Author: H. P. Lovecraft
- Fiction
- Alianza; Tra edition
- ISBN: 978-8420643342
- Release Date: 10-15-2012
Synopsis
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."
Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. His chilling mythology established a gateway between the known universe and an ancient dimension of otherworldly terror, whose unspeakable denizens and monstrous landscapes--dread Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, the Plateau of Leng, the Mountains of Madness--have earned him a permanent place in the history of the macabre.
In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition:
¸ The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: The slumbering monster-gods return to the world of mortals.
¸ Notebook Found in a Deserted House by Robert Bloch: A lone farmboy chronicles his last stand against a hungering backwoods evil.
¸ Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell: An avid reader of forbidden books finds a treasure trove of deadly volumes--available for a bloodcurdling price.
¸ The Freshman by Philip José Farmer: A student of the black arts receives an education in horror at notorious Miskatonic University.
Anticipada por notables precedentes, como Lord Dunsany, Ambrose Bierce, R. W. Chambers, A. Machen o Algernon Blackwood, y enriquecida posteriormente por otros escritores, corresponde sin embargo a Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) el papel mas importante en la invencion de LOS MITOS DE CTHULHU, ciclo de narraciones de horror cosmico ambientadas en mundos primigenios de caos y espanto. El presente volumen, prologado y seleccionado por Rafael Llopis, ofrece una completa panoramica del desarrollo de los mitos y reune las piezas fundamentales en la configuracion de ese singular e inquietante universo que remueve en el interior del lector profundos terrores atávicos.
