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Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft''s unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Storiesbrings together a dozen of the master''s tales - from his early short stories ''Under the Pyramids'' (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and ''The Music of Erich Zann'' (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favourites) through to his more fully developed works, ''The Dunwich Horror'', ''The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'', and ''At the Mountains of Madness''. The book presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi''s illuminating introduction and notes to each story.

Howard Phillips Lovecraf

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Praise for Penguin Horror Classics:

“The new Penguin Horror editions, selected by Guillermo del Toro, feature some of the best art-direction (by Paul Buckley) I've seen in a cover in quite some time.” – Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

"Each cover does a pretty spectacular job of evoking the mood of the title in bold, screenprint-style iconography." – Dan Solomon, Fast Company

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 3 October 2013
      ISBN-13 9780143122326
      978-0143122326
      ISBN-10 0143122320
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      Horror & Ghost Stories H P Lovecraft Books by H P Lovecraft

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro.

      Howard Phillips Lovecraft''s unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Storiesbrings together a dozen of the master''s tales - from his early short stories ''Under the Pyramids'' (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and ''The Music of Erich Zann'' (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favourites) through to his more fully developed works, ''The Dunwich Horror'', ''The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'', and ''At the Mountains of Madness''. The book presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi''s illuminating introduction and notes to each story.

      Howard Phillips Lovecraf

      Trade Review
      Praise for Penguin Horror Classics:

      “The new Penguin Horror editions, selected by Guillermo del Toro, feature some of the best art-direction (by Paul Buckley) I've seen in a cover in quite some time.” – Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

      "Each cover does a pretty spectacular job of evoking the mood of the title in bold, screenprint-style iconography." – Dan Solomon, Fast Company

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