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"There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street." -- H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips "H. P." Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 — March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.

Lovecraft's guiding literary principle was what he termed "cosmicism" or "cosmic horror", the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. As early as the 1940s, Lovecraft's work had developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fiction featuring a pantheon of humanity-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Christian humanism. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality and the abyss.

Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades, and he is now regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. According to Joyce Carol Oates, Lovecraft ... as with Edgar Allan Poe in the 19th century ... has exerted "an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction". Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."

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Total Books: 449
Intgrale Lovecratf tome 4 Le cycle de providence
2022 - Intgrale Lovecratf Tome 4 Le Cycle De Providence (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782354089962
ISBN-10: 2354089961
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Fungi from Yuggoth An Annotated Edition
2022 - Fungi From Yuggoth an Annotated Edition (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780972164474
ISBN-10: 0972164472
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Call of Cthulhu and Dagon A Graphic Novel
2021 - The Call of Cthulhu and Dagon a Graphic Novel [Graphic Classics] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781645177074
ISBN-10: 1645177076
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Teen & Young Adult, Comics & Graphic Novels
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The Whisperer In Darkness
2020 - The Whisperer in Darkness (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9798689334486
ISBN-10: N/A
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Complete Fiction of H P Lovecraft
The Randolph Carter Tales
2020 - The Randolph Carter Tales [Arcturus Classics, 138] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781838575601
ISBN-10: 183857560X
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The Complete Tales of HP Lovecraft
2019 - The Complete Tales of Hp Lovecraft [Timeless Classics, 3] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781631066467
ISBN-10: 1631066463
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Call of Cthulhu
2019 - The Call of Cthulhu (Paperback)Paperback, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781090678324
ISBN-10: 1090678320
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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At the Mountains of Madness
2018 - At the Mountains of Madness (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781728941776
ISBN-10: 1728941776
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Letters to Maurice W Moe and Others
2018 - Letters to Maurice W Moe and Others (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781614982180
ISBN-10: 161498218X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountains of Madness Two Tales of the Mythos
Necronomicon
2018 - Necronomicon [Chinese Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9787569923322
ISBN-10: 7569923324
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H P Lovecraft Short Stories
2018 - H P Lovecraft Short Stories (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781788285407
ISBN-10: 1788285409
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Horror
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Horror Short Stories
2018 - Horror Short Stories (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781788284066
ISBN-10: 1788284062
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Dark Tales The Call of Cthulhu A Graphic Novel
The Lovecraft Compendium
2018 - The Lovecraft Compendium [Arcturus Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781788282468
ISBN-10: 1788282469
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Cthulhu Mythos II
2018 - Cthulhu Mythos II [Chinese Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9787533951115
ISBN-10: 7533951115
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H P Lovecraft Tales of Horror
2017 - H P Lovecraft Tales of Horror [Leather-bound Classics] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781607109327
ISBN-10: 1607109328
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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H P Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos Tales
2017 - H P Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos Tales [Word Cloud Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781684121335
ISBN-10: 1684121337
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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The Colour Out of Space
2017 - The Colour Out of Space (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781976467097
ISBN-10: 1976467098
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Pulp Adventures 26
2017 - Pulp Adventures 26 [Volume 26] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781976360855
ISBN-10: 1976360854
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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2017 - Collected Fiction Volume 4 a Variorum Edition [Revisions and Collaborations] (Paperback)
2017 - Pulp Adventures 24 [Volume 24] (Paperback)
2017 - The Classic Horror Stories [Oxford World's Classics] (Paperback)
2016 - The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories [Penguin Orange Collection] (Paperback)
2016 - The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales [Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection] (Hardcover)
2015 - En Las Montanas De La Locura [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
2015 - The Best of Amazing Stories the 1927 Anthology [Amazing Stories Classics] (Paperback)
2014 - Graphic Classics Volume 25 Canine/feline Classics [Graphic Classics Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
2013 - Hypnos (Paperback)
2012 - El Miedo Que Acecha [cultos blasfemos, entidades abominables... - El Club Diógenes - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2012 - Graphic Classics Volume 23 Halloween Classics [Graphic Classics Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
2012 - Alchemist the Nameless City [Classic Horror] (Audio CD)
2011 - Horror Out of Arkham [Lovecraft Library, Vol 1] (Hardcover)
2011 - Hp Lovecraft the Complete Fiction [Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics] (Other)
2011 - The Diary of Alonzo Typer [Fantasy and Horror Classics] (Paperback)
2011 - The Thing on the Doorstep [Fantasy and Horror Classics] (Paperback)
2011 - The Lovecraft Anthology V 1 [Eye Classics] (Paperback)
2011 - Colour Out of Space [Penguin Mini Modern Classics] (Paperback)
2010 - Man of Night Ten Tales Not to Read in the Dark [Living Time World Fiction] (Paperback)
2010 - El Color Surgido Del Espacio Dagon La Sombra De Istmouth / the Color Out of Space Dago the Shadow Over Istmouth [Cl sicos De Ciencia Ficccion / Science Ficccion Classics - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2010 - Cthulhu (Paperback)
2010 - El Necronomicon / the Necronomicon [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2009 - Dagon [French Edition] (Paperback)
2008 - Herbert West Reanimator [Dodo Press] (Paperback)
2008 - H Plovecraft the Fiction [Library of Essential Writers] (Hardcover)
2008 - El Necronomicon/ the Necronomicon [Eclipse - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2008 - Fantasy Classics [Graphic Classics, Bk 15] (Paperback)
2008 - H P Lovecraft Antologia/ Anthology [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2007 - Creature From the Depths [Graphic Horror] (Other)
2007 - Graphic Classics Volume 4 H P Lovecraft 2nd Edition [Graphic Classics Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
2005 - El Caso De Charles Dexter Ward / the Case of Charles Dexter Ward [El Libro De Bolsillo - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2005 - El Clerigo Malvado Y Otros Relatos [El Libro De Bolsillo - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2005 - Viajes Al Otro Mundo / Travel to Another World [Ciclo De Aventuras Oniricas De Randolph Carter - El Libro De Bolsillo - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2005 - Dagon Y Otros Cuentos Macabros/ Dragon Ans Other Macabre Stories [Biblioteca Tematica De Fantasia Y Terror] (Paperback)
2005 - El Horror En La Literatura / Horror in Literature [El Libro De Bolsillo - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2005 - Relatos De Terror [Infantil E Xuvenil] (Paperback)
2005 - Relatos Fantasticos [Infantil E Xuvenil] (Paperback)
2005 - H P Lovecraft Tales [Library of America] (Hardcover)
 
2005 - Desde El Horror/ From Horror [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2004 - Polaris [Lovecraft - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2004 - Mitos De Cthulhu I Dagon [Biblioteca H.P. Lovecraft] (Paperback)
2002 - El Horror De Lo Sobrenatural [Biblioteca Lovecraft - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2002 - Mas Alla De Los Eones Y Otros Escritos [Biblioteca Lovecraft - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2001 - El Que Acecha En La Oscuridad / the Haunter in the Dark [Biblioteca Lovecraft - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2001 - El Que Susurra En La Oscuridad [Biblioteca H.P. Lovecraft VII] (Paperback)
1999 - Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories [Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics] (Hardcover)Paperback
1998 - Selected Letters 19291931 [Selected Letters, 1929-1931] (Hardcover)
1996 - A Subtler Magick the Writings and Philosophy of H P Lovecraft [Milford Series. Popular Writers of Today, V. 62] (Hardcover)Paperback
1976 - Selected Letters 19341937 [Selected Letters] (Hardcover)
1970 - Lurking Fear and Other Stories [Panther horror] (Paperback)
Something About Cats and Other Pieces [Essay Index Reprint Series] (Hardcover)
Hp Lovecraft [Graphic Classics] (Other)
Call of Cthulhu [Tales of Fear & the Unknown] (Audio Cassette)
L'horreur De Dunwich [French Edition] (Paperback)
Oeuvres [French Edition] (Paperback)
Marque De Cthulhu [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
Los Mitos De Cthulhu [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Horror De Dunwich El [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Relatos De Terror I La Tumba [Lovecraft - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
La Ultima Prueba/elarbol En La Colina [Colaboraciones - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Horror En El Museo/muerte Alada/el VIejo Bugs [Colaboraciones - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
El Abismo En El Tiempo [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Grandes Contos [Em Portuguese do Brasil] (Hardcover)
Contos Volume 2 [Em Portugues do Brasil] (Hardcover)
La Ciudad Sin Nombre / the Nameless City [Ediciones Varias - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Cuentos Clasificados X [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)