Klein (if you've not read his paperback collection, DARK GODS, seek it out and be amazed!), and concludes with Lovecraft's own remarkable survey of weird fiction, 'Supernatural Horror in Literature.' If you are new to Lovecraft I wouldn't begin with this book, but would rather choose THE DUNWICH HORROR AND OTHERS from Arkham House, or THE CALL OF CTHULHU AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES from Penguin Modern Classics. (It is weird to think how long ago these tales were written, because in my mind I still think of Lovecraft as a modern writer.) Lovecraft's originality comes, in part, from his working in all three genres of fantasy, science fiction and horror at times combining the genres so as to produce that which is now considered 'Lovecraftian.' The book begins with an excellent and lengthy Introduction by one of the greatest horror writers of all time, T. Although much of the contents is considered Lovecraft's 'minor' tales, he was so original and possessed such a strange imagination that much of these stories are as fascinating and original as when they first appeared, almost one century ago. As a collection, this brings us Lovecraft in all of his creative variety. A valuable Note on the Texts is included which succinctly describes what is what, what the sources for these texts are, &c. This edition is called a 'Corrected Edition,' and it repairs some of the poor editorial choices made by August Derleth when the initial Arkham House editions were published. Joshi has labored to restore these texts, as close as possible, to Lovecraft's original versions but in some cases those originals are not extant, and thus Joshi, using his intimate familiarity with Lovecraft's narrative styles, gives us the texts to what he feels is as close as possible to the originals. The other reviewer is mistaken to call these texts unedited, for they are the editorial work of S.

Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft