false 9493 2 1 331926 1591024765 9781591024767 10 <![CDATA[The Reason Driven Life: What Am I Here on Earth For?]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173818796m/331926.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173818796s/331926.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331926.The_Reason_Driven_Life_What_Am_I_Here_on_Earth_For_ 3.91 35 9493 3.76 342 36 2006 129803 1568820097 9781568820095 2 <![CDATA[The Hastur Cycle: 13 Tales That Created and Define Dread Hastur, of the King in Yellow, Nighted Yuggoth, and Dire Carcosa]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171989424m/129803.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171989424s/129803.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129803.The_Hastur_Cycle_13_Tales_That_Created_and_Define_Dread_Hastur_of_the_King_in_Yellow_Nighted_Yuggoth_and_Dire_Carcosa 3.75 28 9493 3.76 342 36 1993 806784 1568820178 9781568820170 0 <![CDATA[Shub Niggurath Cycle]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178565779m/806784.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178565779s/806784.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806784.Shub_Niggurath_Cycle 3.73 26 9493 3.76 342 36 1994 68847 034544406X 9780345444066 2 <![CDATA[The New Lovecraft Circle]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170700449m/68847.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170700449s/68847.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68847.The_New_Lovecraft_Circle 3.38 26 The basic idea of a Mythos tale . . . is an interior skeleton like a mammal's, a frame on which to grow . . . It forms the baseline against which the new variations may be measured. It is not a denial of flexibility; it is something to be flexible with. Preface by Ramsey Campbell, fascinating introduction by Price, beautiful cover art by Gahan Wilson, and 26 tales by Campbell, Lumley, Sutton, Wagner, Tierney, Lupoff, Ligotti, Burleson, Rainey and others. No overlap with previous anthologies. ]]> 9493 3.76 342 36 1996 365593 1591021219 9781591021216 3 <![CDATA[Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable Is the Gospel Tradition?]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174147324m/365593.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174147324s/365593.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/365593.Incredible_Shrinking_Son_of_Man_How_Reliable_Is_the_Gospel_Tradition_ 3.86 21
Scholars have dissected the Gospels and other stories about Jesus for more than a century, attempting to determine their historical accuracy. Many experts today believe that the writings of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John cannot be taken as revelatory. A group of more than 100 scholars called the Jesus Seminar concluded that only about 18 percent of the Gospels is historically correct.

Believing his Jesus Seminar colleagues "too critical," Robert M. Price presents THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING SON OF MAN, a balanced yet radically pessimistic new assessment of gospel historicity. While indebted to two centuries of scholarship, Price's latest book charts new territory, illustrating the virtual lack of historical information in the New Testament's Jesus stories. After an excellent introduction to the historical-critical method in language tailored to nonspecialists, Price analyzes sections of the Gospels, separating fact from fiction in all episodes of Jesus' life. Price examines both familiar parables and Jesus' teachings for authenticity, carefully studying miracle stories and drawing surprising conclusions. In addition, Price critically explores whether Jesus preached his Messiahship or predicted his own death as a means to save souls.

Written for a general audience in a refreshing and accessible style, Price's highly informative discussion will interest anyone who has wondered about the origins of Christianity.]]> 9493 3.76 342 36 2003 58981 156882162X 9781568821627 2 <![CDATA[The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab (Call of Cthulhu Fiction Series, 6034)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170528287m/58981.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170528287s/58981.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58981.The_Necronomicon_Selected_Stories_and_Essays_Concerning_the_Blasphemous_Tome_of_the_Mad_Arab 3.68 22 Within this book you will find stories about the Necronomicon, different versions of the Necronomicon, and two essays on this blasphemous tome.

Now you too may learn the true lore of Abdul Alhazred.

This book is part of an expanding collection of Cthulhu Mythos horror fiction and related topics. Call of Cthulhu fiction focuses on single entities, concepts, or authors significant to readers and fans of H.P. Lovecraft.

]]> 9493 3.76 342 36 1996 806795 1568820925 9781568820927 0 <![CDATA[The Nyarlathotep Cycle]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178565871m/806795.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178565871s/806795.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806795.The_Nyarlathotep_Cycle 3.62 16 9493 3.76 342 36 1997 564316 0345444086 9780345444080 2 <![CDATA[Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175827481m/564316.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175827481s/564316.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/564316.Tales_of_the_Lovecraft_Mythos 3.80 15 Weird Tales magazine, the response was electrifying. Gifted writers—among them his closest peers—added sinister new elements to the fear-drenched landscape. Here are some of the most famous original stories from the pulp era that played a pivotal role in reflecting the master’s dark vision.

FANE OF THE BLACK PHARAOH by Robert Bloch: A man obsessed with unearthing dark secrets succumbs to the lure of the forbidden.
BELLS OF HORROR by Henry Kuttner: Infernal chimes ring the promise of dementia and mutilation.
THE FIRE OF ASSURBANIPAL by Robert E. Howard: In the burning Afghan desert, a young American unleashes an ancient curse.
THE ABYSS by Robert A. W. Lowndes: A hypnotized man finds himself in an alternate universe, trapped on a high wire between life and death.

AND SIXTEEN MORE TALES OF ICY TERROR


]]> 9493 3.76 342 36 1992 722659 1568821131 9781568821139 0 <![CDATA[The Innsmouth Cycle: The Taint of the Deep Ones]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177635053m/722659.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177635053s/722659.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722659.The_Innsmouth_Cycle_The_Taint_of_the_Deep_Ones 3.86 14 Iä! Y'ha-nthlei! City of our blood / Where ancient kinfolk call for my return / To long-drowned altars where strange votives burn / For Him who dreaming waits beneath the flood... / My journey to your depths begins tonight / To serve immortal till the stars turn right."

These lines from a poem by Ann K. Schwader are the coda for this fine collection of tales about H.P. Lovecraft's Innsmouth--that decadent, smugly rotting New England town where half-human creatures with forbidding batrachian faces follow the arcane practices of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. In his erudite and witty introduction, Robert M. Price calls Innsmouth "the most effective, most evocative ... example of Lovecraft's full-blown alien civilizations." The Innsmouth Cycle includes 13 stories and 3 poems, including the three tales by Lord Dunsany, Robert W. Chambers, and Irvin S. Cobb that inspired Lovecraft's "The Shadow over Innsmouth." This collection is planned as the first of a pair, the second half of which will be Tales of Innsmouth, containing (according to Price) all new works of "fishy fiction."

A fun detail: this book is "respectfully dedicated to Ben Chapman, the Creature from the Black Lagoon." --Fiona Webster

]]> 9493 3.76 342 36 1998 413440 1568821468 9781568821467 0 <![CDATA[The Antarktos Cycle: Horror and Wonder at the Ends of the Earth]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174522098m/413440.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174522098s/413440.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413440.The_Antarktos_Cycle_Horror_and_Wonder_at_the_Ends_of_the_Earth 3.77 13 9493 3.76 342 36 7779 3.71 46009 2517 150363 3.78 18 0 1999