New Cthulhu : The Recent Weird

Klappentext For more than 80 years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction! artists! musicians! filmmakers! and gaming. His themes of cosmic indifference! the utter insignificance of humankind! minds invaded by the alien! and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - remain not only viable motifs! but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernatural writers no longer imitate Lovecraft! but they are profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos he created. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird presents some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction - bizarre! subtle! atmospheric! metaphysical! psychological! filled with strange creatures and stranger characters - eldritch! unsettling! evocative! and darkly appealing. Zusammenfassung For more than 80 years H P Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction, artists, filmmakers, and gaming. This book presents some of the best Lovecraftian fiction - bizarre, subtle, atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures and stranger characters - eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darkly appealing.

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• Authors: Caitlin R. Kiernan, Charles Stross, Cherie Priest, China Miéville, Lee Falk, Neil Gaiman, Ron Goulart, Russell Keaton, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Kim Newman, Michael Marshall Smith, China Mieville, China Miéville, Sarah Monette, Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, Cherie Priest, Sarah Monette, Michael Marshall Smith, Charles Stross, Rafael Tavares, Rick Yager
• Assisted by: Rafael Tavares (Illustration), Paula Guran (Editor), Paula Guran (Editor)
• Publisher: Prime
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.2011
• EAN: 9781607012894
• ISBN: 978-1-60701-289-4
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 34 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy