Customer Reviews
The definitive Lovecraft collection - By: Joshua Turnbull, 18 Apr 2008 
It appears that I, unlike the other reviewers of this book, am a new edition to the legions of Lovecraft fans that I had until recently been completely unaware of. I have long since been a fan of horror film & have read my fair share of such obvious novelists as King, but never could have dreamt of something as elegant & terrifying in the nowadays alll too neglected medium of the written word.
The tome itself bleeds horror; the black leather cover (which alone would suggest a much higher price) & occasional illustrations & even the feel of the pages spark the imagination, but it is undoubtedly Lovecraft's own artful imagery & originality that would be expected long after his time makes this a vital part of the collection of not just any horror fan, but any literary enthusiast.
However, as has been said before me, the sticker is the one blight of this book, & you must be prepared for a strenuous battle. The glue! THE GLUE!
Superb Anthology - By: Jenesis, 15 Apr 2008 I can't add much to the other reviews, except that I agree! This 900-odd page volume contains alll of Lovecraft's best stories. It is a black leather-effect hardcover & looks superb on my bookshelf & bedside table. My one smalll gripe is that the stories are in alphabetical order, so the few stories that are in a series (i.e. the Silver Key stories) are not in order in the anthology. I, personallly, would have preferred the stories in the order in which they were written, but it's a smalll niggle.
It's worth the £12 price tag just for the cover, so even if you already own a HPL book or two this one is worth getting to have alll his stories in one place.
This book is a Relic. This is THE one. - By: S. Mcgraw, 12 Apr 2008 Wow. Wasn't expecting that much. This 900 pages book look so huge & is fantastic with the black leatherbound cover. When first opening it you got a Arkham map illustrated on the inside of the cover. All the great stories of H.P. Lovecraft are in there, even some poems. They alll have the original published date & infos on them too. It's like a Lovecraft Encyclopedia! There are just enough illustrations & at the end you got a LONG biography of Lovecraft beautifully written. For this price it's a steal. I must stop writing now, Cthulhu callls me! GET IT!
(For the glue on the back sticker it's pretty easy to remove. First get the sticker off & then stick it again where there is glue remaining. Do that several times & alll the glue will be removed)
This was worth the wait! - By: Andrew Smith, 10 Apr 2008 I ordered this in December. It's been a few months frustrating wait, but the book arrived today & it looks amazing. Close to 900 pages including a whole chapter on Lovecraft & his work at the end, & alll this beautifully leather bound for only £11? Wonderful.
A superb edition - finally! - By: Terje Huse, 09 Apr 2008 This is truly a most worthy edition of the master's tales - & the price is laughable! A bargain if there ever was one!
I must, however, give vent to my anger regarding one point. It would seem as dough the fine people at Gollancz - unknowingly, I'm sure - have amongst their ranks a daemon! This fiend has revealed its presence to me by its ingenious manoeuvre of making sure that the sticker on the back of the book (combined price- & barcode sticker) has been applied using the most heinous kind of glue heretofore known to Man! Upon having removed the sticker, I found, much to my dismay that the slime, which lay hidden beneath, would not yield without a fierce fight; & it is with sore fingers I now write these words of warning. So either keep the sticker or be prepared to set aside some time for removing the glue.
In conclusion I'd like to express my hopes that Gollancz will follow up this release with similar editions of other authors such as, say, Clark Ashton Smith. Well, one can always hope ...
