Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos
图书信息
书名：Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos作者：Robert M. Price,罗伯特·M·普赖斯
包装：Pap
页数：400页
出版社：Random House
出版时间：2002-10
图书简介
Inaworldwherehorrorfictionisagenreinitsownright,fewauthorshaveleftamarkasindelibleasH.P.Lovecraft.Histalesofcosmichorror,eldergods,andtwistedmonstrositieshavebecomeiconicelementsofhorrorculturethatcontinuetoinspirenewtalesofterrortothisday.However,whatmanyhorrorfansmaynotknowisthatLovecraft'sworkwasnotdoneinisolation.Indeed,hehadacircleofgiftedwriterswhowereinspiredbyhisdarkvisionandaddedtheirownsinisterelementstoit.
Thisbook,TalesoftheLovecraftMythos,isacollectionofsomeofthemostfamousoriginalstoriesfromthepulperaofhorrorfiction.FeaturingwriterssuchasRobertBlochandClarkAshtonSmith,thiscollectionshowcaseshowLovecraft'sinfluencespreadthroughoutthegenreandhowhehelpedtodefinethetenetsofmoderncosmichorror.FromthehauntingatmosphereofBloch's“TheShamblerFromTheStars“totheunearthlymachinationsofSmith's“TheDoubleShadow,“TalesoftheLovecraftMythosisamust-readforanyonewholoveshorrorfictionorwantstoimmersethemselvesinoneofthemostinfluentialliterarymovementsofthe20thcentury.
Whileit'struethatsomeofthesestoriesareover80yearsoldandmaynothavethesamevisceralimpactasmodernhorrorfiction,theirplaceinthecanonofhorrorliteratureisundisputed.Indeed,theirabilitytocreateanatmosphereofcreepinghorrorandexistentialdreadisatestamenttotheirlastingpower.Moreover,TalesoftheLovecraftMythosoffersreadersthechancetodelvedeeperintotheworldofcosmichorroranddiscoversomeoftheunsungheroesofthegenre.Forthatreason,Iwholeheartedlyrecommendthisbooktoanyhorrorfanwhowantstoexplorethedarkcornersofthehumanpsycheandtheuniversebeyond.
推荐理由
Assomeonewholoveshorrorfiction,Ican'trecommendTalesoftheLovecraftMythoshighlyenough.Thisbookisatreasuretroveofclassichorrorstoriesthatshowcasesomeofthebestwritersofthepulpera.Theirabilitytoevokeasenseofcosmichorrorandexistentialdreadistrulymasterful,andtheylaidthegroundworkforsomeofthemosticonichorrorstoriesofthe20thcentury.Whetheryou'reaLovecraftfanorjustsomeonewholovesagoodscare,TalesoftheLovecraftMythosisanessentialreadthatwillkeepyouupatnightandhauntyourdreamslongafteryou'vefinishedit.