The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (Penguin

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Horror)

Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro

Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toroâ€™s favorites, from Mary Shelleyâ€™s FrankensteinÂ and Ray Russellâ€™s short story â€œSardonicus,â€ considered by Stephen King to be â€œperhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written,â€ to Shirley Jacksonâ€™s The Haunting of Hill HouseÂ and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere.

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s.Â The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird StoriesÂ brings together a dozen of the master's talesâ€”from his early short stories "Under the Pyramids" (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and â€œThe Music of Erich Zannâ€ (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through his more fully developed works, â€œThe Dunwich Horror,â€ â€œThe Case of Charles Dexter Ward,â€ and â€œAt the Mountains of Madness.â€ The book presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Classics
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780143122326
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2013-10-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143122326

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Classics
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780143122326
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2013-10-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780143122326

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Horror)

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