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Os Melhores Contos de H.P. Lovecraft #3
Os Melhores Contos de H.P. Lovecraft - Volume 3
Finalmente o terceiro volume de uma colecção digna da obra de Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Com organização e tradução do professor José Manuel Lopes da Universidade Lusófona e de Sérgio Gonçalves, Os Melhores Contos de Howard Phillips Lovecraft - 3º Volume trazem até junto do público contos que fazem parte da própria História da literatura fantástica do século XX. Obra feita com um intenso amor pelo legado de Lovecraft, todo o design da capa e interior procura recuperar o imaginário barroco e gótico dos contos do autor.
Este volume integra os seguintes contos:
Nas Montanhas da Loucura
Ele
O Intruso
O Galgo
A Nau Branca
Para Lá das Fronteiras do Sono
O Velho Terrível
A Estranha Casa no Alto da Bruma
A Casa Maldita
O Inominável
A Busca de Iranon
Os Gatos de Ulthar
Sob as Pirâmides
Do Além
As Cidades Sem Nome
Este volume integra os seguintes contos:
Nas Montanhas da Loucura
Ele
O Intruso
O Galgo
A Nau Branca
Para Lá das Fronteiras do Sono
O Velho Terrível
A Estranha Casa no Alto da Bruma
A Casa Maldita
O Inominável
A Busca de Iranon
Os Gatos de Ulthar
Sob as Pirâmides
Do Além
As Cidades Sem Nome
287 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2008
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About the author
H.P. Lovecraft
6,205 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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October 22, 2025
(foi a minha primeira vez a ler h. p. lovecraft)
- reparei que frequentemente o autor repete informação com o intuito decriar mais suspense e medo mas, pessoalmente, só acabou por me frustrar e aborrecer
- dos 15 contos eu diria que gostei de um terço, outro foi mais ou menos, e o outro demasiado enchido a chouriços (ou a, supostamente, "suspense")
- bonus points pelo quão detalhado e preciso foi com os factos usados, sobretudo nos geológicos (fiquei VERY impressed)
overall é um fun read para a spooky season e gostaria de ler mais um ou outro conto dele :)
* overall rating dos contos: solid 3 *
- reparei que frequentemente o autor repete informação com o intuito decriar mais suspense e medo mas, pessoalmente, só acabou por me frustrar e aborrecer
- dos 15 contos eu diria que gostei de um terço, outro foi mais ou menos, e o outro demasiado enchido a chouriços (ou a, supostamente, "suspense")
- bonus points pelo quão detalhado e preciso foi com os factos usados, sobretudo nos geológicos (fiquei VERY impressed)
overall é um fun read para a spooky season e gostaria de ler mais um ou outro conto dele :)
* overall rating dos contos: solid 3 *
May 26, 2021
Até agora, a coleção mais fraca de contos
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