Vigorous and contemplative in turn, in all of these stories we sense the oaths of Dagon, glimpse the tell-tale signs of the Innsmouth taint, and hear in their cadences that faint sea-born music from cyclopean Y'ha-nthlei, the many-columned city beneath the waves. Nine successor tales (as well as three poems) bring the themes into the present, including the specter of nuclear weapons, a Freedom of Information Act search probing the government cover-up of Innsmouth, and much more. Three are precursors, including Dunsany and Chambers but also the comparatively little known "Fishhead" from Irvin S. Twelve more stories stories round out this collection. Energized by powerful sexual and racial themes, Innsmouth and the heritage of the deep ones remains HPL's single most influential concept.
New readers squirm in encountering Lovecraft's horrifying vision, then return to revel in the tale's grim wit and careful invention. It so finely mixes the carnal and the metaphysical that writers continue to take inspiration from it.
Product Description:The decadent, smugly rotting, secret-filled town of Innsmouth is a supreme creation of Howard Philips Lovecraft. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. The condition of the item you will receive is VG+. Chaosium Call of Cthulhu Books/Novels (Chaosium) Innsmouth Cycle, The (VG+)Manufacturer: ChaosiumProduct Line: Call of Cthulhu Books/Novels (Chaosium)Type: Novel - SoftcoverCode: CHA6017Copyright Date: 1998Page Count: 232Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Novel - Softcover. Cobb that inspired Lovecraft's "The Shadow over Innsmouth." This collection is planned as the first of a pair, the second half of which will be Tales of Innsmouth, containing (according to Price) all new works of "fishy fiction."Ī fun detail: this book is "respectfully dedicated to Ben Chapman, the Creature from the Black Lagoon." -Fiona Webster example of Lovecraft's full-blown alien civilizations." The Innsmouth Cycle includes 13 stories and 3 poems, including the three tales by Lord Dunsany, Robert W. Price calls Innsmouth "the most effective, most evocative. In his erudite and witty introduction, Robert M. Lovecraft's Innsmouth-that decadent, smugly rotting New England town where half-human creatures with forbidding batrachian faces follow the arcane practices of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Schwader are the coda for this fine collection of tales about H.P. My journey to your depths begins tonight / To serve immortal till the stars turn right." " Iä! Y'ha-nthlei! City of our blood / Where ancient kinfolk call for my return / To long-drowned altars where strange votives burn / For Him who dreaming waits beneath the flood.
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