H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Collection

This book has an active table of contents, which is always helpful, plus at times information when stories were first published and where. Howard Phillips Lovecraft despite a relatively short life definitely left an impression that will carry on for as long as we remain readers and has been hugely influential on a number of people, not only writers but game makers and musicians, amongst others. Of course he was himself hugely influenced by the stories of the great Edgar Allan Poe, as well as other gothic tales.People have their own particular favourites amongst all the stories that Lovecraft wrote, and I know loads of people prefer those that make up the Cthulhu Mythos, although my all-time favourite has always been Herbert West – Reanimator. Taking in the above-mentioned Cthulhu Mythos, stories also take in the dream cycle, and the more traditional macabre, which he knew quite well.Prone to nightmares as well as reading on a wide number of subjects, so Lovecraft had a well of inspiration to enable him to write his stories, which although of course were published in pulp magazines are really quite literary. With superstition, religion, fate, along with ethnicity and class, science and other-worldly elements so there are a lot of different themes packed in to the tales that we have here, all of which make for good reading.Of course many of us have read all the stories before, but there are always new people coming to these, as well as those who may have only ever read a few, so this is great to have, and is ideal for a Kindle as you can carry around this book easily and dip into it whenever you desire. A warning should really be given to those who are coming to Lovecraft for the first time though, and that is that the stories can become weirdly addictive, and who knows - they may even warp your mind.

A must buy for anyone who likes Lovecraft.

A good collection of stories ,most of which I read in my teens and early twenties. Bought to remind me of things from the past. Variable quality. Had forgotten how 'flowery' some of the prose could be. Very of it's time and has launched a million wannabees. Still well worth a read if you've not met them before and worth a reread if you have. even if just to see how the genre began.

very repetitive. wouldve been better if he just wrote one long in-depth book instead of loads of the same story over and over again. i expected better considering how often people go on about lovecraft. really boring after the first few because theyre all the same. wouldnt recommend. got two stars cos the formatting into the kindle is good.

Enjoyable book of short stories. Each story is well written and stand alone. Keeps you absorbed, or on on edge, as to what's coming next, with some interesting creatures out for blood.

the audio books were tricky to access. all i could see in my kindle was the text book i had to go into it and do a search for audio it found 3 references i clicked on the second one and then one the link to get to the audio file.but the content is good. the first audio file is in a woman's voice and is read well it does not sound like someone reading a dictionary.

This is great value and the audio book issues appear to be resolved. For the price you cant go wrong. Go to a few pages before the end directly and there are two google drive links. I downloaded them on my mac so I can import into itunes and use on my iphone, very easy to do. I adore Lovecraft and so will you.

Most of these seem to be in the public domain but it's really handy to have them all in one easily accessible format with audiobooks also freely available, this is a great purchase for any fan or someone just beginning to enjoy his works.