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Thats great news. I've been going through his stories one compilation at a time and am 'in between' books right now. Since I'm at the point where I would be buying books with duplicate stories, it might be perfect timing for me!

I don't remember Rico looking down on civilians throughout the book. Maybe he saw himself and MI as elite over EVERYONE else (vets included!) almost as MI men being self appointed heros. But to me he seemed more proud of protecting the civilians as part of his career. And as far as the pity...

I don't really see the same comparison of shoggoth to the holy ghost aside from them both possibly being described as 'undefined entity'. They seem to simply be slaves that were created to work at the pleasure of the Old Ones. I think JD's idea of the primordal pool seems to make more...

Can you explain why you think it was poorly written? Is it because of the simplicity? I'm not sure if I disagree or not, but as I said before, I think that this book reads very much like military autobiographies I've read. (All from WWII through Vietnam). To me, its very dry, simple, and to...

LOL... you should be so lucky! I find the tough thing about reading Lovecraft (as so many have mentioned before!) is that there are no 'complete' sets. I've gotten a list of all his works and have been checking off read stories just so I don't end up buying a book with mostly stories I've...

I hope you don't have the same bad opinion of "Bloodcurdling Tales.." and "The Road to Madness" Since those are the only books I've read so far!

Like most of Lovecraft's stories, I enjoyed reading this one. The story went along with the usual suspense and foreboding. But I am used to a good wrap up. Even if there is some question remaining, its usually minor in the stories. In Red Hook, I got to the end and felt like either there was...

I know what you mean about the ending, but I disagree with your conclusion. I think the ending, while slow and a little anti-climactic, was pretty well thought out. Of course I may be assuming too much, but here's what I thought: *****SPOILERS******* West had been on a course of moral...

I am about to read this story from the Del Ray book "Bloodcurdling Tales..." and saw somewhere that there is now a corrected version of "Shadow..." from recently discovered notes in 1995. My question is, is there much difference? Does the story change drastically or is the corrected version of...

Connavar: Thanks Ghost: It is a shame that Verhoven (ST Movie Director) took so little from the book. According to IMDB, he was even a little insulting to the book. He claimed to have gotten too bored to finish it. But from what I understand, he was writing a screenplay about an interstellar...

The Rats in the Walls. Looking back, I would have thought the story would have seemed too slow for me. There is not a lot going on through 3/4 of the story. But I think what kept me very interested (besides his reputation) was the way Lovecraft writes as well as the little morsels of...

First, I have to mention that I hadn't read fiction in years. I am a huge fan of ST - The Movie. When I read the criticism of this book on wikipedia as well as reading someones complaint of how the movie butchered the book.... well.. I HAD to read this book! One thing I observed that I think...

I'm reading that book now but haven't hit The Colour Out of Space" yet. Can you identify what is missing? Can you tell from the page numbers? I remembered seeing this post a while back a wrote to Del Rey (couldn't find this post again at the time) and they did not seem to be aware of the...

Rats in the Walls - Book: Blood Curdling Tales of the Macabre I haven't read fiction in years until recently. I decided one day to read Starship Troopers and also happened to be looking up Cthulhu (remembered from RPG days). I figured these Lovecraft stories HAVE to be read! I don't want to...