H.P. Lovecraft fused supernatural horror with visionary science fiction; this volume collects together all of these writings. In the 1920s and '30s, H.P. Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft's tales of cosmic horror revolutionised modern horror fiction and earned him the reputation of the most influential American writer of weird tales since Edgar Allan Poe. H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction collects for the first time in a single volume all of Lovecraft's groundbreaking fictions.
Author Biography
H. P. Lovecraft was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, specifically, the genre known as weird fiction. Although his readership was limited during his lifetime, his reputation has grown over the decades and he is now viewed as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.