The Dunwich Horror and Others (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: H. P. Lovecraft
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—alien civilization
- Time of Work: The 1920’s and 1930’s
- Setting: Primarily New England
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction, Horror literature
- Subjects: Other worlds, 1920’s, 1930’s, New England, Aliens, space, Asteroids, comets, or meteors
- Locales: New England
The Plot
This volume contains the best of H. P. Lovecraft’s shorter tales of supernatural horror, selected by August Derleth, with texts edited by S. T. Joshi. Most of them originally appeared in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. Several qualify as science fiction, chiefly “The Colour Out of Space” and “The Shadow Out of Time,” first published, respectively, in Amazing Stories and Astounding Stories.
In “The Colour Out of Space,” a meteorite of curious color and chemical properties lands on Nahum Gardner’s farm west of Arkham,...
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