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El lazo de Medusa: Colaboraciones V
H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) es el autor de los saberes prohibidos y de los libros malditos; su lenguaje, barroco y obsesivo, es una sugerencia de la fascinación por el terror. Selección y prólogo de Alberto Santos. Versiones definitivas de los relatos del maestro del terror.
El lazo de Medusa.
El hombre de piedra.
Cosmos en colapso.
El lazo de Medusa.
El hombre de piedra.
Cosmos en colapso.
- GenresLovecraftian
85 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2004
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About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,124 books19.3k followersHoward Phillips Lovecraft, of Providence, Rhode Island, was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: life is incomprehensible to human minds and the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. Lovecraft has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christianity. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality.
Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades. He is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th Century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.
See also Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
— Wikipedia
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August 4, 2021
El relato es sumamente ameno e interesante. Donde el mayor horror está acechando desde el comienzo hasta un punto cúlmine... en el cual la revelación final no hizo más que sacarme una risa. Se sabe que eran otros tiempos, pero que el "horror" final se desprenda de que la villana, peor que ser un monstruo, ¡Tenía ascendencia negra! Me pudo sacar una carcajada.
Tiene buenas relaciones con los Mitos de todos modos, lo que lo vuelve imprescindible para aprender sobre el género.
Tiene buenas relaciones con los Mitos de todos modos, lo que lo vuelve imprescindible para aprender sobre el género.
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September 28, 2024
Dos cuentos de miedo bastante logrados ("El Lazo de Medusa", "El Hombre de Piedra") y un tercero que se suma casi como anécdota ("Cosmos en Colapso").
September 18, 2019
El lazo de medusa me resultó interesante, los otros dos cuentos de este tomo, uno extremadamente previsible y el otro choto por demás.
Es decir, como en los tomos anteriores, en esta colección de colaboraciones, los textos son muy desparejos.
Es decir, como en los tomos anteriores, en esta colección de colaboraciones, los textos son muy desparejos.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews