The Call of the Cthulhu (Paperback)

from Arkrayder

I'm a fan of H.P. Lovecraft. He never wastes a word and his descriptions are awesome. Cthulhu is one of my favorite creations, the mythology behind it is intriguing. Lovecraft is unparalleled for his gothic tales. Could read his work for hours.

from LopiCake

I want to read more Lovecraft. He's kind of hard to read at first but once you get into it he starts making sense.

from meandmybooks

"I shall never sleep calmly again when I think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and in space, and of those unhallowed blasphemies from elder stars which dream beneath the sea, known and favoured by a nightmare cult ready and eager to loose them upon the world whenever anot...

from mrtall

What a very strange story this is! H P Lovecraft is a name that comes to mind immediately, of course, when one thinks of the horror genre, but I'd never read any of his work. In The Call of Cthulhu, perhaps Lovecraft's most famous story, he adopts a kind of faux-documentary approach. The first-pe...

from jameshold

Excellent. HPL is not the easiest writer to get into, but once you get past all the archaic language and British affectations you find some genuinely weird concepts...along with a wickedly understated sense of humor. Of course, he is a complete racist and you can't forgive him that...but then he ...