If anyone out there is an H. P. Lovecraft fan like myself, you should do yourself a favor and head down to your nearest Barnes & Noble. They just got in a “complete and unabridged” collection of Lovecraft’s work. The book’s over 1,000 pages long and looks to include virtually everything the man ever wrote. And it’s less than $15. It’s part of their “essential author” series of books.
I’m very happy B&N;has deemed Lovecraft worth of “essential” status. I’ve long been an admirer of his work, and his stories are a big influence on my own writing. I even have a stuffed Cthulhu both in my living room and in my cubicle at work.
This is the time of year for it, too. A store employee was stocking the “discount horror books” section when I saw him with the Lovecraft collections. He set one down and I immediately picked it up. He laughed, saying that they can’t keep them on the shelves, primarily because all the employees want them as well.
