Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos

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Summary: Very good antho
Review: A great collection of talent here, headed by Lovecraft himself. Super. Not sure which one I enjoyed the most. A great buy.

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Summary: A perfect start for reading Cthulhu stories
Review: Here is raw horror as only Lovecraft can write it!
As much as I have enjoyed the Cthulhu mythos over my 50 years, I often wondered why Lovecraft never wrote in his stories about science and romance. I have discovered a new full length book all about Cthulhu's evil doings, the Necronomican of Abdul Al-Hazred and the Yog-Sothoth. This book, "The Riddle of Cthulhu", has all the Lovecraftian horror plus science fiction and romance! If after reading "Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos," you want to read a well rounded modern adventure with more of evil Cthulhu; then, this is a perfect next book for you!

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Summary: An Excellent intoduction to H. P. Lovecraft
Review: I highly recommend this book to anyone who has never read H. P. Lovecraft. It is also an excellent review for any fan. It still chills my spine!

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Summary: My first experience with Cthulhu and wonderful
Review: I read the Necronomicon when I was sixteen. I didn't know about all the stories written around it's macabre theme. This book is a collection of well written Cthulhu Mythos stories. It only contains two H. P. Lovecraft stories, yet all the stories sparked my imagination. Well worth finding in your local library if present

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Summary: del rey's best
Review: i was a little dissapointed because i had so many stories before. HPL great as always, 2 stories here. kuttner's story's kind of good. a well written one by Derleth, but the ending was too far stretched. Howard has a good one, though it doesn't go far enough to be really interesting. King's is great, rats in the wall-like. the most interesting new read for me was Wagner's sticks. i really enjoyed the concept.

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Summary: del rey's best
Review: i was a little dissapointed because i had so many stories before. HPL great as always, 2 stories here. kuttner's story's kind of good. a well written one by Derleth, but the ending was too far stretched. Howard has a good one, though it doesn't go far enough to be really interesting. King's is great, rats in the wall-like. the most interesting new read for me was Wagner's sticks. i really enjoyed the concept.

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Summary: The definitive collection of Lovecraftian horror
Review: If you've ever wondered what the phrase "Lovecraftian horror" meant, read this book. Here you'll find a fantastic collection of works inspired by the mythos created by H.P. Lovecraft. Full of pyschological terrors, alien horrors, and mind-twisting frights, this book proves that Lovecraft's legacy lives on as he intended.

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Summary: Core Tales of The Mythos (Although NOT by HPL)
Review: MOST of the stories in this collection are not by H.P. Lovecraft: only 2 out of 22 are actually HPL's work! Nevertheless, this is a good collection of stories written by other authors who followed HPL in writing about the so-called "Cthulhu Mythos" that Lovecraft created. If you're looking for stories by Lovecraft himself, look elsewhere: there are other collections available composed entirely of his work. But if you want to read stories by the many authors who contributed what are felt by many to be the core of the Myhos, then this is a good beginning for you.

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Summary: Every horror fan should read this book
Review: One of my best friends is a huge Steven King fan. I loaned him this book and he returned it the next day, he said he couldnt read it because it gave him the creeps. I greatly enjoy Lovecrafts writing and stories in the Cthulu Mythos are by far my favorite. Lovecraft and the "Lovecraft circle" of writers blur the lines between the fictional world and the readers real world better than anyone else.
These stories are wonderfully writen and truely entrancing.

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Summary: A very good balance of Cthulhu mythos stories and authors
Review: The editors of this book obviously made a very pointed effort to pick those stories that are not only tied to the Cthulhu Mythos, but are actually worth reading. The stories by Lovecraft, Derleth and Bloch are the best in the book, and even Stephen King gets a short tale in. There probably should be a couple more Cthulhu Mythos follow-ups to this as there are several good selections that didn't make it into the book.