I'm really new to Cthulhu and H.P. Lovecraft. But I know what I love and I loved The Book of Cthulhu!! A friend introduced me to Lovecraft earlier this year and I started hunting for his books in used bookstores and at the library, so when I got the chance to read The Book of Cthulhu I couldn't wait to get started. And I was not disappointed on bit.There are twenty seven stories in this anthology and there's something here for everyone! Being so new to Lovecraft, I did some research and from wha...

It's fair to say that I'm a huge Lovecraft fan and the Cthulhu mythos in particular. Here we have a collection of short stories based to varying degrees to that mythos and there's some well known writers here - which unfortunately leads to the first issue with the collection and that is that I'd read more than a few of these before in other anthologies.The second issue is common to any collection and that is the varying quality of the stories. I didn't think any of them were bad, but some were t...

An anthology of too many stories, most of which are are mediocre at best. There are some very good tales by T.E.D. Klein, Joe Lansdale, Thomas Ligotti, Ramsey Campbell, and Gene Wolfe, but this is hardly unexpected, and none of them are new. The final story in the collection is "The Men from Porlock" by Laird Barron, who I'd not read but had heard many good things about, and I was very thoroughly surprised at how much I enjoyed it -- and I believe it makes its premier in this anthology. Generall...

Ross Lockhart’s Book of Cthulhu is the fourth collection of Lovecraft inspired fiction I’ve read since 2010. Whew! They are: Ellen Datlow’s Lovecraft Unbound; S.T. Joshi’s Black Wings, Darell Schweitzer’s Cthulhu’s Reign (which has a different focus than the other three), and Lockhart’s effort. They all have good stories in them, but there is also considerable paper spent on some so-so efforts. Datlow’s entry, to my mind, suffered from trying to limit her anthology by seeking to get beyond Love...

I just read the first story in this collection. I picked it up at a friend's house and saw that there was a contribution from Caitlín R. Kiernan, so I read it while waiting. It was good. I noticed there were stories from a couple other authors I often enjoy, Cherie Priest and Tim Pratt, so I may see if the library has a copy.

I think that for me the quintessential H. P. Lovecraft has always been The Dunwich Horror. I’m fairly certain that it was the first of his stories that I ever read and it evokes the strongest response. Oh to be young, again. While The Necronomicon is the key used to unlock the gates for the Great Old Ones, my recollection is that Cthulhu doesn’t appear (but Yog-Sothoth does). As the years went one I read more and more of his tales and got to know his pantheon better. Contemporaries made occasion...

Full Circle ⭕️ When I was a little girl my brother controlled the remote to our tv and he was a rabid horror lover. Naturally, I had to watch his favorite shows and movies. Lots of animation and lots of horror.At the time, I knew nothing about Lovecraft and the mythos, but I too became addicted to these horror movies. So as I grew older and gathered more control over the remote, Lovecraft horror was tuned in a lot.We learned much later about his virulent racism, and then about the group of peopl...

Was there something I missed with this compilation of stories? I see the large score it has and can only scratch my head in deep confusion.I'm a huge Lovecraft fan but I found most of these stories god-awful. I feel like the only things I liked about this book was the very first tale and the fact that my hero, Cthulhu, is in the title.

A great collection filled to the brim with cosmic horror goodness. A couple of stories let it down, but for the most part this anthology rocked! A must for fans of Lovecraft or Cosmic Horror in general.

The Book of Cthulhu ($15.99 Nightshade Books) edited by Ross E. Lockhart—overall rating—five stars—highly recommended for fans of H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, literary horror in general, and great writing.27 stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, the author who created the Cthulhu mythos many years ago. If you haven’t read Lovecraft, or don’t know who he is, think of him this way: he’s the J.R.R. Tolkien of horror. His fiction is impressive and very readable today, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed his

As a whole:If you look back through the books I've read, you will see Black Seas of Infinity and my review about the collection of Lovecraft stories in it. There is a great deal I enjoy about Lovecraft's work, but reading even that much (20 or so stories) begins to drag after a while. The unending terror meshing with a bit of monotony in just such a way that you feel threatened, but too weak to affect any response. It's a strange feeling and one that I didn't care for despite my enjoyment of par...

Ah, I know whenever I’m feeling down that Lovecraftian mythology will be there for me to pick me up out of my slump and scare the living hell out of me. Yeah, this anthology is that good – it made me feel better when I was cranky, and then it proceeded to give me nightmares. The feel-good anthology of the year? Definitely. But only if you like tentacles.But out of all of the stories in here, the first by Caitlin R. Kiernan was my favorite. I’ve always loved her writing, and I kind of wish that t...

I had been staring at this anthology for a long while every time I stepped into the local Chapters, and it was after some long thought that I picked it up. I fluttered between 3 and 4 stars for this anthology for a couple reasons, and finally settled on four because in the end, this is a good anthology and anyone looking for good mythos tales will be sure to find them in this collection. The main reason I had debated on getting this book for so long, and the reason I had so many issues with rati...

I was really surprised by this anthology. I've read a lot of Lovecraftian fiction over the years. The current trend to Locraftian "Weird fiction" has been a lot of fun, but often is more Weird than Mythos or Lovecraftian. The Book of Cthulhu hit squarely in the Lovecraftian end of things for me - just enough weird without sacrificing what made Lovecraft and his followers great. There's great examples of language use (Pugmire, Pulver and Barron - as always), Mythos stories (e.g., "The Doom that C...