{"product_id":"the-call-of-cthulhu-and-other-weird-stories-paperback","title":"The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. P. Lovecraft\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eS. T. Joshi\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.\" -Stephen King \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as \"The Outsider\" to the overpowering cosmic terror of \"The Call of Cthulhu.\" More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical- and visionary-American writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. P. Lovecraft\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. Frequent illnesses in his youth disrupted his schooling, but Lovecraft gained a wide knowledge of many subjects through independent reading and study. 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 \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e S. T. Joshi\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer and editor. He has edited Penguin Classics editions of H. P. Lovecraft's \u003ci\u003eThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eThe Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), as well as Algernon Blackwood's \u003ci\u003eAncient Sorceries and Other Strange Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). Among his critical and biographical studies are \u003ci\u003eThe Weird Tale\u003c\/i\u003e(1990), \u003ci\u003eLord Dunsany: Master of the Anglo-Irish Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eH. P. Lovecraft: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e(1996), and \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Weird Tale\u003c\/i\u003e (2001). He has also edited works by Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H. L. Mencken, and is compiling a three-volume \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Supernatural Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife in Seattle, Washington.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52000176341293,"sku":"9780141182346","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bjZmMlgvTElSc3BWbnlRWDRCZEZYZz09.webp?v=1776610227","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-call-of-cthulhu-and-other-weird-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}