più velocemente con l'approssimarsi della risoluzione finale。 All'eccitazione e al sopravvento conclusivo si sostituisce l'angoscia empatica nel vedere come i personaggi sono perseguitati， minacciati e intrappolati。 Il fatto più grottesco è che i personaggi， seppur soperchiando la morte， non raggiungono la salvezza e vivono coscienti dell'unica certezza che hanno: sapere di essere condannati。 。。。more

Romuald Bokej ，

Rather 4，5 stars， because not every included story is like the pearls of this book， which， of course， are "The Nameless City"， "The Festival"， "The Call of Cthulhu"， "The Colour Out of Space"， "The Dunwich Horror"， "The Whisperer in Darkness"， "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"， or， of course， "At the Mountains of Madness"。Every Lovecraft-fan has to have this beautiful book。 The Universe of evil gods is summoning us。。。 Rather 4，5 stars， because not every included story is like the pearls of this book， which， of course， are "The Nameless City"， "The Festival"， "The Call of Cthulhu"， "The Colour Out of Space"， "The Dunwich Horror"， "The Whisperer in Darkness"， "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"， or， of course， "At the Mountains of Madness"。Every Lovecraft-fan has to have this beautiful book。 The Universe of evil gods is summoning us。。。 。。。more

Travis Cunningham ，

While at times monotonously repetitive （especially at the end）， this shit busted。 The language was beautiful and there were plenty of genuinely eerie moments。 The Colour out of Space and The Mound were two that really stuck out to me。

Kevin Wilcoxon ，

Lovecraft certainly has a wild imagination。 Several outstanding stories。 Feels dated due to his excessive use of a variety of "scary" words。 Everything is ghastly， horrifying， grotesque， primordial， unimaginable， dreaded 。 。 。 you get the picture。 Another problem is that most stories follow the same setup。 The narrator is an expert at something， hears about an unnatural phenomenon and goes to investigate， describing his experiences and findings。 At 600+ pages of very small print， it becomes labo Lovecraft certainly has a wild imagination。 Several outstanding stories。 Feels dated due to his excessive use of a variety of "scary" words。 Everything is ghastly， horrifying， grotesque， primordial， unimaginable， dreaded 。 。 。 you get the picture。 Another problem is that most stories follow the same setup。 The narrator is an expert at something， hears about an unnatural phenomenon and goes to investigate， describing his experiences and findings。 At 600+ pages of very small print， it becomes laborious reading。 Best to space it out over an extended period， i。e。 years。 。。。more

Miranda Morozova-Calore Greenbriar-Lantsov Montagov ，

Libros de Lovecraft>>>>>>>>>>>LovecraftMe tomó CASI un año leer este libro （que de por sí es corto con sus 341 páginas y letras grandes）， pero pienso que todo va a su tiempo， y no me hubiese impactado del mismo modo de haberlo acabado por acabarlo。Durante este último mes decidí retomarlo， y JODER， QUÉ GRAN DECISIÓN。Es todo TAN FUMADO， pero coherente。 Tanto así que no me parecería tan ridículo creer en su mitología。（Si hablamos del “Bloop”， un ruido extraño y jamás antes oído， mucho mas grande qu Libros de Lovecraft>>>>>>>>>>>LovecraftMe tomó CASI un año leer este libro （que de por sí es corto con sus 341 páginas y letras grandes）， pero pienso que todo va a su tiempo， y no me hubiese impactado del mismo modo de haberlo acabado por acabarlo。Durante este último mes decidí retomarlo， y JODER， QUÉ GRAN DECISIÓN。Es todo TAN FUMADO， pero coherente。 Tanto así que no me parecería tan ridículo creer en su mitología。（Si hablamos del “Bloop”， un ruido extraño y jamás antes oído， mucho mas grande que la ballena azul—el animal vivo más grande nombrado por la ciencia—， que reportaron submarinos Rusos y Americanos en el Pacifico， podríamos muy fácilmente asociarlo con esto y el lugar donde reside Cthulhu）。Pero esta cosa fumada me ha dado ideas aún más fumadas。Aunque eso sí， pinche Lovecraft racista。 Si fuese un libro actual estaría bien cancelado xdd。 。。。more

Daniel Berça ，

Confesso que sempre tive uma certa antipatia por Lovecraft。 O motivo pode estar em dois pontos。 Tudo que tinha tentado ler dele era repleto de uma prosa carregada de muitos adjetivos e advérbios: ‹‹Gritantemente lúcido ou entorpecidamente delirante， só os deuses antigos podem dizer。 Uma sombra doentia， sensível， contorcida por mãos que não eram mãos， rodopiada cegamente por noites horripilantes de criações putrefatas[。。。]›› O segundo ponto é que nunca fui um grande fã do horror， seja no cinema， Confesso que sempre tive uma certa antipatia por Lovecraft。 O motivo pode estar em dois pontos。 Tudo que tinha tentado ler dele era repleto de uma prosa carregada de muitos adjetivos e advérbios: ‹‹Gritantemente lúcido ou entorpecidamente delirante， só os deuses antigos podem dizer。 Uma sombra doentia， sensível， contorcida por mãos que não eram mãos， rodopiada cegamente por noites horripilantes de criações putrefatas[。。。]›› O segundo ponto é que nunca fui um grande fã do horror， seja no cinema， seja na literatura。 Sempre preferi o suspense， o terror psicológico， o medo gerado pela tensão da expectativa。 Lovecraft estava associado para mim com aquele universo de filmes ruins em que quando o 'monstro' aparece você mais ri do que se assusta。 Porém， como muitos amigos e pessoas que eu admiro gostam do autor， resolvi dar uma nova chance e ler o box ‹‹Os Mitos de Cthulhu››。Howard Philips Lovecraft （1890-1937） foi um escritor americano criador de uma mitologia própria e de um subgênero literário chamado ‹‹horror cósmico››。 Nele o homem é um ser insignificante perante um cosmos repleto de seres mais poderosos， ancestrais e hostis。 Há uma semelhança com o sentimento de terror perante o desconhecido presente na mitologia de cultos pagãos primitivos ou das antigas civilizações。 O encontro com o oculto não leva ao conhecimento e a sabedoria， mas a uma subserviência às forças obscuras， a dissolução gradual da consciência até chegar ao abismo da loucura。 Nesse ponto， apesar de todo o pessimismo do autor， as histórias de Lovecraft servem para nos lembrar que mesmo no mundo atual tão ‹‹avançado›› e ‹‹esclarecido›› ainda há forças do mal que nos espreitam e que nem toda curiosidade é saudável。 A edição da Nova Fronteira é uma coletânea de contos e novelas， composta de dois volumes， com tradução de Alexandre Barbosa de Sousa e prefácio de Raphael Montes。 Ao longo da leitura， como o livro é organizado em ordem cronológica percebi que o estilo do autor foi se depurando de parte dos excessos e， como fui me acostumando， parece que parte da minha resistência foi vencida e as histórias que mais gostei estão no segundo volume。 https://medium。com/@danielberca 。。。more

Zain ，

Lovecraftian HorrorAugust Derleth is a great fan of Lovecraft。 He wrote this book as a tribute to him。Names of locations are written about as though they actually exist。 He also did this for places and things。He did this throughout this book。 And he had characters who appear in a story， show up， again， in other stories。Nearly seven hundred pages of Lovecraftian horror that will put the fear of the Old Ones in you。The stories are all interlocking and that helps make the book more interesting。 Lov Lovecraftian HorrorAugust Derleth is a great fan of Lovecraft。 He wrote this book as a tribute to him。Names of locations are written about as though they actually exist。 He also did this for places and things。He did this throughout this book。 And he had characters who appear in a story， show up， again， in other stories。Nearly seven hundred pages of Lovecraftian horror that will put the fear of the Old Ones in you。The stories are all interlocking and that helps make the book more interesting。 Lovecraft fans will definitely enjoy this book and place it in their Lovecraft collection。 Read it and you’ll see。 。。。more

Kelly Miess ，

Damn， that was a slog！ I read this collection because though Lovecraft has been on my radar for a while， it seems like recently I kept hearing references to his work， this that and the other being described as "Lovecraftian。" And I'd never read his stuff。 So I did a little research and this collection of his Cthulhu Mythos stories was highly rated。 I have to admit， I don't get it。 OK， some of the ideas were compelling but he flogged them to death。 Here's what I really disliked:- All stories narr Damn， that was a slog！ I read this collection because though Lovecraft has been on my radar for a while， it seems like recently I kept hearing references to his work， this that and the other being described as "Lovecraftian。" And I'd never read his stuff。 So I did a little research and this collection of his Cthulhu Mythos stories was highly rated。 I have to admit， I don't get it。 OK， some of the ideas were compelling but he flogged them to death。 Here's what I really disliked:- All stories narrated by a highly educated， professionally accomplished， privileged white male。- All the stories are so similar it's hard to remember which one was which- Constipated language and run-on sentences from hell - Stories that you have figured out halfway through but keep going on and on and on and then end in a one-liner meant to shock you， and you're like that's it？ - Known fact， but the guy has an issue with women， non-whites。 I could go on but you get my drift。 So I give it two stars for my enjoyment and four stars for fulfilling its duty of familiarizing me with Lovecraft's work。 2。5 stars rounded up and I'm done with Lovecraft。 。。。more

GreyWoon ，

Sarà interessante leggere delle creature che crea， ma la scrittura e la narrazione le ho trovate molto pesanti， lente e noiose a lungo andare。

Elías Pensado ，

Lo único bueno que parió el protestantismo literario

Sybil Vachaudez ，

I've got mixed feelings about this one。Some stories were amazing， some were super repetitive and plain boring。。。I hate the fact that he used expressions such as “I would be unable to describe this”， “inexprimable”， “inexplicable” all the time。 Seems like a very easy device to use when you run out of ideas。 At the same time， I find it fascinating that this guy was writing about aliens， the outer space， outwardly gods， the feeling of being small in the universe and what not a hundred years ago！ I've got mixed feelings about this one。Some stories were amazing， some were super repetitive and plain boring。。。I hate the fact that he used expressions such as “I would be unable to describe this”， “inexprimable”， “inexplicable” all the time。 Seems like a very easy device to use when you run out of ideas。 At the same time， I find it fascinating that this guy was writing about aliens， the outer space， outwardly gods， the feeling of being small in the universe and what not a hundred years ago！ 。。。more

Luis EGV ，

Side note:Not related to the context of the book， but the book itself is one of the nicest books I own hands down。 I own the blue version of World Cloud Classics （https://www。amazon。com/Lovecraft-Cthu。。。） and it's amazingly made。Actual Review: This book was tough to read。 I felt a strange sensation as if it was simply never going to end given how many stories are included。 However， I also never felt annoyed or bored， each story offered a unique experience， and the fact that they are all part of Side note:Not related to the context of the book， but the book itself is one of the nicest books I own hands down。 I own the blue version of World Cloud Classics （https://www。amazon。com/Lovecraft-Cthu。。。） and it's amazingly made。Actual Review: This book was tough to read。 I felt a strange sensation as if it was simply never going to end given how many stories are included。 However， I also never felt annoyed or bored， each story offered a unique experience， and the fact that they are all part of the same "universe" makes reading each successive story even better。 There are definitely some stories that are better than others （e。g Mountain of Madness， The Mound， etc。。） but there really isn't a bad story in the book。 5/5 。。。more

Sergio Garcia ，

Sin dudas lo mejor de Lovecraft son estas historias sobre los mitos de Cthulhu， las disfrute mucho， las catalogo como historias de terror misterioso。 Este libro tengo dias que lo termine pero no lo habia reportado aqui。 Quede muy emocionado por lo que leire otro libro sobre los cuentos de Lovecraft。

Bonnie Owen ，

I hadn't read much by H。P。 Lovecraft before picking up this collection。 I was pleasantly surprised。 Themes are a bit repetitive， but I truly didn't mind。 He certainly has a way with building up a deep feeling of foreboding for the desolate and seemingly abandoned places we visit in these stories。 I'd have to say that my favorite story of the bunch was The Mound。 That discovery of a subterranean civilization seemed so nice。。。。。。until it wasn't。 I hadn't read much by H。P。 Lovecraft before picking up this collection。 I was pleasantly surprised。 Themes are a bit repetitive， but I truly didn't mind。 He certainly has a way with building up a deep feeling of foreboding for the desolate and seemingly abandoned places we visit in these stories。 I'd have to say that my favorite story of the bunch was The Mound。 That discovery of a subterranean civilization seemed so nice。。。。。。until it wasn't。 。。。more

CRISTINO ，

«La figura， que era pasada lentamente de mano en mano para un estudio más cercano y cuidadoso， medía entre veinte a veinticinco centímetros de altura， y la hechura era de una exquisitez artística。 Representaba un monstruo de contorno vagamente antropoide， pero con una cabeza similar a un pulpo; el rostro una masa de tentáculos sobre un escamoso cuerpo de aspecto elástico， portentosas garras en sus extremidades traseras y delanteras， y largas y angostas alas en la espalda。 Esta criatura， que pare «La figura， que era pasada lentamente de mano en mano para un estudio más cercano y cuidadoso， medía entre veinte a veinticinco centímetros de altura， y la hechura era de una exquisitez artística。 Representaba un monstruo de contorno vagamente antropoide， pero con una cabeza similar a un pulpo; el rostro una masa de tentáculos sobre un escamoso cuerpo de aspecto elástico， portentosas garras en sus extremidades traseras y delanteras， y largas y angostas alas en la espalda。 Esta criatura， que parecía imbuida de una temerosa e innatural malignidad， era de una corpulencia algo abultada y ocupaba perversamente un pedestal o bloque rectangular cubierto con caracteres indescifrables。 Las puntas de las alas tocaban el borde posterior del bloque， el asiento ocupaba el centro， mientras que las largas y curvas garras de las plegadas extremidades posteriores se asían del borde frontal y cubrían un cuarto del camino hacia el fondo del pedestal。 La cabeza cefalópoda se inclinaba hacia delante， de modo que el final de los tentáculos faciales cepillaba el dorso de las inmensas zarpas delanteras que se apretaban a las rodillas del agazapado。 El aspecto del conjunto daba una sensación anormal de vida， más sutilmente horrenda debido a que su fuente era totalmente desconocida。 Su vasta， asombrosa e incalculable edad era innegable， sin embargo， nada parecía conectarlo con algún tipo conocido de arte perteneciente a la juventud de la civilización， o ciertamente al de cualquier otra época»。Los mitos de Cthulhu Vol。1 de H。P。 Lovecraft 。。。more

Tiziana ，

Instagram «Nella sua dimora di R'lyeh il morto Cthulhu attende sognando»Lovecraft è Lovecraft， non servo certo io a fargli una presentazione; riconosciuto come uno dei maggiori scrittori horror americani e come precursore della fantascienza per come la conosciamo oggi， è stato uno scrittore molto prolifico che ha creato universi nelle sue narrazioni infarcite di incubi， di irrequietezza e di quel terrore strisciante che si può attribuire solo all’ignoto， all’affacciarsi oltre il bordo di un abi Instagram «Nella sua dimora di R'lyeh il morto Cthulhu attende sognando»Lovecraft è Lovecraft， non servo certo io a fargli una presentazione; riconosciuto come uno dei maggiori scrittori horror americani e come precursore della fantascienza per come la conosciamo oggi， è stato uno scrittore molto prolifico che ha creato universi nelle sue narrazioni infarcite di incubi， di irrequietezza e di quel terrore strisciante che si può attribuire solo all’ignoto， all’affacciarsi oltre il bordo di un abisso talmente profondo da far intravedere solo movimenti nelle ombre。In questa raccolta in particolare， abbiamo a che fare con una parte degli scritti e racconti riguardanti la cosmogonia degli Antichi， divinità partorite dalla mente di Lovecraft e da lui attribuite al manoscritto fittizio Necronomicon。 A capo di questo pantheon di divinità malvagie e venerate da sparute sette di uomini folli， c’è Cthulhu。Si inizia con il racconto breve Nyarlathotep（1920）， profeta al cui passaggio ogni città viene colpita da oscure visioni ed incubi che portano i cittadini ad invocare l’insonnia; questo racconto è di poche pagine， ma fa entrare nel mood della narrazione lovecraftiana。Si prosegue con una breve Storia del Necronomicon con cronologia， e quindi si entra nell’ambito delle vere e proprie storie con L’orrore di Dunwich（1929）， L’entità sulla soglia（1933）， L’ombra su Innsmouth（1936）， Il richiamo di Cthulhu（1928）。Lovecraft riesce a creare un’atmosfera unica ponendo i personaggi e il lettore di fronte ad un orrore peculiare， quello dell’ignoto che porta alla pazzia perché incomprensibile per le regole di questo universo， e soprattutto perché ineluttabile: non c’è un possibile lieto fine a lungo termine nelle opere di Lovecraft， non quando si è messi di fronte ai Grandi Antichi e ai loro piani。Continua sul blog racconto per racconto。 。。。more

Melodie Wendel-Cook ，

Enjoyable。 Better than other writings I've read。 The stories with Necronomicon ties were favourites。 Enjoyable。 Better than other writings I've read。 The stories with Necronomicon ties were favourites。 。。。more

AnnoyingGrizzly ，

Plus je lis Lovecraft et plus je l'aime。Ces descriptions， ces tournures de phrases， le vocabulaire utilisé， les retournements de situation， les dénouements。。。 toute cette ambiance mystique， cosmique， terrifiante， innommable。 Je suis sous le charme。 Plus je lis Lovecraft et plus je l'aime。Ces descriptions， ces tournures de phrases， le vocabulaire utilisé， les retournements de situation， les dénouements。。。 toute cette ambiance mystique， cosmique， terrifiante， innommable。 Je suis sous le charme。 。。。more

Julian Berrio Quintero ，

Lo leí absurdamente rápido。 Acá nos presentan la perspectiva de entidades cósmicas de proporciones inimaginables que están presentes a través del tiempo y del espacio， pero que a la vez se ven atraídas a hacer insufrible la vida de los mundanos。 Las criaturas mitológicas y las leyendas de brujería y hechizos siempre me han atraído， cosas que no le hacen falta a este libro lleno de， como nos lo presenta Lovecraft， "horrores y blasfemias"; por lo que lo disfruté bastanteSi dejas a un lado la notab Lo leí absurdamente rápido。 Acá nos presentan la perspectiva de entidades cósmicas de proporciones inimaginables que están presentes a través del tiempo y del espacio， pero que a la vez se ven atraídas a hacer insufrible la vida de los mundanos。 Las criaturas mitológicas y las leyendas de brujería y hechizos siempre me han atraído， cosas que no le hacen falta a este libro lleno de， como nos lo presenta Lovecraft， "horrores y blasfemias"; por lo que lo disfruté bastanteSi dejas a un lado la notable discriminación rotal （inherente al contexto y época del autor） es mas llevadera la lectura， que de por si ya lo es。 。。。more

soydiannalaura ，

Por algo es uno de los representantes del terror。Hubo algunos relatos que me gustaron más que otros pero en si， todos tienen una calidad de trama increíble。

Pau Mondelo ，

Preciosa edición de los Mitos de Cthulhu de Lovecraft。 Antecesores， musas e influencias， los precursores de los Mitos; los muros en sí y el trabajo póstumo， el círculo de Lovecraft。 Ahora， se ha normalizado la descripción de Cthulhu con el dibujo de la portada， que es un gran trabajo， por cierto， però nunca me lo imaginé así。

Calliopara ，

Lovecraft: maestro indiscusso。

Rodrigo Aguero ，

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear， and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”。 Starting from this quote， Howard Phillips Lovecraft， introduces to us the principles of the “Cosmic Horror” that is a subgenre of horror that is very influenced by nihilism and pessimism。 It is true that there isn’t an official anthology that collects all the exact stories that makes “The Cthulhu Mythos”。 A point to highlight is that this book is part of the last of the three “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear， and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”。 Starting from this quote， Howard Phillips Lovecraft， introduces to us the principles of the “Cosmic Horror” that is a subgenre of horror that is very influenced by nihilism and pessimism。 It is true that there isn’t an official anthology that collects all the exact stories that makes “The Cthulhu Mythos”。 A point to highlight is that this book is part of the last of the three stages of lovecraft that belongs to "cosmic horror" or his "mythos work"。 Each story from this anthology has its own plot， however， they all are similar on something。 The fear of the unknown。 It is presented in different ways， from strange creatures， lovecraftian monsters， the fragility of human sanity， the incredible discoveries the characters make， etc。 The stories that I enjoyed most were “The Thing on the Doorstep”， “Pickman’s model”， “Through the Gates of the Silver Key” and “The Nameless City” but I liked the most of the stories。The Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos is a book best known for the story that put the title of this anthology: “The Call of Cthulhu”。 However， the Cthulhu is an important god to the lovecraftian universe but is not the most powerful of them。 This tales by this author evolved the world of horror literature and made a difference in this genre。 H。P Lovecraft influenced other authors of the time and they formed “The Lovecraft Circle” where other authors such as Henry Kuttner， Robert Blotch， Robert Howard etc。 continued to contribute to this great universe of cosmic horror。 We can also find influences in current movies， series and authors such as Stephen King， Neil Gaiman， etc。I recommend this book and this author because he has a great and interesting view about horror and a good prose that makes the reader introduce to this great and interesting universe。 I think that “The Tales of Cthulhu Mythos” is the best way to introduce this author because these stories can help to know the writing style of Lovecraft and make you wonder if you want to continue reading more stories and phases of him。 。。。more

Beci ，

First of all， a small rent: "OMG LOVECRAFT WAS A RACIST！！111！！"You should just stop judging his stories only due to this， because of course he was racist - particularly in the first half of his life - because he was BORN IN THE FREAKING TWENTIES！！！Stop judging 100 years old authors with today morality！And in addition to this， growing up he pretty much changed his ideas and did go beyond many racial prejudices common for white men in his time。--------------------------------DISCLAIMER: I didn't First of all， a small rent: "OMG LOVECRAFT WAS A RACIST！！111！！"You should just stop judging his stories only due to this， because of course he was racist - particularly in the first half of his life - because he was BORN IN THE FREAKING TWENTIES！！！Stop judging 100 years old authors with today morality！And in addition to this， growing up he pretty much changed his ideas and did go beyond many racial prejudices common for white men in his time。--------------------------------DISCLAIMER: I didn't read actually this particular edition， but I had on Kindle unlimited a collection with every Lovecraft story， and I read only the Mythos stories that are present in also this edition - with the exception of the Mountain of Madness， that I read years ago and that was too long to re-read before my Kindle unlimited subscription expired。 Lovecraft is just so an important author of the horror genre， and he may be considered hand down the father of modern horror， being an inspiration of a lot of contemporary authors。I found him not so easy to read （but easier than Poe without a doubt）， since his stories never focus on characters， but more on the cosmic horror and the madness surrounding them。From one side， it was charming to see how Lovecraft portrayed the human uselessness in front of ancient horrors of the universe that nobody can imagine， from the other side this thing made his narration much more harder to follow - at least for me， since I generally prefer character-based stories。My favourite stories were the big ones: "Call of Cthulhu"， "The Dunwich Horror"， "The Mound"， "The Whisperer in the Darkness" and my favourite of all is "The Shadow over Innsmouth"。Other long stories didn't hook me up like others， while really short ones were interesting but nothing really memorable， since many are also commissions and not 100% made by Lovecraft himself。 。。。more

Sam Vass ，

Good， bit hard to read tho

Jörg ，

Spannende Sammlung von wunderbar schaurigen Geschichten， habe diese gerne gehört

Michael D Jedlowski ，

A very nice collection of shorts。 Usually in a collection like this I dislike at least a few of the stories。 I enjoyed them all here。 Particularly， The Hounds Of Tindalos， and Jerusalems Lot。 The Fritz Lieber short was also great。

margo ，

No one compares you stand tall to every record i own ❤️ Music to my heart thats what you are ❤️

Nora ，

4，5*

hotsake （André Troesch） ，

This was my first deep dive into Lovecraftian lore。 I really liked the Mythos and atmosphere that was presented but the writing was poor and the stories were very repetitive。 Also at least half of the stories seemed to set things up and they left me wanting a third act， sometimes even a second act seemed to be missing。

Reference

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