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“It's Lovecraft... How can it be bad?”
Jon-Paul d wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Was actually looking forward to reading this as it is a bit of a cult classic among many computer geeks (see userfriendly.org to see a comic representation of cthulhu and other old-ones). In all honesty, I found the book rather boring, and overly wordy in many places. Lovecraft does have a way with words and an impressive vocabulary, making for some great quotes, but there still wasn't enough there to keep my attention. If the story had not been so short, I probably would not have finished it, though.”
TuxGirl wrote this review Tuesday, October 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“intellectual horror. oftentimes difficult to read, but very creative. evokes images beyond ordinary imagination. ahead of its time.”
ben s wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Towering monsters have long since lost their ability to scare. Cthulhu, Lovecraft's "Godzilla," is as terrifying now as he was when he hit the reader's eyes for the first time in the 1930's.
Richard M wrote this review Friday, August 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
In spite of Cthulhu's whimsical appearance, the prose of Lovecraft makes him every bit of the dreaded Old One he's supposed to be. The terror of the slumbering extraterrestrial god still finds it's way into your spinal column nearly a century after it was first penned. A must read, at least for the sake of having a cultural reference point.”
“I love H. P. Lovecraft. If you like weird scifi/horror/fantasy you will love Lovecraft. His stories have range and depth that is hard to find in modern writing”
Serenity Marie wrote this review Saturday, June 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It made my tiny, teenaged, gothic brain do a flip. I'd love to read it as an adult. Unfortunately I loaned it to a friend and never got it back...”
Yoko Oh No wrote this review Thursday, April 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very strange bizarre stories, quite difficult writer to read and understand, very original stuff, some stories enjoyable.”
William T wrote this review Thursday, April 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
2 of 2 members found this review helpful“The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories is one of the most aptly named books I've ever read. It is a compendium of many of Lovecraft's short stories, including the cult classic, The Call of Cthulhu. Reading these stories, I was astounded by how creative, original, and frankly terrifying many of these stories are. The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories helped me understand why Lovecraft is renowned as one of the most influential horror writers of all time, and to be honest I think he puts Steven King to shame.
Dan Pease wrote this review Sunday, February 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
While I certainly enjoyed most of the stories, I liked one of them more than most of the others. The Outsider is a short story about a being who lives in some sort of subterranean castle, never seeing or speaking to anyone. The Outsider does have access to books, and learns about human society. Eventually, the Outsider becomes obsessed with the idea of finding company, and resolves to escape his castle see the sky. I won't ruin the ending, but suffice it to say that it is an incredible twist that literally shocked me, although in retrospect perhaps I should've seen it coming.
While I am undoubtedly a huge fan of Lovecraft, I feel compelled to warn any prospective readers that these stories can be a bit dry, and can be tough to get through. Also, the footnotes are informative and useful, but I learned the hard way that they often contain spoilers. Those things aside, I highly recommend this book. The stories are compelling and the writing brilliant. There's something for everyone in this book.”“Love the stories and artwork in this edition.”
Fahad A wrote this review Monday, February 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wisdom is of differing kinds and of differing notions and is measured by the depth of thought into these notions and the extent of its reaches. Lovecraft was the wise-man of fantastical horror. A genre which he fathered and cultivated to the level of becoming its class icon.
randomnomenclature wrote this review Sunday, May 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
His Cthulhu mythos relates to the human inability to gauge the murkiness of his universe and the thankful gratitude of this gift; as the knowledge of the forbidden and of the unknown spells certain doom. Not only is the perception of outer dark dangerous, even the curiosity for its knowledge is lethal to one's sanity as the observer is rendered incapacitate by the extreme fringes of the unknown his quests lead him to....
Any victory against the forces of darkness in Cthulhu mythos are thus either temporary, of minor importance or against minor agents of these vile foes. Humans at best are the explorers of unknown and sane enough not to go beyond the borders of reason to reach the ultimate fate destined for the overcurious one's.”
