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43 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some much misinformation about this neglected novel,
By U.N. Owen (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lurker at the Threshold (Paperback)
Of all the reviews written here about this long out of print work I am astonished by all the misinformation written by so-called fans. Most of this comes from very young readers, I am assuming, who know little of the pulp magazines and are confused by paperback editions of books that are recycling stories and novels that have been around for a LONG time. Derleth never wrote a story until the 1950s? What hogwash! His weird fiction appeared as early as 1932 and the bulk of his weird fiction and mystery novels appeared throughout the late 30s and into the 1940s. Never collaborated? No, not in the flesh. But he knew Lovecraft while he was still alive, for heavens sake. But most of the "collaborations" were based on notes and plot outlines found among the dozens of papers Derleth and his friends inherited. "Buy anything by Lovecraft especially something from Arkham House." This book was ORIGINALLY Published by Arkham House in the 1940s! A publishing house I might add, created by Derleth and his pal Donald Wandrei. Readers should be celebrating the republication of a book that is highly sought after by collectors. It's a lot more affordable now at a mere ten bucks! It's hardly trash or garbage. Untidily written perhaps and derivative yes. But most of this fiction is derivative anyway. All the writers in the genre borrow from each other and little of it shows any real originality. Rehash after rehash. Readers and fans of this genre ought to read LURKER AT THE THRESHOLD for its literary historic value and keep in mind that Derleth's arch, sometimes annoyingly, baroque style is meant to evoke a mood of long forgotten era. I kind of like this quaint stuff. It sure beats the heck out of the gore-fests crammed with dismemberment, disembowelings, torture and sexual perversity that pass for horror these days.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good story, well done,
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This review is from: The Lurker at the Threshold (Mass Market Paperback)
It's a good read. It's not an action-packed, thrill-a-minute magnum opus, as it seems some wish it wouldve been. It's a rich, Gothic story... not trendy modern neo-Gothic. There is a vast distinction.It has a good pace. It's nicely done. It's enjoyable.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Fair Book -- But Who's the Author?,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Lurker at the Threshold (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a fairly good novel and one of the betterMythos works August Derleth ever wrote. Yes, I said August Derleth. H. P. Lovecraft is given credit on the cover, but he only supplies two short fragments that are about a page's worth of material each and were probably not intended to go together. The rest is entirely August Derleth's work. In all fairness, this is Carroll and Graf's problem, not Amazon Book's.
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