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    The Colour Out of Space (Fantasy and Horror Classics): With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss

    By H. P. Lovecraft and George Henry Weiss

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    In an attempt to uncover the mysteries of a seemingly cursed area called the “blasted heath” by the locals, an unnamed narrator sets about questioning the townsfolk as to the location's history. When he fails to gain any information, he approaches the old and possibly deranged Ammi Pierce, who claims that the problems first arose as a result of a meteorite crash in 1882. A fantastic example of Lovecraft's seminal science fiction writing not to be missed by lovers of the genre. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Other notable works by this author include: “At the Mountains of Madness”, “The Rats in the Walls”, and “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. Read & Co. is publishing this classic short story now as part of our “Fantasy and Horror Classics” imprint in a new edition with a dedication by George Henry Weiss.
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    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 8, 2013
    ISBN9781447481201
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    The Colour Out of Space (Fantasy and Horror Classics): With a Dedication by George Henry Weiss
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    H. P. Lovecraft

    Renowned as one of the great horror-writers of all time, H.P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 and lived most of his life in Providence, Rhode Island. Among his many classic horror stories, many of which were published in book form only after his death in 1937, are ‘At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror’ (1964), ‘Dagon and Other Macabre Tales’ (1965), and ‘The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions’ (1970).

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    • 4/5
      Cool Air (Guy's body is dead, to preserve it he keeps his room cold and soaks himself in chemical baths. He's living through force of will. Then his body starts to deteriorate.)-The Call of Cthulhu (Awesome writing. Great famous lines, "Only poetry or madness could describe...", "Then the Old Ones would teach them new ways to shout and kill and revel and all the earth would flame with a halocaust of exstacy and freedom.")-The Colour Out of Space ()-The Picture in the House (Would have been better but the accent was annoying.)-The Shadow Out of Time ()-The Terrible Old Man (Good but too short, not scary enough)-The Whisperer in Darkness (Kind of long for what you get. I read it before but didn't realize. Mi Go trick main character into coming to a farm in the hils. Then he finds face and hands of friend in chair.)
    • 5/5
      Facsimile printing of the story as it originally appeared in Amazing Stories, 1927. Lovecraft's finest work. Conducting a survey for a new dam west of Arkham, the narrator interviews Ammi Pierce about the 'blasted heath' in the valley to be inundated, and what events occurred there to leave such a wasteland. What unfolds is a masterpiece of modern horror.
    • 3/5
      Enjoyed these short stories, although I generally like longer more in depth character development... A couple times I'd get a bit freaked out by what happened in the stories though!
    • 5/5
      These days I am trying to read more of the authors that have influenced so many others, and Lovecraft is one of them. The high priest of `weird', his short stories are dark Gothic fantasies, horror with some fairy tale elements or science fiction thrown in. These are the first I've read, and if the three in this little volume are anything to go by, I'll enjoy reading more and think I'll need to acquire the full anthologies available. The Colour Out of Space written in 1927 - is a classic Sci-Fi horror tale of a meteorite that falls in a farming valley and gradually poisons everything around it. The dread engendered by this tale's narrator is palpable and terrible - pure evil poisoning and sucking the life out of all living things within its grasp. The Outsider is more of a fantasy, and strangely brought to mind a miniature reversal of Mark Z Danielewski's magnificent modern horror novel House Of Leaves, in which a door in a house is found with a never-ending world going down, down, down. In this short story a twisted creature discovers a door leading up, up from his dark subterranean castle. Lastly, in The Hound, a grave-robber takes one amulet too many and is driven mad by a curse. Less `weird' than the preceding two tales, but still highly atmospheric and charged with dark energy. I loved the `weirdness' of these tales - that word is perfect for them. They were fantastical, bleakly pessimistic, dark in tone as well as lacking sunshine, and rich in descriptive language. Lovecraft is a hit.
    • 4/5
      Another masterful tale of understates horror.
    • 4/5
      This collection of seven stories includes such legendary Lovecraft gems as "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Whisperer in Darkness", "Cool Air", and of course, "The Colour out of Space." Interspersed among these are two shorter—yet no less eerie—spine tinglers "The Picture in the House" and "The Terrible Old Man." The final tale, "The Shadow out of Time," deserves its place in this collection. It's a novella that should have been reduced to a short story, sparing the reader from repetitive and monotonous descriptions. We begin with one of H.P. Lovecraft’s most popular stories in which a glowing green meteorite crashes into a field of crops and proceeds to poison both soil and water, driving the farmer and his family insane. As local scientists attempt to study fragments of the bizarre rock, it is soon discovered that the vile, luminous substance that infected the land around the crash site might be intelligent. How will the locals rid themselves of “The Colour Out of Space”?In "The Picture in the House," a young cyclist takes shelter from a torrential downpour in what he thinks is an abandoned house, only to find it occupied by a jovial old man with a sinister taste in reading material.After the suspicious death of an elderly anthropologist named Professor Angell, his nephew Francis inherits all of his notes detailing a bizarre series of events involving a primitive, savage cult who worship a grotesque creature named Cthulhu, a member of the Great Old Ones who will someday return to dominate the Earth. Angell's notes and collection of newspaper clippings detail shared visions and dreams around the world that coincided with an earthquake in the seas of the South Pacific—during which an island of unearthly design surfaced from the depths bearing an ancient evil. Could it be that these events are all related to "The Call of Cthulhu"?After suffering a mild heart attack in his flat, a destitute man seeks treatment from an elderly eccentric physician living directly above him. Upon entering the frigid apartment of Doctor Muñoz, the man observes that one of the bedrooms has been converted into a laboratory complete with machinery to maintain the temperature below fifty degrees. While administering treatment, Muñoz reveals that he has been experimenting with methods for prolonging life. When our hero finally discovers the true subject of Muñoz’s experiments, he develops a mortal fear of “Cool Air.”Following a flood in the remote mountains of Vermont, the corpses of several grotesque creatures are observed floating in the surging rivers. This inspires the locals to resurrect tales of ancient evils living in the dense and menacing woods. When such legends are printed in the local papers, Albert Wilmarth, a professor of literature at Miskatonic University in Massachusetts and an expert on folklore, responds to the editors with skepticism. Wilmarth cites fables and myths dating back generations as the source of these ludicrous superstitions—until he begins corresponding with an elderly Vermont farmer named Henry Akeley whose terrifying encounters with strange creatures escalate with each letter and finally convince Wilmarth to travel to Akeley’s home and witness these creatures for himself. What he finds, however, is merely “A Whisperer in Darkness.”When three burglers decide to target the seaside home of a recluse, they swiftly learn why the locals consider him "The Terrible Old Man."A professor of economics at Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts suffers a five-year long amnesia during which he was possessed by a different personality. Afterward, he recalls scraps of the experience that lead him to believe that his consciousness was exchanged with that of a superior being from Earth's prehistoric past. After publishing an account of his experiences, he is contacted by a mining engineer in Australia who sends pictures of ruins unearthed in the desert—oddly constructed stone blocks bearing hieroglyphs that correspond precisely to the professor's memories. Accompanied by a group of scholars, the professor leads an expedition to Australia in a search for answers, but while exploring the ruins alone one night, he finds the shocking truth in the form of "A Shadow out of Time."
    • 5/5
      The “blasted heath” near Arkham and the “strange days”. ?!?!?That little piece of land, described above, is creepy from start to finish in this tale. Something happens to that land, and all the organic life around it is highly affected - and changed. And whether or not the mystery is ever solved, that land will soon be underwater when the reservoir is built, and “nothing could bribe me to drink the new city water of Arkham.” - creepy, right?And how about these quotes, from the ending...“Something terrible came to the hills and valleys... and something terrible - - though I know not in what proportion - - still remains.”“I shall be glad to see the water come.”Lovecraft has "crafted" one spooky story here, and a great tale to read around Halloween!
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite novel from the master. A beautiful and terrifying introduction to cosmic horror.
      For me, definitely a must read
    • 3/5
      I watched the movie first, and thought it was alright. So i thought the short story must have some fantastical and bizarre visuals. And it does a little bit, but the movie does them better. The movie has more weird, strange and grotesque visuals, and a better fantastical feeling. The movie is better in every way except at the beginning of this story they do a bit of research into how resilient the meteorite is which i would have liked to have seen in the movie. But the thing is, this whole "research" of the meteorite is a lot of boring description of how they're testing it in various ways (and even then it's not fully explored, because of the tools of the early 1900s). And this goes on for PAGES. It's like a third of the story is just boring description of "and so they tested it's heat by pouring this liquid on it" "They tested it's strength by trying to break it" it goes on for literal pages. Yet so many people are like "What a great story"Even lovecraft considered this his favorite.The movie literally has more grotesque visuals and there's not much grotesque or eerie in this story. The movie does nearly everything so much better, and it's not even that good of a movie. It was an ok read. It wasn't that bad.That is lovecraft. His ideas are better than his verbose, purple prose. It's his ideas in regards to concepts of his imagination that were influential in supernatural horror.
    • 5/5
      I'm going to throw out my first five-star rating for Lovecraft. I don't think he ever does better than he does in this short story. While he does tend to slip back into his old ways here and there, the writing that actually opens this story is gorgeous, and I don't think he ever attains the same level of creeping horror in any other story.

      This story was a standout the first time I read it, and it remains so, as I work my way through this illustrated series.
    • 4/5
      I listened to this story on The Classic Tales Podcast and had lots of fun with it. This one almost got 5 stars but it has its lengths towards the end with some repetitions that diminished the sublime horror it built up before.
    • 1/5
      So lacking in character development that it's difficult for me to appreciate. Despite how short this is I only got their l through it because I gave up and switched to audiobook version so I could clean my kitchen and not be so bored