Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft
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Book Reviews of Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Book Review: del rey's best
Summary: 3 Stars
i was a little dissapointed because i had so many stories before. HPL great as always, 2 stories here. kuttner's story's kind of good. a well written one by Derleth, but the ending was too far stretched. Howard has a good one, though it doesn't go far enough to be really interesting. King's is great, rats in the wall-like. the most interesting new read for me was Wagner's sticks. i really enjoyed the concept.Book Review: Not as good as I expected. . .
Summary: 2 Stars
I was excited when I first saw this book at my library and immediately picked it up, expecting to read lots of great tales with Lovecraftian elements/themes. However, I felt that the majority of the first half of this book was trite pastiche of Lovecraft's earlier tales - which weren't even his best ones. In fact, in the preface to the edition I had the editor even admits this! There are a few decent stories in here (the Lumely, the Campbell, and King for example) but most of the stories either fall flat or only have a sentence or two that may mention the Necronomicon or an Elder God in passing. If you're a big fan of early weird fiction(i.e. - from Lovecraft BACKWARD) and Lovecraft you may enjoy this. In my opinion there are just too many stories in here that fall short in their plot, development, and attempt to contribute to the mythos to make it worth your time.Book Review: Out of date and narrow in scope
Summary: 2 Stars
I read the Cthulhu Cult Lovecraft story by curiosity when I had the opportunity while taking a vacation at the beach; it is really short and took me less than an hour to read. The story is about extra-terrestrial creatures posing a threat to men via a voodoo type cult following. When I read the other reviews to this book, I wondered if indeed the readers are not under the influence of some voodoo Lovecraft cult. I found the style and the content somewhat outdated; these stories must have been written to captivate and frighten the young teens of the early part of last century before TV and the movies were invented. Without real violence or foul language it can be enjoyed by the older pre-teens or very young teens who still believe in fairy tales. Not a must read and there are a lot of much better and more current books for this age group.