The Horror from the Hills [Hardcover]

Frank Belknap Long (Author)

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• Hardcover
• Publisher: Arkham House Pub; First Edition edition (June 1963)
• ISBN-10: 9997539699
• ISBN-13: 978-9997539694
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,738,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fine Lovecraftian Horror Novel by HPL's Buddy, January 17, 2010

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Writes S. T. Joshi in SIXTY YEARS OF ARKHAM HOUSE:
"Long's short novel, originally serialized in WEIRD TALES in January and February 1931 and expanded for book publication, is an entertaining novel of the 'Cthulhu Mythos.' Chapter 5 contains a nearly verbatim transcript of a letter written by Lovecraft to Long recounting a dream he had had on Halllowe'en 1927 in which he fancied himself in the Roman colony of Hispania (Spain) during the late Republic. Two other versions of this letter have also been published: one to Bernard Austin Dryer, in SELECTED LETTERS II (1968, no. 80) and one to Donald Wandrei, as 'The Very Old Folk' (Scienti-Snaps, Summer 1940; in MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS [no. 185)."

This delightful Mythos novel has since had various reprintings in mass market pb editions of Long's short fiction (such as NIGHT FEAR, a paperback available here at Amazon), and it will soon see a new reprinting in trade pb from Hippocampus Press, in THE TINDALOS CYCLE, a book that will collect all of Long's Mythos fiction and tales by other writers who have been influenced by Long's oeuvre. I have a particular fondness for Lovecraftian tales set in museums (and mean to write my own such Mythos novella one of these aeons), even the ridiculous and melodramatic "The Horror in the Museum" penned by HPL himself (and found in the Arkham House anthology of that name, which was published two years ago in trade pb by Del Rey). Long handles the story very well, and this tale carries with it a sense of the allure that one feels when reading the finest tales that appeared in WEIRD TALES during the "golden age" of that magazine.

This expensive hardcover edition has an allure all its own, with its wonderful cover illustration by Richard Taylor and that special feeling that comes from holding an old Arkham House book in one's hand. Excellent.