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Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales
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bookshelves: lovecraftian-cosmic-weird, horror, short-stories, favourites
Mar 14, 2023
bookshelves: lovecraftian-cosmic-weird, horror, short-stories, favourites
A fantastic collection of Lovecraft's best tales.
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Reading Progress
October 24, 2022
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Started Reading
October 24, 2022
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October 24, 2022
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October 27, 2022
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25.74%
""That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.""
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226
February 10, 2023
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51.14%
""...they were evil things - mountains of madness whose farther slopes looked out over some accursed ultimate abyss. That seething, half-luminous cloud background held ineffable suggestions of a vague, ethereal beyondness far more than terrestrial spatial, and gave appalling reminders of the utter remoteness, separateness, desolation, and aeon-long death of this unfortrodden and unfathomed austral world""
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449
March 14, 2023
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Finished Reading
September 1, 2023
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lovecraftian-cosmic-weird
September 1, 2023
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horror
September 1, 2023
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short-stories
September 1, 2023
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favourites
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I've had this book about ten years, been sitting on my shelf. I had read a few of the stories, but I've decided to finish it this year! I also have the Eldritch Tales one as well. Even the stories that are about 10 pages take ages to get through, but I am enjoying them!
I went through the same scenario, I had it as an ornament for many years before I tackled the cumbersome thing! 😁
Lovecraft's stories, you either love them or hate them. His writing is deeply intellectual yet unnervingly disturbing to the point where it does get somewhat cumbersome. Sometimes one has to wonder while reading his stories, is this really horror? But that was Lovecraft's way of distracting you, to get the reader's mind to disengage from the fact that while one is reading, Cthulhu's writhing tentacles are slowly enveloping your very soul.
Kurt wrote: "Lovecraft's stories, you either love them or hate them. His writing is deeply intellectual yet unnervingly disturbing to the point where it does get somewhat cumbersome. Sometimes one has to wonder..."I am enjoying the stories, but there is a lot of similarity with some of them. My next one to read is At the Mountains of Madness which is quite a long one, but I am looking forward to it!
That's a good one!! One of my favorites!!!
Good luck. I have a love hate relationship with Lovecraft. I do enjoy his descriptive writing, it's second to none but I often get to the end of a story feeling like it had no real point or conclusion.
Gareth wrote: "Good luck. I have a love hate relationship with Lovecraft. I do enjoy his descriptive writing, it's second to none but I often get to the end of a story feeling like it had no real point or conclus..."I am enjoying the stories. Have been reading this book for a long time, I like to space the stories out between other reads! I've had this book for over 10 years now and have decided that this is the year I'm going to finish it!
Rebecca wrote: "Gareth wrote: "Good luck. I have a love hate relationship with Lovecraft. I do enjoy his descriptive writing, it's second to none but I often get to the end of a story feeling like it had no real p..."I'm exactly the same. I have The Whisperer in the Darkness which is also a collection of stories, I seem to read one every now and then.
What story has been your highlight so far?
Michael wrote: "What story has been your highlight so far?"There's been a few that I have really enjoyed. Herbert West - Reanimator, The Colour Out of Space, The Call of Cthulu, The Shunned House, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Dreams in the Witch House. I'm currently on At the Mountains of Madness which I am enjoying so far!
I finally bought a copy of this! I have pretty much every story Mr. Lovecraft has written but not this edition. I will be reading this shortly, it would be nice to revisit some of these stories!
Kurt wrote: "I finally bought a copy of this! I have pretty much every story Mr. Lovecraft has written but not this edition. I will be reading this shortly, it would be nice to revisit some of these stories!"It's a great collection. I also have the Eldritch Tales collection, they look great on my shelf together!
Yay!! You finished it!!! Lots of great stuff in there!
Kurt wrote: "Yay!! You finished it!!! Lots of great stuff in there!"It took a long time but finally completed it! There are some great stories in there that I know I will be returning to in the future.
Congrats on finishing this lump.You should try the Poe one now, if you haven't already. 🙂
Michael wrote: "Congrats on finishing this lump.You should try the Poe one now, if you haven't already. 🙂"
It does feel like an achievement completing it! I do have The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, but I think I will read Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre next!
Ooooohhh yeah, another good one!!!!
Kurt wrote: "Ooooohhh yeah, another good one!!!!"I'm looking forward to it and shouldn't take me so long as its only 540 pages!
Haha, you bet!!!! You're on a Lovecraft kick now!
Great review Rebeca! I am a big Lovecraft fan as well.
He's good, but damn it's exhausting reading his stories.