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無名之城
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限定版《克蘇魯大宇宙》群星歸位紀念海報（55.8cm×41cm）
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「呼喚克蘇魯」無名之城專屬明信片
二十世紀最偉大的古典恐怖故事作家
史蒂芬．金、尼爾．蓋曼、喬治．馬丁、伊藤潤二創作的原點
二〇二〇年追頒雨果獎最佳系列作品
好奇心害不死貓，卻容易害死跟在貓身後的人。
短篇怪談選輯+克蘇魯神話故事，
引領讀者進入洛夫克拉夫特作品中，那些致命獵奇的好奇心故事。
「首度見到無名之城時，那些陰影曾嚇倒我。
在微光中，我挖開另一道裂隙，並帶著新火炬爬進裡頭，
找到更多意義不明的石塊與符號。。。」
無論是廣為人知的克蘇魯神話，或早期主題較為獨立的短篇故事，好奇心的致命要素都已滲透進故事脈絡。與大眾對他筆下異星妖魔的刻板印象不同的是，洛夫克拉夫特相當強調人物的理智心態。
《短篇怪談選輯+克蘇魯神話故事傑作選》，囊括了洛夫克拉夫特早期的短篇怪談，以及出自他生涯早期與晚期的克蘇魯神話故事，加上補充《夢尋祕境卡達斯》選集故事的《外神》，和洛夫克拉夫特與哈索．希爾德合著的《穿越萬古》。每篇故事的主角們都因為受到好奇心的驅策，使自己面臨無法挽回的局面。
在洛夫克拉夫特筆下，走火入魔般的好奇心，可能會比奈亞拉索特普或克蘇魯等邪神帶來更駭人的後果。如同《克蘇魯的呼喚》開頭所說：「世上最慈悲的事物，便是無法將所有事物聯想在一起的人心。」當人心做出了不該有的聯想，後果便不堪設想。這不只是克蘇魯神話作品的核心，也是洛夫克拉夫特的個人哲學。
限定版《克蘇魯大宇宙》群星歸位紀念海報（55.8cm×41cm）
+
「呼喚克蘇魯」無名之城專屬明信片
二十世紀最偉大的古典恐怖故事作家
史蒂芬．金、尼爾．蓋曼、喬治．馬丁、伊藤潤二創作的原點
二〇二〇年追頒雨果獎最佳系列作品
好奇心害不死貓，卻容易害死跟在貓身後的人。
短篇怪談選輯+克蘇魯神話故事，
引領讀者進入洛夫克拉夫特作品中，那些致命獵奇的好奇心故事。
「首度見到無名之城時，那些陰影曾嚇倒我。
在微光中，我挖開另一道裂隙，並帶著新火炬爬進裡頭，
找到更多意義不明的石塊與符號。。。」
無論是廣為人知的克蘇魯神話，或早期主題較為獨立的短篇故事，好奇心的致命要素都已滲透進故事脈絡。與大眾對他筆下異星妖魔的刻板印象不同的是，洛夫克拉夫特相當強調人物的理智心態。
《短篇怪談選輯+克蘇魯神話故事傑作選》，囊括了洛夫克拉夫特早期的短篇怪談，以及出自他生涯早期與晚期的克蘇魯神話故事，加上補充《夢尋祕境卡達斯》選集故事的《外神》，和洛夫克拉夫特與哈索．希爾德合著的《穿越萬古》。每篇故事的主角們都因為受到好奇心的驅策，使自己面臨無法挽回的局面。
在洛夫克拉夫特筆下，走火入魔般的好奇心，可能會比奈亞拉索特普或克蘇魯等邪神帶來更駭人的後果。如同《克蘇魯的呼喚》開頭所說：「世上最慈悲的事物，便是無法將所有事物聯想在一起的人心。」當人心做出了不該有的聯想，後果便不堪設想。這不只是克蘇魯神話作品的核心，也是洛夫克拉夫特的個人哲學。
339 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2021
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H.P. Lovecraft
6,440 books19.4k 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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February 12, 2022
The Nameless City And the Other Stories by H. P. Lovecraft, Chinese translation published in Taiwan. Last years there had been plenty of Lovecraft translations being published in Taiwan. As someone who had only been able to read most of Lovecraft's stuff through English in the last 10 years, all I can say is, maybe the stars have finally gone to the right positions for that to happen.
Frankly, I’d read most of the stories in this short stories collection in English before, but it’s still a delight to read them again in Chinese.
The Nameless City: it's a very short story and I like it, the atmosphere is nicely crafted!
The Other Gods: One of the little stories from the Dreams Cycle, it is pretty much the same 'curiosity kills the arrogant human' stuff. XD
The Temple: I had such a hard time reading through the English version of this story before, now I have an easier time, plus the story reminds me of the Netflix psychological horror movie The Lighthouse, which is about, well, two dudes trapped in a lighthouse in a thunderstorm and going crazy, pretty Lovecraftian. XD
Dagon: a sailor lost at sea, a mysterious island full of dead fishes, sea monsters crawling around, your usual Lovecraft's murmuring and murmuring of horror and madness.
The Shadow Out of Time: One of Lovecraft's best stories but I'd read both the English, the Japanese manga adaptation and the Chinese translation before, so won't comment too much on it.
Herbert West–Reanimator: Another story that I'd read before, but reading it for the first time in Chinese, I like how Lovecraft built up the suspense and the dread through his writing! No wonder it got adapted into a horror movie classic by Stuart Gordon! Plus I can totally see why the titled character Herbert West, with his blond hair, baby blue eyes and ageless face, can be rather attractive in some twisted and homoerotic way! XD
PS: this new version comes with a pretty black poster and a pretty black postcard as well!
Frankly, I’d read most of the stories in this short stories collection in English before, but it’s still a delight to read them again in Chinese.
The Nameless City: it's a very short story and I like it, the atmosphere is nicely crafted!
The Other Gods: One of the little stories from the Dreams Cycle, it is pretty much the same 'curiosity kills the arrogant human' stuff. XD
The Temple: I had such a hard time reading through the English version of this story before, now I have an easier time, plus the story reminds me of the Netflix psychological horror movie The Lighthouse, which is about, well, two dudes trapped in a lighthouse in a thunderstorm and going crazy, pretty Lovecraftian. XD
Dagon: a sailor lost at sea, a mysterious island full of dead fishes, sea monsters crawling around, your usual Lovecraft's murmuring and murmuring of horror and madness.
The Shadow Out of Time: One of Lovecraft's best stories but I'd read both the English, the Japanese manga adaptation and the Chinese translation before, so won't comment too much on it.
Herbert West–Reanimator: Another story that I'd read before, but reading it for the first time in Chinese, I like how Lovecraft built up the suspense and the dread through his writing! No wonder it got adapted into a horror movie classic by Stuart Gordon! Plus I can totally see why the titled character Herbert West, with his blond hair, baby blue eyes and ageless face, can be rather attractive in some twisted and homoerotic way! XD
PS: this new version comes with a pretty black poster and a pretty black postcard as well!
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