That is not dead that can eternal lie And with strange aeons even death may die Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last.
The Whisperer in Darkness brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Included in this volume are several early tales, along with the classics The Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror and At the Mountains of Madness.
Arm yourself with a copy of Abdul Alhazred's fabled Necronomican and prepare to face terrors beyond the wildest imaginings of all save H.P. Lovecraft.

生前抑鬱的洛夫克拉夫特，透過書寫恐怖故事來舒緩家族不幸與病痛纏身之苦。作為當代恐怖作品的重量級啟發者，洛夫克拉夫特引領讀者直面永恆陌生的恐怖。在他的克蘇魯神話宇宙中，古老統治者來自已知世界範疇之外，無法被理解、詮釋，人類是僅能遭受踐踏而無法出聲的卑微存在，獻祭自身成為古神的玩具，上演一連串身形變異（body horror）之苦旅。
《星之彩》或許是克蘇魯神話體系之中，最能描述無形宇宙恐怖的篇章――一枚神祕隕石從天而降，墜落在阿克罕近郊農村，幾天內便消失無蹤，科學家亦調查未果。不久，周遭農作物長成肥碩、苦澀、閃耀著陌生色澤之巨物，馬匹、家犬陸續失控暴走，也讓最靠近隕石墜落點的賈德納一家，遭遇前所未有的恐怖事件……
包含尼可拉斯．凱吉主演電影《星之彩》原著故事在內，收錄六篇洛夫克拉夫特經典短篇怪奇傑作。每一篇故事都提醒讀者：必須與未知之物劃清界線，因為它們會帶來灰暗恐怖的影響，甚至是比死更慘的厄運

NIGHTMARE STORIES FROM THE LAND OF TOTAL FEAR Renowned as one of the great horror-writers of all time, H. P. LOVECRAFT produced works of enduring power. Now gathered together into this omnibus volume are seven classics of screaming supernatural terror and vilest horror ...

This is the collection that true fans of horror fiction have been waiting for: sixteen of H.P. Lovecraft's most horrifying visions, including Lovecraft's masterpiece, THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME--the shocking revelation of the mysterious forces that hold all mankind in their fearsome grip.
"I think it is beyond doubt that H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the Twentieth Century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."
Stephen King

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.

This book contains more weirdly creepy and unnerving tales to unsettle any reader. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe.

It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies dancing hellish sarabands over an accursed marsh (...)'. H.P. Lovecraft was perhaps the greatest twentieth century practitioner of the horror story, introducing to the genre a new evil, monstrous, pervasive and unconquerable. At the heart of these three stories are terrors unthinkable and strange: a crash-landing meteorite, the wretched inhabitant of an ancient castle and a grave-robber's curse. This book includes "The Colour Out Of Space", "The Outsider" and "The Hound".

《克苏鲁神话I 克苏鲁的呼唤》收录洛夫克拉夫特名篇：《克苏鲁的呼唤》《大衮》《魔宴》《异乡人》《皮克曼的模特》《墙中之鼠》《敦威治恐怖事件》《印斯茅斯的阴霾》。
《克苏鲁神话I 克苏鲁的呼唤》小说往往以日记、报道、研究手记等半正式的形式，以谜题开始，拼贴出一个模糊却相当真实的怪奇世界：近亲通婚、诡异命案、小镇怪事、邪神召唤、异教崇拜、家族宿命……而迷案的源头，*终指向一种打破时间、空间、自然法则的伟力……
《克苏鲁神话I 克苏鲁的呼唤》超越时代的“宇宙主义”内核和其庞大的神灵世界，成为后世无数作品的精神内核和灵感源泉。从《魔兽世界》的大“Boss”克苏恩到《惊奇队长》中战斗力爆表的“噬元兽”；从斯蒂芬•金弥漫着压抑和无助的小说《迷雾》到人类用科技和献祭取悦神祇的《林中小屋》，宇宙中强大的存在、脆弱的人类、未知的恐惧……“克苏鲁神话”影响西方恐怖想象已逾百年！

<i>The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft</i> collects the author's novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are <i>The Case of Charles Dexter Ward</i>, "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," "The Color Out of Space," "The Dunwich Horror," and many more hair-raising tales.

WIKIPEDIA says: 'H.P. Lovecraft's reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century, exerting an influence that is widespread, though often indirect.' His tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s. These astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published.

THE NECRONOMICON collects together the very best of Lovecraft's tales of terror, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were originally published. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft's fiction, as well as being a must-buy for those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive volume.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft has been hailed by literary critics as the inventor of modern horror, and a cultivating force behind such modern writers as Robert Bloch, Wes Craven and Stephen King, just to name a few. "The Dunwich Horror" and "The Call of Cthulhu," perhaps two of his most well-known tales, are narrated for the first time, by Wayne June, bringing to life the horrors from the mind of the Master himself, in the way that only he can. An 1 disc MP3 CD edition.

O chamado de Cthulhu reúne desde as primeiras produções de Lovecraft, como Dagon até obras escritas logo antes de sua morte, como O assombro das trevas. Traz ainda o clássico O chamado de Cthulhu e A música de Erich Zann. O volume é um passeio pelo universo de um dos mestres do horror.

A cor que caiu do espaço (1927) marca o primeiro passo decisivo de Lovecraft em direção ao horror cósmico inspirado pela ficção científica. Na história, um vilarejo a oeste de Arkham vê-se ameaçado quando um meteoro cai na propriedade de um fazendeiro local e traz consigo uma estranha aberração cromática que afeta a flora e a fauna da região --- e cria o cinzento e estéril “descampado maldito” onde nada cresce. O volume traz ainda em apêndice os textos “Notas sobre uma não entidade” (1933), o mais longo relato autobiográfico escrito por Lovecraft, “A confissão de um cético” (1922), breve ensaio em que o autor traça a evolução dos próprios interesses religiosos, científicos e filosóficos ao longo da vida, e “Notas sobre ficção interplanetária” (1934), artigo em que defende as possibilidades artísticas da ficção científica e ataca os clichês deste gênero.

Por trás do mundo visível há labirintos tenebrosos que escondem horrores desconhecidos. Feitiçarias antigas e rituais dos mais sinistros se misturam num caldeirão que exala o odor pútrido do mal. Esse é o universo de H. P. Lovecraft. Conhecido como o inventor da moderna tradição da literatura de horror, o autor imprimiu sua marca no gênero nas primeiras décadas do século XX, deixando de lado fantasmas e bruxas e imaginando a humanidade se curvando a um universo caótico e sombrio. Desenvolvendo uma mitologia própria, criou histórias nas quais a realidade e o pesadelo são separados por um fio tênue. Este volume reúne “O horror em Red Hook”, “Ele” e “A tumba” – um de seus contos mais famosos –, relatos nos quais a experiência do medo está próxima de uma fascinação temerosa.

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine . It is often considered the first Cthulhu Mythos story.

The Nameless City of the story's title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and is older than any human civilization.

《克苏鲁神话》是20世纪伟大且具影响力的恐怖小说体系，作者是H.P·洛夫克拉夫特——或者“爱手艺”。
假设你的脚边有一只蚂蚁在爬，你不会在意有没有踩死它，因为它太渺小了，是死还是活，对你来说没有分毫影响。在“克苏鲁神话”中描述的远古邪神的眼中，人类就是那只蚂蚁。
洛夫克拉夫特所倡导的“宇宙主义”，即人类远非世界的主宰者，在尚未探索的未知宇宙中，隐藏着超乎想象、不可名状的恐怖真相，只是见上一眼就能让人陷入疯狂或者死亡。正如作者本人所述：“人类最古老、最强烈的情感是恐惧；而最古老、最强烈的恐惧，是对未知的恐惧”。
《克苏鲁神话》
收录了“克苏鲁神话”中具代表性的10部中短篇小说，包括《克苏鲁的呼唤》《大衮》《黑暗中的低语》《敦威治恐怖事件》等。
《克苏鲁神话 II》
收录了“克苏鲁神话”中口碑好、呼声高的4部经典中短篇小说，包括《疯狂山脉》《印斯茅斯小镇的阴霾》《墙中之鼠》《超越时间之影》。
《克苏鲁神话 III》
收录了《皮克曼的模特》《潜伏的恐惧》《土丘》等8篇中短篇故事。
“待在疯狂山脉背风的阴影之中，你必须管好自己的想象力。”
繁星已经抵达特定的位置，旧日支配者即将重现人间。 作者
H.P.洛夫克拉夫特
Howard Philips Lovecraft
1890—1937
1890年出生于普罗维登斯安格尔街194号。
3岁时父亲因精神崩溃被送进医院，五年后去世。
14岁时祖父去世，家道中落，他一度打算自杀。
18岁时深受精神崩溃的折磨，未及毕业便退学。
29岁时母亲也精神失常，两年后死于手术。
34岁时结婚，但婚后生活并不幸福。妻子的帽子商店破产，身体健康恶化。他因此陷入痛苦与孤独，五年后离婚。

“H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”—Stephen King

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”—H.P. Lovecraft

This is the collection that true fans of horror fiction must have: sixteen of H.P. Lovecraft’s most horrifying visions, including:

The Call of Cthulu: The first story in the infamous Cthulhu mythos—a creature spawned in the stars brings a menace of unimaginable evil to threaten all mankind.

The Dunwich Horror: An evil man’s desire to perform an unspeakable ritual leads him in search of the fabled text of The Necronomicon.

The Colour Out of Space: A horror from the skies—far worse than any nuclear fallout—transforms a man into a monster.

The Shadow Over Innsmouth: Rising from the depths of the sea, an unspeakable horror engulfs a quiet New England town.

Plus twelve more terrifying tales!

★克蘇魯神話是在上世紀20年代開始，以洛夫克拉夫特一系列作品為開端，經由洛夫克拉夫特的友人加以整理後成為一個重要的恐怖小說創作世界觀。
其中的創作核心「無以名狀的恐怖」、「未知的恐懼」、「來自外太空的邪神」等等，成為日後恐怖創作的重要靈感來源，散見於東西方各種電影、小說、遊戲、漫畫。
不管是西方的尼爾‧蓋曼、史蒂芬‧金，或是東方的小林泰三，全都受其影響，而有許多以此世界觀創作的精彩作品。
★20世紀的洛夫克拉夫特作品，在現代已經較難符合當代讀者的閱讀習慣。
田邊剛的改編為讀者帶來了理解洛夫克拉夫特作品的全新角度。
他以電影手法寫實改編洛夫克拉夫特重要代表作，媲美好萊塢億萬製作的紙上電影。
★手塚治蟲文化獎、艾斯納獎、安古蘭國際漫畫節等等，日美法權威漫畫獎項肯定，
第一位獲得世界級好評的改編洛夫克拉夫特作品的日本漫畫家！

When he died in 1937, destitute and emotionally and physically ruined, H. P. Lovecraft had no idea that he would come to be regarded as the godfather of the modern horror genre, nor that his work would influence an entire generation of writers, including Stephen King and Anne Rice. Now, at last, the most important tales of this distinctive American genius are gathered in one volume by National Book Award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates, whose perceptive and penetrating introduction explains how Lovecraft's singular talents fused the supernatural and the mundane into a frightening, complex, exquisitely realized vision. Finally, after decades of neglect, H. P. Lovecraft's extraordinary work will enjoy the recognition it deserves.