Haggopian and Other Stories

by Brian Lumley

Overview

Prior to the best-selling Necroscope series, Brian Lumley built his reputation by writing stories set against H. P. Lovecraft’s cosmic Cthulhu Mythos backdrop. These dark and frightening tales appeared worldwide in some of the most prestigious genre magazines, and this volume contains some of the very best of Brian Lumley's works.

Collected together, it confirms his place as a master of horror fiction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844166794
Publisher:	Rebellion
Publication date:	12/29/2009
Series:	Mythos Tales , #2
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	486,196
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Brian Lumley is the author of the Necroscope series and many other novels of horror, adventure, and science fiction, including Khai of Khem, the Titus Crow series, and the Tales of The Primal Land. Lumley has won the British Fantasy Award for his short fiction.

Editorial Reviews

British novelist Lumley began his writing career as an H.P. Lovecraft emulator. This nostalgic collection, the second of two volumes (after 2007's The Taint and Other Novellas) of Lumley's best Cthulhu Mythos tales, demonstrates that his work improves the more he moves away from his model, as in the simple and unflinching title story. The more histrionic "The Caller of the Black" still takes a significant step away from its source, introducing the recurring character of the occultist-adventurer Titus Crow, who, like most Lumley characters, is much more of a man of action than the typical Lovecraft protagonist. Mixed among the contemporary horrors are sword-and-sorcery stories set in Lovecraft's surreal Dreamlands and the Primal Land, as florid as the rest but sometimes redeemed by irony. These straightforward tales of forbidden tomes, alien gods and hideous dooms should appeal to Lovecraft fans who care more about atmosphere than philosophy or prose. (May)

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