Crawling Chaos [Paperback]

H. P. Lovecraft (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1998

H P Lovecraft, one of the greatest obsessive writers of the 20th century, naturally chose the pulp genre of "weird horror" in which to exorcise his acute anatomical alienation and existential torment.

An indispensable chronological collection of this unique writer's best work; from his distinctive collaborative pieces, prose-poems and early tales of the gruesome and bizarre, through to maturation and efflorescence of his personal cosmology, the Cthulhu Mythos. With an introduction by Colin Wilson, Crawling Chaos is essential to the library of every horror/ fantasy fan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Creation Books; Revised edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1871592720
• ISBN-13: 978-1871592726
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

H. P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. 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.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Lovecraft collectors, April 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Crawling Chaos (Paperback)

An excellent compilations of many of the short stories that did not make it into many of the mass market anthologies of recent years. Though yes, it also has a few of the old standbys like the Call of Cthulhu and At The Mountains of Madness. The small font and two-column layout means that there is a good deal more material in this book than the page count might tend to imply.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First and last book I shall ever get rid of..., June 28, 2002

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This review is from: Crawling Chaos (Paperback)

This I am serious. This is just about the first Lovecraft book I ever got. If I were to go broke or die I will certainly not get rid of this one. In this book are all of Lovecrafts finest works. Though I must say to read them at first you will not understand quite fully,especially if for the first time reading Lovecraft. I recommend reading: The Loved Dead, The Hound, The Rats in the Walls and, Nyarlathotep.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Horror as it should be., June 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Crawling Chaos [Old Edition] (Creation Classics) (Paperback)

King and Koontz don't stand-up to Lovecraft. This sampling ofhis definitive work, "The Cthulhu Mythos" as well as other stories,shows pure, definitive horror, twisted and convulsed beautifully. A definite must for the horror fan, filled with dark Gothic delights and terror.