Howard Philips Lovecraft is probably the most important and influential author of supernatural fiction in the twentieth century. A life-long resident of Providence, Rhode Island, many of his tales are set in the fear-haunted towns of an imaginary area of Massachusetts, or in the cosmic vistas that exist beyond space and time. Since his untimely death, Lovecraft has become acknowledged as a master of fantasy fiction and a mainstream American writer second only to Edgar Allan Poe, while his relatively small body of work has influenced countless imitators and formed the basis of a world-wide industry of books, games and movies based on his concepts . . . H.P. Lovecraft's tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s. These astonishing tales blend elements of horror and science fiction and are as powerful today as they were when they initially appeared. For the first time ever in a single volume, this definitive collection gathers together in chronological order all of Lovecraft's major stories and short novels, including the complete "Cthulhu Mythos" cycle, just as they were originally published more than half-a-century ago.
| NIGHT-GAUNTS | |
| DAGON | |
| THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER | |
| THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH | |
| THE CATS OF ULTHAR | |
| THE NAMELESS CITY | |
| HERBERT WEST-REANIMATOR | |
| THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN | |
| THE LURKING FEAR | |
| THE HOUND | |
| THE RATS IN THE WALLS | |
| UNDER THE PYRAMIDS | |
| THE UNNAMABLE | |
| IN THE VAULT | |
| THE OUTSIDER | |
| THE HORROR AT RED HOOK | |
| THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE | |
| PICKMAN'S MODEL | |
| THE CALL OF CTHULHU | |
| COOL AIR | |
| THE SHUNNED HOUSE | |
| THE SILVER KEY | |
| THE DUNWICH HORROR | |
| THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS | |
| THE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MIST | |
| THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH-HOUSE | |
| FROM BEYOND | |
| THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY | (with E. Hoffmann Price) |
| AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS | |
| THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH | |
| THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME | |
| THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK | |
| THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP | |
| THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD | |
| THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH | |
| TO A DREAMER | |
| AFTERWORD: A GENTLEMAN OF PROVIDENCE | Stephen Jones |
Reviews
"Gollancz's immense commemorative collection, Necronomicon (subtitled "the best weird tales
of H.P. Lovecraft" and bound in leather like a forbidden text from the crumbling vaults of some city
beyond Time itself), has been lovingly prepared by editor Stephen Jones. A volume that celebrates
not just Lovecraft's work but the tradition in which the work is inextricably bedded, it comes with weird pulpy illustrations by Les Edwards."
—M. John Harrison
THE GUARDIAN, December 20, 2008
"The chance to acquire the cream of his stories in a beautiful volume such as this, which provides limited edition quality at only a quarter of the price, is simply too good to be missed."
—Peter Tennant
BLACK STATIC Issue 5, June/July 2008
"Full marks to Gollancz for publishing a magnificent leather-bound 'commemorative edition' of the best weird tales of H.P. Lovecraft . . . For lovers of the supernatural or dark fantasy—and for chaos magicians—this beautifully-presented 880-page book is a must, and excellent value."
—David V. Barrett
FORTEAN TIMES No.237, Special 2008
"It seems appropriate that one of the most important authors of the 20th Century has finally received a compendium of his writing that actually does the content justice."
—James Rundle
SCI-FI NOW, May 2008
