[Book Review] The Complete Fiction Of H.P. Lovecraft
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2017
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I got the Necronomicon edition. I gotta say, when reading it in public people think you're actually reading the *real* Necronomicon from the spooky cover.
Nice pic! I'm a big Hellsing fan.
Yeahh I know! I got it too and when reading it on the subway everyone began staring at me like if I were some kind of satanist or something hahah.
@@Schatten2712 😂😂😂😂👍
heavens!, isn't it a bit of a hefty tome to be carrying around with you when you go out?! my necronomicon never goes any further than my back garden. you've got my kind of sence of humour, though. i t can be fun to do things that shock people & see thei'r startled faces!
Try reading it in a conservative red city.
A Best Of volume of Lovecraft is useful if you're a book collector. I have several Arkham House collections of Lovecraft's work. When I need a Lovecraft fix, I read from the inexpensive Lovecraft anthology I bought. This saves wear and tear on the volumes I value for sentimental reasons.
I've only read two of Lovecraft's stories but I'm a huge fan of his. I just ordered the Barnes and Noble version and I'm so excited to finally be able to read Lovecraft's work. Thank you so much for making this video, your channel as a whole has helped me many times when it came to deciding which book to get, which story to start with, his biographies, etc.
I love your channel and I hope you keep up the excellent work your doing!
That's really great to hear. Lately I have been working like a North Korean sweatshop labourer and have been lazy. I need to upload more often... : (
OMG I love you and your videos!! Thanks for everything!
good review man! keep it up :))
Thank you. Just the video I was looking for!
Glad I could help!
Very educational, thanks a lot! I already have the Barnes and Noble complete fiction, as well as the Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales (not really necessary, but both books are just beyond beautiful...). I might just by some books by other authors, such as The King in Yellow and Shadows of Carcosa...
Enjoyed your video as usual and was quite surprised when I saw, that you were looking at books with prices in Swiss Francs! I've watched most of your videos, but you living over here must have slipped past me. Cheers
Great review. I pretend to buy Barnes and Noble version but, I got Knickerbocker Classics on sale so, it was basically for free. It is worth it.
Just ordered the knickerbocker book online, thanks for your help
The black cover with gold inscription is by far the best looking one imo. The others look terrible, the edgy Cthulu isn't very good in terms of detail, I mean the detail is there but I'm not a fan of that art style... and the "complete edition" has a bunch of flashy stuff that just doesn't suit Lovecraft at all. Anyway, book cover roast concluded, lol. Nice review, cheers.
Ahh, i see you are a man of culture as well (in reference to Austin Powers cuts)
My God man...am I glad that I found your channel. I was so confused about what to buy and this helped me decide. The BnN version is so good! The intros help a lot. And I'm through some of the stories. Seriously loving the writing style! Weird right? People often complain about it but I love the way the words give you just enough for your brain to piece it together. Thank you so much.
PS. "Cool Air" is such a crazy one.
This was very instructive indeed... Too bad I saw after making my purchase. I have the Knickerbocker edition so I don't feel cheated at all, and I'm glad you highlighted Barnes & Noble. I was going to get either one of those but I liked the protective box of the Knickerbocker version
I appreciate the Black Books reference. :) Personally, I have the Knickerbocker Classics edition of the 'complete' works.
I was wondering if anyone would notice ; )
It was a rather entertaining series.
Lovecrafty lîterature is my reшârd for my lôyalty to Lovecrafty lîterature∴
Yep i have the Knickerbocker one as well
I just bought the knickerbocker edition and am very pleased with it. Thanks for the suggestion
No problem. Enjoy!
The Knickerbocker collection does have something which Barnes & Noble lacks, the collaborative work with Hoffmann Price "Through the Gates of the Silver Key"; which deals with the aftermath of Randolph Carter's disappearance.
At least according to my addition, that specific story is in fact in the collection
I own the Barnes and Noble copy, the VG Necronomicon, and the VG Eldritch Tales books. Also worth having is the hardback Complete Annotated H.P. Lovecraft by Klinger which has great complementary notes and commentary.
Thanks for the review! I just purchased The Complete Fiction version from Barnes and Noble. I feel satisfied with my purchase after watching this review.
Does it include the poems?
Woah thanks mate, I stumbled uppon your channel a few days ago and was just thinking I wanted to buy some sort of Lovecraft complete edition. Thanks a lot for this review.
Cheers
That's what this channel is here for!
The Wordsworth Edition is very good. 4 books in total but they are nicely edited, pleasant to the eyes when read, and they make an excellent collection, if you are a book collector like me :P
I have both the knickerbocker and B&N versions. The knickerbocker is bound in cloth very nice...
I own the Knickerbocker Classics edition along with HP Lovecraft Against the World, Against Life. And a novellised version of the fan made Necronomicon but I've been meaning to expand on my collection
Thanks for the help
Dude... This is the most South African book review... Please never change.
I only know how to be me : )
The Necronomicon has an extensive bibliography at the end
Yeees and its great
ive got the Necronomicon. i think its an excelent book, & a nice idea to bring Lovecraft's imaginary grimoure to life as a book of his stories. theres a nice biography about the author at the end of the book.
The first release/edition from Barnes&Nobel has a typ-o on EACH page. So make sure you buy the latest edition.
The barnes and noble is one of the nicest looking books i own or have seen . Do they all wear out like that? I just got my copy. Also have the knickerbocker set which i reccomend
I have the 3 penguin classics story collections. I can't compare it to the other ones, but I'm quite happy with them. They seem to have most of his stories, it was inexpensive, and the extensive notes from S.T. Joshi are fun.
Finally I'm glad I found a book review of English H・P ・Lovecraft . It is a very good channel.
I try my best sir!
Awesome video man. I just bought the knickerbacker classic collection.
Good! Are you the guy from /lit/ who was asking for recommendations by the way?
No, that wasn't me lol.
lolmao
I have the Barnes & Noble edition and the Eldritch Tales Miscellany. Actually rather happy with my purchases, since my fancy alternates wildly between tales and poetry and together they provide as much.
Can you do a comparison between the evil dead necronomicon and lovecrafts version
The Electric Executioner was amazing!
wonderful.
Hey Arkham I was wondering if you could do a video on the dark adventure radio theater series that is available on the hp lovecraft historical society site. Also did lovecraft keep a dream journal? Love your videos man keep em coming
Lol, coincidence much? I know about that series and bought a few of them, just the MP3 mind you, not with the props. I was planning to do a review of them sooner or later. Since you asked I will shift my priority to making that video next.
He didn't keep a journal specifically for dreams. He kept a commonplace book (check my channel for the video about that). In it he included dreams he had.
I just bought one called H.P. Lovecraft Great tales of horror and it’s really good. It’s at Barnes and noble
4:35 "I personally think this is the ugliest-looking book of the three". That's kind of what I like about it. It's a big black book that bears the title "Necronomicon" with a golden Cthulhu etched on it. Almost gives it a flavor of authenticity. If I pick up a book with NECRONOMICON on the title, I want it to be black and plain, not pretty and detailed. But hey, to each his own. But I agree it's a shame they left out some of his other works including some of the other Cthulhu mythos stories he did. If they did it right, they should have at least made Necronomicon include all the mythos stories and then have Eldritch Tales his non-mythos stories if they really wanted to do 2 books. Otherwise the annotated collection looks intriguing, perhaps I'll give that purchase should I come into some extra cash. Thanks for the tip, nice channel, dude.
Goodpooints
@@turtleanton6539 Thank you...
the necronomicon isn't ugly in my opinion. it looks like you'd expect the necronomicon to look, all dark & sinister !. if it had a lot of detail, or coloured pictures on the cover it wouldn't look authentic!
@@ayounglivelysoulinanoldtir3512 Exactly.
My sister bought me the Necronomicon one for christmas years ago. Im happy with it although it is missing alot.
Just pick up that other book then, it's worth it!
@@ArkhamReporter yeah thanks. I was unaware there was a companion piece untill I watched your video. As soon as soon as I seen it I made up my mind that I will buy it at some point. Thanks for the good content. I look forward to more from you. I found your channel on bitchute too which is awsome because I spend more time on there than on youtube.
very good review
Thanks!
The B&N hardcover has typos, the the later silver edged edition havjng fewer typos. The Chartwell edition has fewer again.
Between the three books, which one (if you remember) do you think has the best 'feel' to it (e.g. paper and cover quality)? I found the Necronomicon edition at a Waterstones in England last weekend and it had really nice quality pages, and has a leatherbound cover. After your review though, I'm in doubt about whether I should buy this or one of the other versions (since books with that many pages often have very thin and flimsy pages).
I do remember. The Necronomicon is of really nice quality. The best of the 3 but all are good quality (wouldn't recommend otherwise). But remember the point I made in the video. The other 2 are more "complete" than Necronomicon alone. But Necronomicon is a better option IF you buy the companion book.
@@ArkhamReporter Thanks, this comment is really helpful. After some serious thinking, I decided to buy the leather bound Barnes & Noble version (which you show in the video), together with the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe (also the B&N version). Even though they were expensive (about 75$ total), I think it will be very much worth it. Cheers!
Any bonus advices, opinions you developed over the years? I would really wanna buy one of these.
My advice is the same now as then. All 3 are solid books and I still regularly see these 3 sold in bookstores.
I've recently brought The Eldritch Tales and I am wondering whether to buy the necronomicon or the Barnes and Noble to go alongside it. What should I do
If you bought Eldritch Tales you need the sister book, Necronomicon. It is a good combination worthy of any book collection.
1:19 Not gonna lie I laughed my fucking ass off when I saw you scribbled the elder sign onto the title page
Do you know if there is a volume which contains more of the collaborations than just a couple? Right now H.P. Lovecraft Complete Collection is the only one I know of that contains EVERYTHING and I have that for kindle for convenience and backup given its incredibly cheap price despite the terrible cover it contains all of his collabs.
More of the collaborations... yes, there is a book called The Horror In The Museum. Quite cheap to get and it is all collaborations, ghost written work, etc:
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Thanks for the review! I just bought the Chartwell Books "complete" edition, can you do a review of it? Thanks in advance!
Hi there, thanks for the comment. Sadly I am not at all familiar with the book. I googled it and I do not even recognize the cover to be honest. And I won't do a video on something I'm not confident I know well or else I think it risks the credibility of my channel. If I get it in the future and it impresses me/irritates me I will do a review.
The Chartwell Books edition has identical content as the Knickerbocker Classics edition, but goes for less because it doesn't have a protective box and a decorative cover.
I got the annoted HP Lovrcraft as a gift. It is good if you want info on the individual stoies but it is far from complete. I think that it would work best for a completist who wants to get a persepective in addition to Joshi.
Agreed.
Do the Knickerbocker one has illustrations?
Are all the stories with that Azathoth and Cthulhu in these editions?! Or do i have to buy these seperately?
All stories that involve Azathoth or Cthulhu can be found in either the blue or purple book. The black book is inferior because it divides some stories into a 2nd volume.
Arkham Reporter
Alright, thanks! Now i only need to decide between two
What's the song in the back?
I ordered Necronomicon btw.
You will enjoy it! Regarding the song, just search for "Lovecraft jazz" on youtube. It is the video with three pink ladies on the thumbnail.
Can you make a video about what is missing from the complete versions-e.g. Some poetry, collaborations, anything else etc.
I'm afraid I don't have the time for this since I've got about 3 videos that will keep me busy for a month. In short though, the complete works (Knickerbocker/B&N) lack his poetry and almost all his collaborations. It's understandable as it would make the books literally too big.
The Necronomicon/Weird Tales combination does a better job in including more of his other works by including the Fungi From Yuggoth sonnets (his most relevant poetry I'd wager) and some (but not all) of his collaborations.
If you're interested in beefing up your collection then there is one book I know which collects all his poetry. There is also a book called The Horror In The Museum. It is orange and has a fly on the cover. It has about 20 of his collaboratory works in it.
5:19 /FUNGI-FЯΛM-JUGGÔÞ/, nαt “fun guy frum yuh goth”
Cool vids, i tempted to buy the knickerbocker series one, but i found out there is a chartwell classics one too and ended up tempted to buy that one too... hmmm, which one do you think is the better one???
Well, this is an old video. There are probably various other editions out there I don't know of. The Knickerbocker one is very good though, it's not a disappointment in any way.
@@ArkhamReporter hahahah ik this is an old video and i thought that it was kinde useless to to leave a question in this video, but hey thx for responding mate!!
yeah after some research the only thing i found was this one guy said that the chartwell one has better paper quality. But i REALLY like the knickerbocker's presentation and i think the paper quality shouldn't be that bad...
Once again thx for the respond 👊
If i buy the Barnes & Noble edition do i have to buy the Eldritch Tales book as well to get a complete reading of his works?
Yes, definitely. Eldritch Tales has some quality works that a lot of publishers tend to omit. But as I said, if you do not care how the books look, just get Eldritch Tales and it's sister book, Necronomicon.
Leslie Klinger did annotated versions of Sherlock Holmes and Dracula that are must-reads. Can't say whether his annotated version is as good as the 2-volume set that Joshi did, but it's probably pretty good.
I bought the Knickerbocker classic version some years ago and I love it though I haven't finished it.
How about the illustrations? Are they good?
Shakespeare & Co.? Are you a Watcher? They are still around you know, the immortals who go 'round chopping each other's heads off in a lustful quest for power. They do not age, dead giveaway. (Nice review. But I have Conan in the Necronomicon style and the art is very good in these, so I will likely buy that and the second book if I like his writing enough).
No idea what you're on about. That was the name of a bookshop in Paris that I visited once.
Do you have any suggestions for somebody looking at the audiobook versions on Audible?
I haven't ever used Audible however if you want a very good audiobook narrator I'd suggest anything by Wayne June. Great voice and uses his range when necessary.
What's the music?
After careful consideration, I have decided on the Barnes and Noble edition. Did I choose wisely?
I believe so.
People must ask you a lot about it, but, what is the name of your intro song?
No problem. Just search youtube for "lovecraft jazz". It's the top video. I have no idea what the name is.
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What do you think of Alan Moore's comics on Lovecraft (Neonomicon, Providence) and his story The Courtyard (and maybe its comic adaptation)?
I paged through Providence but I didn't buy it at the time (bought another book instead) and when I came back to buy it, it was gone. I liked it enough. It's worth buying but I haven't gotten around to it yet. As for Courtyard and Neonomicon, I haven't heard of them. To be honest I'm not a massive fan of graphic novels. The occasional manga is the exception.
I understand, I just think Alan Moore is quite extraordinary and stands out from the majority of comic book writers. I think he's a huge fan of Lovecraft too and treats his work with respect. I've fully read only Neonomicon out of these 3, and it's a pretty short story, but I think it recreates the mythos and universe very accurately. I read like a couple of issues of Providence and I think it's much better though. Exhited to read the whole thing.
so if i get Necronomicon and Eldritch Tales i will have his complete work?
Yes, and some of his cowritten work too.
Hi, I'm trying to get into HP Lovecraft's writings, and I'm quite confused about what's the best way of collecting them, physically at least. From what I've read (and this video), the 3 Penguin Classics' volumes are quite complete, but I'm also considering about getting the Necronomicon + Eldrich Tales, and almost nowhere do they ever bring both editions to discuss, can you help me out?
Hi there. The 3 Penguin Classics books I can't comment on (I only own 1 of them, not all 3). Nonetheless wouldn't you say it's preferable to have a nice big hardcover rather than 3 softcover Penguin books? Up to you.
The Necronomicon + Eldritch Tales option is a very good option. But of course you're buying 2 books instead of one. That is again up to you. As I stated, getting this option will give you more content than either the Knickerbocker or B&N books. You should also pick up a book called Horror In The Museum. It is an anthology of most of his co-written and ghost written work. It is orange and has a picture of a fly on it. If you enjoy his poetry there is a book with all his poetry in it but it is quite expensive. Let me know if you need any links to buy these books online.
I saw them at a pretty decent price at Amazon, that's why I asked in the first place anyways. Also, the Penguin editions apparently have hardcover versions, too (except for Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories, because I don't know). As for the buying two books dilema, it's not that much of a deal since I'm not planning on getting them in a short time span.
Thank you for the help and recommendation!
By the way, there's also this "The HP Lovecraft Collection: Slip-Case Edition" by Sirius Entertainment, that consists of 5 hardcovers, but it comes out until september so I might have to wait until then to watch/read a review of it.
Good to know. Obviously this video of mine will become outdated as new editions and collections are released.
Best weird tales and eldritch tales
How does the new green one stack up!
I was thinking of buying it just to review it. I got some ad revenue money so seems only fair I put it back into my channel. Lets see.
I think you should buy it only to show it of.
@@ArkhamReporterdid u
The thing that disappoints me about Necronomicon is that it has no footnotes to help modern readers understand the older writing style and terms used by Lovecraft in his stories, let lone his more archaic and scientific references in his colorful vocabulary-at all. If you haven't read his works in the past or have a passing knowledge to some of the things he references, you're going to get really lost really fast. And not in the manner he intended.
I like New Annotated. It actually takes times to explain things most readers would not get. Constellations, historical and scientific terms, etc...
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thanks for the comment. i liked the cover, so i thought maybe i buy it, but as i am no native english speaker i might consider an other edition
You just need to learn it
i got the Klinger Book for $12 on Ebay w/free shipping.
No mention of the style of binding? What the H kind of operation you think you'r running here?!
Joke aside, for me this would really be a dealbreaker. Especially with these kinds of thick books. Glued binding really lowers the sustainability of the book, risking lose papers and kracked spines. But it also makes the spines to stiff to read comfortably, stopping the book to open up properly.
I know the Necrocomicon have (bad) glue binding and cheep paper quality. How is the accual quality of the others?
I have the Knickbocker classics and the Necronomicon along with the Eldritch tales and I am thinking of getting the Barnes and noble one just so I can be set. I also have a Robert e Howard Conan collection in the same style as the Necronomicon and I'm surprised you don't own much of his works.
I own only 1 Conan book, the first I think. This "sword & sorcery" genre isn't so much for me. Fantasy for me ends with LOTR. I stick to my horror stuff.
@@ArkhamReporter understandable
I got yet another one for you, THE COMPLETE FICTION OF H.P.. LOVECRAFT, by Caldwell Books. It would be perfect if annotated; but it's a handsome edition nonetheless. Inexpensive, too, sold to me by Green Frog Books, San Francisco. $12 for his novel, four novellas, and 53 short stories. No juvenalia.I don't need to reread the latter.
Thanks
A bookshop near my university carries both the Barns & Nobels and the Knickerbocker editions and I was wondering which one I should get
Now I know which one I'll get
which is it?
The Barnes & Nobles one
I'm interested in the juvenilia and essay
The S. T. Joshi introductions are just added bonus for me since I'm more interested in stories
+SeresTheZocker I have that one too, I won't say his juvenilia is that great but its a nice bonus
Which of those 3 has the nicest paper quality please?
From my memory, the blue (Knickerbocker) one. The purple (B&N) has like this silver coating on the edges of the pages. You don't see it when reading but when the book is closed it's like someone painted the edges in silver.
Thank you :)
so if I get the necronomicon and eldritch tales,I don't miss anything from the Knickerbocker?
(I can't buy the B&N book so that's out of the picture)
Exactly. You would actually get everything Knickerbocker has and some more... but you're buying 2 books instead of 1. If you've got the cash to spend and don't mind the design differences then it's a great idea.
Arkham Reporter cool, thanks for the reply.
Arkham Reporter The necronomicon is also the only one with illustrations(i think), and I'm a sucker for that stuff.
You're right, it does contain black and white illustrations. They're quite nice.
@@FloranBelle they are very good
Anyone from Central Europe here? Are these also available in german? only found English ones in the internet
I'm in Switzerland. There are of course German collections but none like what you want. They're from different publishers.
Are all the stories in the complete fiction part of the Cthulhu mythos?
No. Only some stories count as part of that Mythos. For example, The Rats in the Walls is a great story but not really part of that Mythos.
I have to say I found this video quite in depth and really helpful in deciding my puchase options, though while I think each edition looks great in it's own way (yes, even the Necronomicon version) I noticed each have their own shortcomings. I've also had the same problem picking out a definitive editon of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe and the Complete Sherlock Holmes (again with versions by B&N and Knickerbocker).
I was very tempted to get the 3 Penguin volumes as they have notes by S.T Joshi and as far as I know it's every story (so no poetry or sonnets) but I feel it was a missed opportunity for them to re-release them in a clothbound edition like with a bunch of their more famous books, I have the clothbound Dracula they done.
P.S There's also yet another edition that's supposed to be released this month by Sirius Entertainment. It's a slipcase with six volumes so I'm probably gonna take a huge risk in buying that as I don't know for sure if it's the complete works.
Have a good day!
Thank you. Overthinking and analyzing is my specialty.
I've purchased the knickerbocker classics version, and despite being very beautifully presented - it is FULL of errata. I flicked to The Call of Cthullu for a quick read of one of his most famous works and was greeted with 3 typos within a few pages. Honestly, I'm very let down :(
I'm sorry you feel that way. When I made this video I decided to consider the "complete" compilations which would most likely be available to an American audience (since Americans are the majority of viewers). It is fair to say that there might be a reproduction of TCOC which is much more well made and printed but it might be hard to get and frankly I don't have access to every edition published of HPL so... I did what I could.
Do you have a discord?
No but people have suggested I get one.
I have one that may be a reprinted Barns and Nobel copy and seems to have the same content except the cover is gold and red with some tendrils and book names on the cover.
Wouldn't surprise me. I've noticed with big publishing houses that they tend to re-release editions with slight alterations that they think will entice buyers.
Thanks a bunch for the comparison. Personally I think the B&N edition is the ugliest. I find shiny edges to look a bit tacky and I'm not a fan of the design of the B&N covers in general. The Knickerbocker classics edition does look pretty nice, and if I were buying from scratch I might have chosen that one, but since I already have the Necronomicon, which I'm very happy with, I might as well complete it with Eldritch Tales.
So many books have come out since then that I definitely need to redo this video. Glad you got a good book though.
I got the 3rd one ☝️
He sounds South African....right on brother or should I say broer
Correct!
@@ArkhamReporter YARAHH . Greetings from Cape town!!
Greetings from Port Elizabeth
@@aldomostert7194 a very good day to you sir!
@@mr.summerset8054 you to my man. 👍
How come "Yig", "Out of the Aeons" and "Alonzo Typer's diary" aren't in any of them, they aren't Lovecraft's works ?
Those stories are typically categorized as "co-written". Lovecraft either co-wrote those or the original idea (e.g. Yig) was someone else's and he ghost-wrote them.
I have the black one and the other black one.
So the necronomicon and its sister book are more complete together then the other two
Exactly.
Cool gotta get that one then
I'm a little bit too drunk to fully comprehend what you are saying is your favourite. What I am looking for is all of Lovecraft's stories in chronological order. A biography would be a definite plus but I want one that isn't half assed. The stories are more important to me than the biography and I don't care if the biography is only paraphrased, as long as it contains the interesting parts about his life, I don't care. What would you say is the best choice for me given the information I just provided?
Haha ok. Based on your wishes I recommend the Barnes & Noble one. That's the purple book. The stories are also in chronological order.
Thanks :) That's the one I thought I should get, I just wanted to be sure. I don't want to miss anything important but I also don't want to be buying multiple copies of what is essentially the same book.
Ok if want his complete collection I should by the barnes and nobles collection and the eldritch tales got it
Bingo.
I hot the two black ones.
I’ve got the 2 other books
The Necronomicon, The best and weird tales
And the complete fiction but I haven’t got the one you have, so will need to keep a look out :)
And I gotta disagree with you on the Necronomicon, I think you judge that too quickly.
It has some really good detail on the art.
It has art work of Eldritch horror and has a map of Arkham, which I thought someone like you would really enjoy.
And well it’s called the Necronomicon for a reason? I think it looks beautiful with all it’s art work inside.
Seeing characters and landscapes and monsters in old art form and it has history about the author as well and his friends who he worked with and how it influences a lot
It dose have some really good back story to his work and his life
It has a weird old look to it. Something to read in the dark with a candle.
I am a bit surprised of your perspective and opinion but fair enough then..
The art is good in it I will say and the paper quality is nicer. I was just keeping in mind peoples budgets with this video I think. 1 book vs 2 books. If someone only wants one concise book, right?
Arkham Reporter yeah I know what you mean.
I do really like that one you have. I never seem to find it, only have the last one of complete fiction
And also the Eldritch Tales one is nice too
Make videos for Hyperion cantos
Thank you for making this, there are too many "complete" lovecraft books that really aren't "complete". The Curse Of Yig, The Mound, The Man Of Stone, The Horror In The Museum, Out of the Aeons & The Tree On The Hill seem to be complete-ly forgotten in almost all lovecraft collections. I wish one of these "complete" books they release will truly be complete.
Necronomicon is complete with it partner book eldritch tales
That's because all of those stories you mentioned were collaborations between Lovecraft and other writers, most notably Bishop and Heald. The collections tend to only deal with the original stories of HPL himself, which are plentiful. To include all of his collaborations would require a book which would be impossible to even read because of it's thickness.
I concurthat Barnes & Noble is the way to go. The paper used in the Knickerbocker edition is woefully thin.
You might enjoy " The Conservative" published by Arktos Media
I always wondered why no publisher is able to release an anthology with the complete fiction of Lovecraft, even though they call it "The complete Fiction of Lovecraft".
They just can not do it.
Must be some curse.
So, isn't there a real complete version?
Not really. The "complete" editions do have all his stories BUT they almost always exclude his ghostwritten stories and co-written stories which is sad because there are some really good ones. However to buy the book containing these excluded stories is pretty cheap, less than 10 bucks:
www.bookdepository.com/The-Horror-in-the-Museum/9781840226423
@@ArkhamReporter thank you!
AARGH I CANT DECIDE WHICH ONE I SHOULD GET
All of 'em !