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Call of Cthulhu and At the Mountains of Madness: Two Tales of the Mythos
This single-volume edition features a pair of H. P. Lovecraft's best and most popular tales of horror and fantasy: "The Call of Cthulhu," praised by Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard as "a masterpiece, which I am sure will live as one of the highest achievements of literature," and "At the Mountains of Madness," hailed as "first-water, true-blue science fiction" by author Theodore Sturgeon.Originally published by Weird Tales magazine in 1928, "The Call of Cthulhu" recounts the discovery of a mysterious box among the personal effects of a recently deceased archaeologist. The box's contents -- a disturbing bas-relief sculpture and manuscripts hinting at forbidden knowledge -- offer sinister clues about a secret cult and its attempts to resurrect an ancient monster that will envelop the planet in chaos. "At the Mountains of Madness," serialized in 1936 in
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Rok vydání | 2018 |
Autor | Howard Phillips Lovecraft |
Počet stran | 128 |
Výrobce | Dover Publications Inc. |
Jazyk | anglické |
Váha | 200 gramů |