The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume 1
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That is not dead that can eternal lie
And with strange aeons even death may die.
Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last.
The Whisperer in Darkness brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Included in this volume are several early tales, along with the classics 'The Call of Cthulhu', 'The Dunwich Horror' and 'At the Mountains of Madness'. Arm yourself with a copy of Abdul Alhazred's fabled Necronomicon and prepare to face terrors beyond the wildest imaginings of all, save H.P. Lovecraft.
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This being the first of a 4 volume collection, it includes the earliest (and inherently weakest) of Lovecraft's works. For the modern reader, these are a rather dragging, slow, not that enjoyable reading experience. Plenty of “woe me this and woe me that”, “oh, the indescribable horror!” (and it truly is not described at all...) and “some people know some dark secrets, but they keep them to themselves”. Plenty of 1800s heavy-handed dark atmosphere, but not that much actual story (usually none, to be honest). I still love some Lovecraft stories, but not those in this volume (which I found simply annoying, pardon my heresy).
