H P Lovecraft The Complete Fiction eBook H P Lovecraft
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CONTENTS
The Nameless City
The Festival
The Colour Out of Space
The Call of Cthulhu
The Dunwich Horror
The Whisperer in Darkness
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Haunter of the Dark
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"
The Shadow Out of Time
At the Mountains of Madness
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Azathoth
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Celephaïs
Cool Air
Dagon
Ex Oblivione
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
From Beyond
He
Herbert West-Reanimator
Hypnos
In the Vault
Memory
Nyarlathotep
Pickman's Model
The Book
The Cats of Ulthar
The Descendant
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Evil Clergyman
The Horror at Red Hook
The Hound
The Lurking Fear
The Moon-Bog
The Music of Erich Zann
The Other Gods
The Outsider
The Picture in the House
The Quest of Iranon
The Rats in the Walls
The Shunned House
The Silver Key
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Street
The Temple
The Terrible Old Man
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Tomb
The Transition of Juan Romero
The Tree
The Unnamable
The White Ship
What the Moon Brings
Polaris
The Very Old Folk
Ibid
Old Bugs
Sweet Ermengarde, or, The Heart of a Country Girl
A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
The History of the Necronomicon
H P Lovecraft The Complete Fiction eBook H P Lovecraft
Other reviewers have said that this is NOT the complete collection. Seems like a good start to me. Apparently it is missing some stories. I have included some photos of the contents pages. This is a very nice book. I can't wait to read it.Product details
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H P Lovecraft The Complete Fiction eBook H P Lovecraft Reviews
I have seen the name H. P. Lovecraft mentioned in dozens of articles about unusual or weird fiction, but had never read any of his writings, so when I saw this book for a reasonable price, I decided to find out what it was all about. I have really enjoyed it, and highly recommend it to anyone, whether a Lovecraft novice or veteran. But... be aware.... this book is huge, and I personally can't get through an entire story in one setting. Lovecraft is the most verbose author I have ever read... his sentences run on for half a page at times, and don't really progress the story.
You may have to put the book down and read something else for awhile, as I do, but I think if you open the book with an open mind and stick with it, you will enjoy it as much as I have.
This "Knickerbocker Classics" edition of Lovecraft's (more or less) Complete Fiction is actually an apparently licensed dupe of the contents of the infamous, typo-riddled Barnes and Noble edition (complete with the same font), namely the second "corrected" edition that fixes most of the typos, but introduces a few new ones of its own. The B&N edition has more material, but this edition features an introduction by Eric Carl Link, not S.T. Joshi (Joshi's introductory notes for each story have also been excised). I have checked the text against some of both the typos found in the original B&N edition by Martin Andersson, and the typos in the second "corrected" printing found by myself and another dedicated reader who scoured the B&N "corrected" version for further errors. This new edition issued by Knickerbocker Classics features corrections to some of the additional typos found in the "corrected" second B&N printing, but not all of them (it seems whoever did the corrections for this Knickerbocker volume googled our proofing work and then made the corrections... but stopped at a certain point). I haven't actually read the entire volume yet, so it may have its own special "surprises" lurking, but it seems be a very fine volume in tandem with the corrected second B&N printing, with a few less typos, albeit this one features none of the "Juvenilia" or other bonuses in the B&N volume, and is slightly less visually beautiful compared the Leatherbound edition. It does, however, come with a nice slipcover, and is quite heavy and sturdy.
These are the typos I've verified so far that are ported over to this volume, left uncorrected from the last B&N volume (please note that the typos are on the left, bordered by hyphens since doesn't allow formatting, with the correct version on the right)
202.11 sins like Ptolemaism, Calvinism, -anti-Darwinisn-,] sins like Ptolemaism, Calvinism, -anti-Darwinism-,
456.34 The next day they -spoke with- a ship with violet sails] The next day they -spoke- a ship with violet sails
902.11 I made no -progess-.] I made no -progress-.
994.1 I had seen him -one- or twice in my youth ] I had seen him -once- or twice in my youth
The contents don't seem to be listed anywhere, so I'll transcribe from the table of contents
CONTENTS
- "Introduction" [by Eric Carl Link]
- The Beast in the Cave
- The Alchemist
- The Tomb
- Dagon
- A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
- Polaris
- Beyond the Wall of Sleep
- Memory
- Old Bugs
- The Transition of Juan Romero
- The White Ship
- The Street
- The Doom That Came to Sarnath
- The Statement of Randolph Carter
- The Terrible Old Man
- The Cats of Ulthar
- The Tree
- Celephaïs
- The Picture in the House
- The Temple
- Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
- From Beyond
- Nyarlathotep
- The Quest of Iranon
- The Music of Erich Zahn
- Ex Oblivione
- Sweet Ermengarde
- The Nameless City
- The Outsider
- The Moon-Bog
- The Other Gods
- Azathoth
- Herbert West-Reanimator
- Hypnos
- What the Moon Brings
- The Hound
- The Lurking Fear
- The Rats in the Walls
- The Unnamable
- The Festival
- Under the Pyramids
- The Shunned House
- The Horror at Red Hook
- He
- In the Vault
- Cool Air
- The Call of Cthulhu
- Pickman's Model
- The Strange High House in the Mist
- The Silver Key
- The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
- The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
- The Colour Out of Space
- The Descendant
- The Very Old Folk
- History of the Necronomicon
- The Dunwich Horror
- Ibid
- The Whisperer in Darkness
- At the Mountains of Madness
- The Shadow Over Innsmouth
- The Dreams in the Witch House
- Through the Gates of the Silver Key
- The Thing on the Doorstep
- The Evil Clergyman
- The Book
- The Shadow Out of Time
- The Haunter of the Dark
- "The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft" [essentially a condensed timeline style biography]
- "Further Reading"
I own both the first and second B&N Complete Lovecraft editions and this is, far and away, the best of them all. I won't go into the typos that appear in both the B&N editions and this one (that's already been covered by another reviewer) but I will talk about the books themselves.
The 2008 B&N edition is rather plain and underwhelming, with basic black boards, plain purple end-papers and a rather unattractive dust-jacket. But, at the time, it was the only book that collected all (or almost all, at any rate) of Lovecraft's fiction in one volume. Plus, it was only $12.95.
The 2011 B&N reprint is a much spiffier affair. Bound in faux leather -- which, despite feeling kind of cheap-ish is still very nice -- with silver gilt edging, a satin bookmark and very cool marbled end-papers, it's definitely a step-up from the 2008 edition. I'm not personally thrilled with the design of the cover, but that's just my opinion. It sells for $18.00.
This Knickerbocker Classics edition blows them all away. The slipcase, which boasts a very well-done Cthulhu illustration, is thick and remarkably sturdy. The text on the front of the slipcase is embossed and the Cthulhu illustration is printed in silver, metallic ink. It makes for a very impressive presentation. A minor annoyance is a paper describing the book is glued to the back of the slipcase. I tried to carefully and slowly remove it and some of the paper of the slipcase began to come away with it so I guess it stays. It would be nice, however, if it were easily removed if desired. Unlike the two B&N editions which have glued bindings, this edition has a stitched binding which should hold up better over time. The cloth-bound covers are very impressive in blue and metallic silver, and there is a silver satin bookmark. The end-papers are light grey with a scale-like design, nice, but not nearly as nice as the end-papers on the 2011 B&N edition.
The paper is of a very similar stock on all three editions and is certainly on the thin side; there is a fair amount of text-bleed through the pages. But all three books in question are nearly 1100 pages so thin paper is a bit of a necessity to keep the weight and size at manageable levels.
Overall, this edition is the far superior one. The first B&N edition has cheap written all over it, plus there are the hundreds of typos to contend with. The second B&N edition is decent but the faux leather and somewhat ugly cover design doesn't do it any favors, and it ends up looking and feeling like a book that's trying to be a lot more than what it actually is. The Knickerbocker edition looks and feels elegant. It's really quite beautiful and if it cost twice what it actually does it would still certainly be worth it. A very, very nice book.
Other reviewers have said that this is NOT the complete collection. Seems like a good start to me. Apparently it is missing some stories. I have included some photos of the contents pages. This is a very nice book. I can't wait to read it.
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