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A review by hstapp
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction by H.P. Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi
3.0
This book is a fun read. You may start out (and continue) laughing at Lovecraft's attempts at horror, especially his attempts to write Poe style stories. After reading for a while, however, you will be drawn into his interesting worlds of dark fiction. His prose is unnecessarily complex, and some stories will leave you scratching your head and wondering what happened, but for the most part he writes an interesting tale.
Though some of his stories are quite uninteresting, being forced into the realm of bad when combined with his writing style. None of his works reach the abysmal depths to which Poe, and many other authors reach.
The essay at the end is more a summary of authors Lovecraft believes to be of note in his own field, and reviews and summaries of certain of their books. This can be handy for people seeking Supernatural fiction, they have not already discovered, but is useless for anything else.
Though some of his stories are quite uninteresting, being forced into the realm of bad when combined with his writing style. None of his works reach the abysmal depths to which Poe, and many other authors reach.
The essay at the end is more a summary of authors Lovecraft believes to be of note in his own field, and reviews and summaries of certain of their books. This can be handy for people seeking Supernatural fiction, they have not already discovered, but is useless for anything else.