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THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP AND OTHER WEIRD STORI...

A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fiction   Howard Phillips
Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional
supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that
emerged in the early 1920s. This Penguin Classics edition brings together a dozen of the
master's tales-from his early short stories "Under the Pyramids" (originally ghostwritten for
Harry Houdini) and "The Music of Erich Zann" (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own
favorites) through his more fully developed works  "The Dunwich Horror " The Case of Charles
Dexter Ward  and At the Mountains of Madness .   The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird
Stories presents the definitive corrected texts of these works  along with Lovecraft critic and
biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story.  For more than
seventy years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the
English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles  Penguin Classics represents a global
bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust
the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished
scholars and contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning
translators.

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