The Outsider, and Others [Hardcover]

Donald Wandrei (Author), H.P. Lovecraft (Editor), August Derleth (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 553 pages
• Publisher: Arkham House; 1st edition (June 1939)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9997539737
• ISBN-13: 978-9997539731
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,259,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Historic and Magnificent, April 16, 2010

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W. H. Pugmire "I never can be tied to raw, ne... (Sesqua Valley) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Outsider, and Others (Hardcover)

I have always told myself that this is a book I do not need because the text is so corrupt, either by Derleth's poor editing or by someone's inability to read clearly Lovecraft's handwriting in his autograph manuscripts. Then, last year, as I was sitting with Maryanne K. Snyder in front of the Hollywood Theatre waiting for The H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival to begin, a friend came to join us and shew'd us some books that he was selling, one of which was a pristine copy of THE OUTSIDER AND OTHERS; and I have to confess that I felt the book's aura and allure. It is a magickal tome. I sat there, looking at the book, and I tried to imagine what the reaction must have been, among Lovecraft's many friends, to see this beautiful edition of their friend's fiction finally in print. Most of them probably knew of Lovecraft's failed attempts to get a collection of his own published in his lifetime, however often publishers contacted him shewing some slight interest in such a collection. Derleth's detractors are many, but one cannot deny that the publication of this book was an historical event, a wonderful experience, and that it began Lovecraft's slow rise as a famous American writer.
The contents of the book:
Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Outsider, by August Derleth & Donald Wandrei
Dagon
Polaris
Celephais
Hypnos
The Cats of Ulthar
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Silver Key
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
The Outsider
The Music of Erich Zann
The Rats in the Walls
Cool Air
He
The Horror at Red Hook
The Temple
Arthur Jermyn
The Picture in the House
The Festival
The Terrible Old Man
The Tomb
The Shunned House
In the Vault
Pickman's Model
The Haunter of the Dark
The Dreams in the Witch-House
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Nameless City
The Lurking Fear
The Call of Cthulhu
The Colour out of Space
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow out of Time
At the Mountains of Madness
Supernatural Horror in Literature

The title of the book is from Lovecraft, who told Farnsworth Wright, when that editor of Weird Tales proposed publishing a collection of Lovecraft's tales, that Lovecraft's choice for book title was The Outsider and Others.

5.0 out of 5 stars A legendary book, February 27, 2010

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V. Carlo (Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Outsider, and Others (Hardcover)

This is the first Arkham House book and the first Lovecraft collection. Over the years it has become a much sought after book by collectors and a legend among Lovecrat's fans. Even though it doesn't contain the corrected texts by S. T. Joshi, it is the most important Lovecraft collection ever published. The cover by Virgil Finlay is beautiful and it's still the best ever made for a Lovecraft book.