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Lovecraft's Monsters

By: Neil Gaiman, Ellen Datlow - editor
Narrated by: Bernard Clark
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Prepare to meet the wicked progeny of the master of modern horror. In Lovecraft's Monsters, H. P. Lovecraft's most famous creations--Cthulhu, Shoggoths, Deep Ones, Elder Things, Yog-Sothoth, and more--appear in all their terrifying glory. Each story is a gripping new take on a classic Lovecraftian creature.

Contributors include such literary luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Karl Edward Wagner, Elizabeth Bear, and Nick Mamatas.

Legions of Lovecraft fans continue to visit his bizarre landscapes and encounter his unrelenting monsters. Now join them in their journey...if you dare.

©2014 Ellen Datlow, Foreword copyright 2014 by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Introduction copyright 2014 by Ellen Datlow (P)2015 Audible Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical Science Fiction Short Story Scary
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The majority of the short stories were only tangentially lovecraftian (eg passingly mentioned lovecraftian monsters to try and invoke lovecraftian themes in an otherwise standard spooky pulp fiction) and none inspired existential dread. There were multiple instances where I didn’t notice that one story had ended and another had begun, because they weren’t engaging enough to hold my attention while I was just doing the dishes or walking in the park. “The Same Deep Waters as You” was probably the closest to what I was hoping for, but still didn’t quite hit the spot. I was hoping to get a story like ‘person sacrifices everything to climb a mountain only to find that the mountain was a monster; and for that paradigm shift in their understanding of the reality make them question the philosophical value of self-sacrifice to achieve a feat (ie mountain climbing) that amounts to nothing in the face of the monster and the universe’. But none of the stories really opened up any good philosophical dialogue or made me question my place in the universe.

Not enough existential dread

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Trouble with these style of books, some good stories, but the majority very average

Feel a little gipped

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Only one, maybe two, of the stories from the anthologies had a passing resemblance to anything Lovecraft. The rest literally stole from ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Dracula’ and Werewolves.
Piss weak.

I’d you’re gonna make a book based on Lovecraft, maybe reference Lovecraft.

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