false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168709836m/36320.jpg 36320 16 Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. His chilling mythology established a gateway between the known universe and an ancient dimension of otherworldly terror, whose unspeakable denizens and monstrous landscapes--dread Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, the Plateau of Leng, the Mountains of Madness--have earned him a permanent place in the history of the macabre. <br><br>In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition.<br><br> 792877 book 1969 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos: Volume 2 total:729|5:304|4:290|3:116|2:15|1:4| 729 3062 1032 28 0 3 false false Wed Jul 15 18:24:44 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 21:00:19 -0700 2009 The description above lists all of the 16 authors represented in this collection (editor Turner, Derleth's successor as editor-in-chief at Arkham House, was the "contributor" only of the short but adequate introduction), along with the titles and dates of the 22 roughly ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Mar 18 17:03:34 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 17:48:12 -0700 2009
It's Hard one to explain its sort of dark fantasy and Myths ranging of the Cthullhu Dream Cult
{exert from the short story "The Horror In Clay" by H.P.Lovecraft}

--The most merciful Thing in the...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 17:01:22 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 17:07:14 -0700 2009 Key stories are The Call of Cthulhu and Haunter of the Dark by HPL himself.]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 18 17:49:02 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 17:49:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 10 16:03:39 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 10:49:53 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:03:39 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Apr 11 16:25:25 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 16:28:02 -0700 2009
Still my favorite collection of Cthuloid tales.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 13:19:06 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 22 13:05:54 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 13:19:06 -0800 2009 My first HP Lovecraft read. Like the style, did not find it particularly 'scary', but very well written and enjoyed it.]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 09 22:20:17 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 22:25:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 07:49:37 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 07:52:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 08 07:19:19 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 12:50:33 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 07:19:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 10 09:25:07 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 10:44:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 18 19:27:12 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 21 10:36:18 -0800 2008
All in all, a good read. The last story, "Discovery of the the Ghooric...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 15:13:14 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 15:15:21 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 06 00:03:58 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 00:07:40 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 13:26:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 10:49:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 08 08:32:43 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 21:59:34 -0700 2007
I cannot think of a scarier premise that the dark sea gods of the ancient.

Too horrible to mention. Too horrible to witness.

The only drawback to this collection is the stories by other authors. Not all are up to par.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 18 09:52:53 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 08:38:39 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jun 26 08:03:59 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:37:52 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Feb 05 08:04:36 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 08:04:54 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jul 17 18:58:13 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 19:00:22 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=36320