The Shadow Over Innsmouth, by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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The story describes of a strange hybrid race, half-human and half an unknown creature that resembles a cross between a fish and frog, that dwells in the seaside village of Innsmouth (formerly a large town, but lately fallen into disrepair). The townspeople worship Cthulhu and Dagon, a Philistine deity incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos. Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk
The Shadow Over Innsmouth, by Howard Phillips Lovecraft- Published on: 2015-09-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 11.00" h x .17" w x 8.50" l, .43 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 74 pages
About the Author Howard Phillips Lovecraft, August 1890 - March 1937, was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works ofhorror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre. Lovecraft was born inProvidence, Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. ever hear tell of a shoggoth? By Paul F. Brooks Howard Philip Lovecraft (1890-1937) did not have a high regard for his novelette "Shadow Over Innsmouth". To paraphrase from the Wikipedia: Lovecraft wrote to August Derleth that the story "has all the defects I deplore especially in point of style, where hackneyed phrases & rhythms have crept in despite all precautions.... No I don't intend to offer 'The Shadow over Innsmouth' for publication, for it would stand no chance of acceptance". It was eventually published as a slim book with a run of 200 copies. The only book of Lovecraft's fiction distributed during his lifetime. August Derleth called The Shadow Over Innsmouth " a dark, brooding story, typical of Lovecraft at his best."Not withstanding Lovercraft's oppinion this reader believes that the "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" to be a spendid example of HPL's fictional writings and exhibits many of the compelling theams used in his other works.I will attempt a very abbreviated summary of the plot with no spoilers. Our narrator, who is never named, undertakes a "tour of New England for sightseeing, antiquarian and genealogical - and had planned to go to Newburyport and on to Arkham whence my mother's family was derived". He takes a dilapidated old bus that makes the Newburyport - Innsmouth - Arkham run only to have it break down in Arkham stranding him for the night. The back-story of strangeness and horrors in Arkham are conveyed to the narrator by three individuals: the curator at the Newburyport Historical Society, a clerk in the First National (grocery) Store in Innsmouth and by the most intriguing character in the story 96 year old Zadok Allen, town drunkard. The narrator escaped Innsmouth and capture by the very peculiar inhabitants with the help of a map given to him by the store clerk.I suspect readers new to Lovecraft will finds this story more than mildly confusing what with all the unexplained terms, Lovercraft's over the top descriptions of terror and the maze like journey thought Innsmouth's many streets.Lovecraft peppers his story with terms that beg a description but none are giving. We encounter the old topper Zadok Allen and his mouths "R'lyeh wgah-nagl fhtaga" with no explanation and asks his listener if "ever hear tell of shoggoth?' A what, you say. The narration visits Miskatonic University in Arkham. This town and school show up in several other stories but you would not know it from this tale. Several references are made to the "Esoteric Order of Dagon". Hmmm sounds very creepy. Fan of HPL relish these links to other stories but new readers be warned.Lovecraft had a way with words and used them, overused some would say, to convey the atmosphere of dread or creepiness he was attempting. For example: "It took no excessive sensitiveness to beauty to make me literally gasp at the strange, unearthly splendor of the alien, opulent phantasy of the tiara...the pattern on the piece hinted of remote secrets and unimaginable abyss in time and space". Innsmouth is a "Festering city of death and decay". Zadok lays it on thick also "Thar's whar it all begun-the cursed place of all wickedness where the deep water starts. Gates o' hell-sheer drop daown to a bottom no saoudin' line kin tech." and "Yew want to know what the reel horror is, hey? Wal, it's this- it ain't what thern fish devils haz done, but it's what they're a-goin' to do! They're a-bringin' things up aout o' whar they come from into the taown....ever hear tell of a shoggoth?" My favorite is "Haow'd ye like to be livin' in a taown like this, with everthing a-rottin' an' dyin' boarded up monsters crawlin' an' bleatin' an' barkin' an hoppin' aroun' black cellars and attics every where ye turn?" Whew what a place!Well, it does not take much common sense to know that Innsmouth is no place to be if the fish-frog guys are after you so take out your map and make tracks. Lovecraft knew where he was going but I could never figure out his directions, for example: "At Bates Street I drew into a yawing vestibule...was soon on my way again approaching where Eliot Street crossed Washington at the intersection of South." Later the directions are, well, confusing " I edged around into Babson which crossed Federal...noised continued on Washington...darted around the corner into Lafayette Street and crossed Eliot...my greatest dread was re-crossing South Street" and on and on.If you want to "dig in' to this story, and I hope you do, get a map of the fictional town of Innsmouth. Do a search on the internet, find it and print it out. Now it all makes sense.Now about those mysterious terms shoggoth, Dagon, R'lyeh wgah-nagl fhtaga and ol' Miskatonic U. Well, you don't need to know about them to just enjoy the story unless, of course, you just have to know...well that's what Google is for!Ok, "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn", which translates as "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming. Is it time to read another Lovecraft story?Added 03-14-2011There is another level of interest concerning this story that may appeal to the curiosity of some readers. Thoughout the text Lovecraft incorporated numerous real place and family names from Essex County in Massachusetts; in addition there are subtle references to other Lovecraft stories. If you are intrigued by this tale and motivated to fill your cranium with a lot of useless but interesting bits of trivia read the Necronomicon Press edition of the illustrated and annotated "The Shadow over Innsmouth". The book contains 150 detailed footnotes, a 15 pages introduction, a discarded draft of the story and 5 full-page illustrations by Jason Eckhardt. The two paperback editions of this title (1994,97) have long been out of print but copies are available used. Oh yes, I was raised in Essex County and have visited many of the towns he enjoyed visiting and writing about.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Haunting tale like only Lovecraft can bring! By Amazon Customer I don't really even know how to begin to describe this book. To some it may seem a little dry and long winded, but I found Lovecraft's description of the dilapidated town of Innsmouth to be captivating and he can somehow make things seem horrifying that don't really seem all that scary if you try to describe it to a friend. If you like a haunting story with a great deal of mystery and intrigue behind it, this is the book for you!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. They just don't write them like they used to... By Melissa H.P. Lovecraft weaves a tale that is almost romantic... I saw "Dagon" as a teenager-obsessed with horror movies-and the story always stuck out because you almost believe it could be true. I read the Kindle edition as an adult and even though it's not close to the movie, this book is probably one of my favorite classics. A must read for any horror fan.
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