"Lurker" consists of three consecutive narratives.
A fun read but not great.
I tend to defend Dereleth but this was disappointing. I'm not a massive fan of Derleth on the whole, but "Lurker" is superb. When genres cross and stories wander, interesting things can happen. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Personally, I found this a handy resume of the Lovecraft universe and might even make 'Lurker' a good starting point for non-Lovecraft afficionadoes. According to the book Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in No Humane Shape, in the early years of the Plymouth Colony, during the governorship of William Bradford (1621–1657), Billington set up "a great Ring of Stones" where he said "Prayers to ye Devil" and "sung certain Rites of Magick abominable by Scripture". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. A descendant of Laban Billington who comes to Arkham in 1921 to reclaim his family's property which had been abandoned for roughly a century. The Lurker at the Threshold owes as much to August Derleth as it does to Lovecraft and is the only original full-length novel after Charles Dexter Ward. Lovecraft, is really instead almost entirely authored by August Derleth, working from notes and story fragments left by Lovecraft. The Lurker at the Threshold (a 50,000-word novel) contains about 1,200 words by Lovecraft, most of it taken from a fragment entitled “Of Evill Sorceries Done in New England” (see B-i-42), the balance from a fragment now titled “The Rose Window” (see B-ii-322).
After a series of mysterious deaths were linked to him, he disappeared, and was said by the Wampanaug Indians to have been "eat up by what he had call'd out of ye Sky.
Wikipedia - The Lurker at the Threshold Offers quick summary / overview and other basic information submitted by Wikipedia contributors who considers themselves "experts" in the topic at hand. He disappeared in 1924.
Overall, I enjoyed this more than my three-star rating would suggest, although not as much as my recent Lovecraft read, This novel, though sometimes billed as being written by H.P. Everything is permitted. Please try again.
[4], "I constructed and wrote The Lurker at the Threshold ", Derleth acknowledged, "which had nowhere been laid out, planned, or plotted by Lovecraft". This novel, though sometimes billed as being written by H.P. Refresh and try again.
First of all, let's be clear -- this book is about 99% August Derleth, 1% H P Lovecraft.
Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Cosmic Horror genre, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography, (August Derleth's "Posthumous Collaborations"), August Derleth's "Posthumous Collaborations", Very Superstitious: Great Supernatural Mysteries. You would think the publishers might mention somewhere that only 1200 of the 50,000 words in this novel are by. This is a special book. Wiki states ST Joshi said of this novel's 50,000 words, only 1,200 were actually written by Lovecraft. A French translation, Le rôdeur devant le seuil, appeared in 1973. Despite that, I found this quite an effective and well written work, and Derleth's vision, if not entirely in keeping with Lovecraft's own, was not wholly incompatible either. August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. [12] Joshi wrote that Lurker "begins well, but it rapidly deteriorates into a naive good-versus-evil struggle between the Old Ones and the Elder Gods".
In this variant, the Lurker at the Threshold, a powerful and malevolent being, has appeared to prepare the way for the Ancient One. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. At that time I loved all things Mythos. I enjoyed this book,and will add it to my Lovecraft collection. Worse and slower than most Lovecraft books. He enters into a rivalry with Reverend Ward Phillips, who accused Billington and his forebear of practicing sorcery. Sites with a short overview, synopsis, book report, or summary of The Lurker at the Threshold by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. This book needs to be recommended more or placed with At The Mountains of Madness. I tried to read it many years ago and quickly gave up: I guess I just wasn't in the mood because this time I got into it.
I had a good time with the first 2/3rds of the book. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2016.
The last third became a strangely academic exposition of the Great Old Ones. The story is horribly written and frustrating. Not "The Lurker at the Threshold," whose writing is so terrible it becomes some sort of endurance test. I was careless to read in article book was sans dustjacket....my mistake. This book is Good and creepy, but it does not have that good of an ending.
Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. She has to be one of the best characters ever to appear in a Mythos story. His imagination was extraordinary, his concepts highly influential and occasionally he wrote beautifully - though more often than not, stodgily and pretentiously. While I enjoyed this book, it does have a bit of a "August Derleth writes Lovecraft fanfic" vibe to it. If this turned you of from Lovecraft, please give him another shot. He is not to open the door which leads to the strange time and place, nor to invite Him Who lurks at the threshold ..." went the warning in the old family manuscript that Ambrose Dewart discovered when he returned to his ancestral home in the deep woods of rural Massachusetts. Very little of this novel was actually written by HPL and it has a number of the issues that you see in AD/HPL "collaborations" - the Elder Gods as (absent) "white hats" and less of a feeling of hopelessness than you get in pure HPL stories; also, Derleth seems to have thrown in every aspect of HPL's Mythos, including the tentacled, other-worldly kitchen sink. I was surprised to learn that 98% of the book was not written by Lovecraft. Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2017.
"Lurker" consists of three consecutive narratives.
A fun read but not great.
I tend to defend Dereleth but this was disappointing. I'm not a massive fan of Derleth on the whole, but "Lurker" is superb. When genres cross and stories wander, interesting things can happen. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Personally, I found this a handy resume of the Lovecraft universe and might even make 'Lurker' a good starting point for non-Lovecraft afficionadoes. According to the book Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in No Humane Shape, in the early years of the Plymouth Colony, during the governorship of William Bradford (1621–1657), Billington set up "a great Ring of Stones" where he said "Prayers to ye Devil" and "sung certain Rites of Magick abominable by Scripture". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. A descendant of Laban Billington who comes to Arkham in 1921 to reclaim his family's property which had been abandoned for roughly a century. The Lurker at the Threshold owes as much to August Derleth as it does to Lovecraft and is the only original full-length novel after Charles Dexter Ward. Lovecraft, is really instead almost entirely authored by August Derleth, working from notes and story fragments left by Lovecraft. The Lurker at the Threshold (a 50,000-word novel) contains about 1,200 words by Lovecraft, most of it taken from a fragment entitled “Of Evill Sorceries Done in New England” (see B-i-42), the balance from a fragment now titled “The Rose Window” (see B-ii-322).
After a series of mysterious deaths were linked to him, he disappeared, and was said by the Wampanaug Indians to have been "eat up by what he had call'd out of ye Sky.
Wikipedia - The Lurker at the Threshold Offers quick summary / overview and other basic information submitted by Wikipedia contributors who considers themselves "experts" in the topic at hand. He disappeared in 1924.
Overall, I enjoyed this more than my three-star rating would suggest, although not as much as my recent Lovecraft read, This novel, though sometimes billed as being written by H.P. Everything is permitted. Please try again.
[4], "I constructed and wrote The Lurker at the Threshold ", Derleth acknowledged, "which had nowhere been laid out, planned, or plotted by Lovecraft". This novel, though sometimes billed as being written by H.P. Refresh and try again.
First of all, let's be clear -- this book is about 99% August Derleth, 1% H P Lovecraft.
Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Cosmic Horror genre, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography, (August Derleth's "Posthumous Collaborations"), August Derleth's "Posthumous Collaborations", Very Superstitious: Great Supernatural Mysteries. You would think the publishers might mention somewhere that only 1200 of the 50,000 words in this novel are by. This is a special book. Wiki states ST Joshi said of this novel's 50,000 words, only 1,200 were actually written by Lovecraft. A French translation, Le rôdeur devant le seuil, appeared in 1973. Despite that, I found this quite an effective and well written work, and Derleth's vision, if not entirely in keeping with Lovecraft's own, was not wholly incompatible either. August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. [12] Joshi wrote that Lurker "begins well, but it rapidly deteriorates into a naive good-versus-evil struggle between the Old Ones and the Elder Gods".
In this variant, the Lurker at the Threshold, a powerful and malevolent being, has appeared to prepare the way for the Ancient One. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. At that time I loved all things Mythos. I enjoyed this book,and will add it to my Lovecraft collection. Worse and slower than most Lovecraft books. He enters into a rivalry with Reverend Ward Phillips, who accused Billington and his forebear of practicing sorcery. Sites with a short overview, synopsis, book report, or summary of The Lurker at the Threshold by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. This book needs to be recommended more or placed with At The Mountains of Madness. I tried to read it many years ago and quickly gave up: I guess I just wasn't in the mood because this time I got into it.
I had a good time with the first 2/3rds of the book. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2016.
The last third became a strangely academic exposition of the Great Old Ones. The story is horribly written and frustrating. Not "The Lurker at the Threshold," whose writing is so terrible it becomes some sort of endurance test. I was careless to read in article book was sans dustjacket....my mistake. This book is Good and creepy, but it does not have that good of an ending.
Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. She has to be one of the best characters ever to appear in a Mythos story. His imagination was extraordinary, his concepts highly influential and occasionally he wrote beautifully - though more often than not, stodgily and pretentiously. While I enjoyed this book, it does have a bit of a "August Derleth writes Lovecraft fanfic" vibe to it. If this turned you of from Lovecraft, please give him another shot. He is not to open the door which leads to the strange time and place, nor to invite Him Who lurks at the threshold ..." went the warning in the old family manuscript that Ambrose Dewart discovered when he returned to his ancestral home in the deep woods of rural Massachusetts. Very little of this novel was actually written by HPL and it has a number of the issues that you see in AD/HPL "collaborations" - the Elder Gods as (absent) "white hats" and less of a feeling of hopelessness than you get in pure HPL stories; also, Derleth seems to have thrown in every aspect of HPL's Mythos, including the tentacled, other-worldly kitchen sink. I was surprised to learn that 98% of the book was not written by Lovecraft. Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2017.
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“The Survivor” was based on a comparatively lengthy plot sketch plus random notes for the story jotted down by Lovecraft in 1934. Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2009. Something went wrong.
He used some notes as inspiration and created something vaguely Lovecraftian. ", Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2011.
"Lurker" consists of three consecutive narratives.
A fun read but not great.
I tend to defend Dereleth but this was disappointing. I'm not a massive fan of Derleth on the whole, but "Lurker" is superb. When genres cross and stories wander, interesting things can happen. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Personally, I found this a handy resume of the Lovecraft universe and might even make 'Lurker' a good starting point for non-Lovecraft afficionadoes. According to the book Of Evill Sorceries Done in New-England of Daemons in No Humane Shape, in the early years of the Plymouth Colony, during the governorship of William Bradford (1621–1657), Billington set up "a great Ring of Stones" where he said "Prayers to ye Devil" and "sung certain Rites of Magick abominable by Scripture". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. A descendant of Laban Billington who comes to Arkham in 1921 to reclaim his family's property which had been abandoned for roughly a century. The Lurker at the Threshold owes as much to August Derleth as it does to Lovecraft and is the only original full-length novel after Charles Dexter Ward. Lovecraft, is really instead almost entirely authored by August Derleth, working from notes and story fragments left by Lovecraft. The Lurker at the Threshold (a 50,000-word novel) contains about 1,200 words by Lovecraft, most of it taken from a fragment entitled “Of Evill Sorceries Done in New England” (see B-i-42), the balance from a fragment now titled “The Rose Window” (see B-ii-322).
After a series of mysterious deaths were linked to him, he disappeared, and was said by the Wampanaug Indians to have been "eat up by what he had call'd out of ye Sky.
Wikipedia - The Lurker at the Threshold Offers quick summary / overview and other basic information submitted by Wikipedia contributors who considers themselves "experts" in the topic at hand. He disappeared in 1924.
Overall, I enjoyed this more than my three-star rating would suggest, although not as much as my recent Lovecraft read, This novel, though sometimes billed as being written by H.P. Everything is permitted. Please try again.
[4], "I constructed and wrote The Lurker at the Threshold ", Derleth acknowledged, "which had nowhere been laid out, planned, or plotted by Lovecraft". This novel, though sometimes billed as being written by H.P. Refresh and try again.
First of all, let's be clear -- this book is about 99% August Derleth, 1% H P Lovecraft.
Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the Cosmic Horror genre, as well as his founding of the publisher Arkham House (which did much to bring supernatural fiction into print in hardcover in the US that had only been readily available in the UK), Derleth was a leading American regional writer of his day, as well as prolific in several other genres, including historical fiction, poetry, detective fiction, science fiction, and biography, (August Derleth's "Posthumous Collaborations"), August Derleth's "Posthumous Collaborations", Very Superstitious: Great Supernatural Mysteries. You would think the publishers might mention somewhere that only 1200 of the 50,000 words in this novel are by. This is a special book. Wiki states ST Joshi said of this novel's 50,000 words, only 1,200 were actually written by Lovecraft. A French translation, Le rôdeur devant le seuil, appeared in 1973. Despite that, I found this quite an effective and well written work, and Derleth's vision, if not entirely in keeping with Lovecraft's own, was not wholly incompatible either. August William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. [12] Joshi wrote that Lurker "begins well, but it rapidly deteriorates into a naive good-versus-evil struggle between the Old Ones and the Elder Gods".
In this variant, the Lurker at the Threshold, a powerful and malevolent being, has appeared to prepare the way for the Ancient One. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. At that time I loved all things Mythos. I enjoyed this book,and will add it to my Lovecraft collection. Worse and slower than most Lovecraft books. He enters into a rivalry with Reverend Ward Phillips, who accused Billington and his forebear of practicing sorcery. Sites with a short overview, synopsis, book report, or summary of The Lurker at the Threshold by H. P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. This book needs to be recommended more or placed with At The Mountains of Madness. I tried to read it many years ago and quickly gave up: I guess I just wasn't in the mood because this time I got into it.
I had a good time with the first 2/3rds of the book. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2016.
The last third became a strangely academic exposition of the Great Old Ones. The story is horribly written and frustrating. Not "The Lurker at the Threshold," whose writing is so terrible it becomes some sort of endurance test. I was careless to read in article book was sans dustjacket....my mistake. This book is Good and creepy, but it does not have that good of an ending.
Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. She has to be one of the best characters ever to appear in a Mythos story. His imagination was extraordinary, his concepts highly influential and occasionally he wrote beautifully - though more often than not, stodgily and pretentiously. While I enjoyed this book, it does have a bit of a "August Derleth writes Lovecraft fanfic" vibe to it. If this turned you of from Lovecraft, please give him another shot. He is not to open the door which leads to the strange time and place, nor to invite Him Who lurks at the threshold ..." went the warning in the old family manuscript that Ambrose Dewart discovered when he returned to his ancestral home in the deep woods of rural Massachusetts. Very little of this novel was actually written by HPL and it has a number of the issues that you see in AD/HPL "collaborations" - the Elder Gods as (absent) "white hats" and less of a feeling of hopelessness than you get in pure HPL stories; also, Derleth seems to have thrown in every aspect of HPL's Mythos, including the tentacled, other-worldly kitchen sink. I was surprised to learn that 98% of the book was not written by Lovecraft. Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2017.
