- Hardcover: 232 pages
- Publisher: IDW Publishing (Dec 6 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 161377026X
- ISBN-13: 978-1613770269
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.7 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 590 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #245,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One of H.P. Lovecraft's most famous creations, the city of Arkham, Massachusetts, plays a prominent role in many of the influential author's tales of the macabre. This collection of eight classic tales of horror all feature the Lovecraft Country locale, including "Herbert West-Reanimator," "The Unnamable," "The Colour Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Dreams of the Witch House," The Thing on the Doorstep," and "The Shadow Out of Time." Featuring lavish, full-color illustrations by painter Menton3 and an introduction by Arkham House editor and noted author Robert Weinberg, this is one book that true horror fans can't do without!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book but mainly for collectors, Dec 12 2011
By Matthew T. Carpenter - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Lovecraft Library Volume 1: Horror Out of Arkham (Hardcover)
The Lovecraft Library Vol 1: Horror Out of Arkham is a gorgeous book newly published from IDW. IDW is more notable for their comics and is currently publishing a series The Dunwich Horror, a sequel of sorts to HPL's story scripted by Joe Lansdale. Horror Out of Arkham is a very nice hardcover with 231 pages, with an introduction by Robert Weinberg. List price is a rather expensive $16.99 but it is a very handsome volume. The premise is that it collects some of HPL's stories in which Arkham the city plays a prominent role.The main attraction is the incredibly beautiful art and cover by menton3. I counted about 18 full color, full page illustrations and they (and the cover) are marvelous.My favorite was a ramshackle house on page 226, perhaps the Whateley estate? Any collector of Lovecraftian art simply must have a copy of this book. As long as menton3 is contributing to this project I will get every issue.
Now we get to the reason I just can't give this book a 5 star recommendation. Here are the contents:
Herbert West - Reanimator
The Unnamable
The Colour Out of Space
The Dunwich Horror
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Thing on the Doorstep
This is neither a very generous nor very comprehensive HPL collection. All of these stories are in the public domain and available for free online; I wish the editor had given us a discussion of the provenance of the text so we knew it was ST Joshi approved. At the least there could have been some more analysis of Arkham's role in these particular stories. There are more economical ways for readers who want to have print copies of these stories. For example, The Library of America has a comprehensive collection of Lovecraft (ISBN 978-1931082723). Gollancz has a very generous selection of HPL' works (ISBN 978-0575081574) which also has nice illustrations. Finally Barnes & Nobles has a complete collection of HPL's fiction (ISBN 978-1435122963; get the 2nd edition which is corrected).
So, for me this is a 5 star product for the art and an unnecessary purchase for the stories.
5.0 out of 5 stars
a very good introduction to Lovecraft, Feb 4 2012
By Erik Timbrevig "erik l timbrevig"ęsop"" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Lovecraft Library Volume 1: Horror Out of Arkham (Hardcover)
i really like this book;good binding and good to look at and just six stories,as an introduction to Lovecraft it`s perfect (just one little thing;there could have been a dust cover)looking foreward to the next volume"ęsop"
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Excellent Shelf Piece For Collectors, Jan 12 2012
By Ian "~~Azazel Dazel!" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lovecraft Library Volume 1: Horror Out of Arkham (Hardcover)
Rarely do I feel the need to face a book out rather than shelf it spine out. The Lovecraft Library Volume 1 is an exception to the rule. I already own one complete edition of Lovecraft's works, the Library of America edition, several Arkham House editions, and a host of fiction collections based on H.P.'s mythos. But this edition, though slim and not representative of the full canon of Lovecraft's work, is darkly beautiful in its illustration. I think if there is ever a volume 2 or 3, or even 4, I will be more than happy making a seperate shelve for these handsomely decorated volumes.
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