Better than the average collection, with works by major names like Robert Bloch and Lord Dunsany as well as HPL, natch, The Nyarlathotep Cycle offers a bevvy of stories about our favorite faceless pharaoh without a dud in the bunch, though some are obviously better than others. A few stories are a bit slight (toward the end there are a couple that barely break two pages) but it makes me want to read more of Chaosium's Cycle series.

The introduction by R.M.Price is just terrible... I can´t believe it is so bad.Dunsany - okThe poems - Yeats=marvelous. Lovecraft + Howard = naive.Lovecraft - ok, not his best stories, but you probably already have them elsewhere.Derleth - not terrible. A copy of A Whisperer in DarknessWarner - poor. A simplified Under the Pyramids set in New Orleans.Bloch - ok, a fine story.Carter - naive, full of cliches, boring. A copy of ideas from some Universal movies. Not that Lin Carter would be able to

First off, I appreciate that this book sticks to its main theme throughout all of the stories. Even if many stories seemed to focus on the Egyptian ties to Nyarlathotep (which I personally really enjoyed), at least I feel that has a strong connection to Nyarlathotep. I really really like the setting of Egypt, so there is some bias there towards the high rating. There was no story that I disliked, and in fact I thought most were quite good. Excluding HPL, the highlights for me were Robert Bloch,

This collection of short horror stories published by the role-playing game company Chaosium Inc. focuses on the Lovecraftian god Nyarlathotep and especially its manifestation as "the Black Pharaoh" Nephren-Ka. Objectively speaking not all the stories are great or even good but some credit is due simply for republishing some of the stories which had previously been somewhat famous among the fandom but hard to find. My personal favourites from the collection include "The Dreams in the Witch-House"...

This collection starts well with several of my favorites from HPL himself, as well as the best Derleth Mythos story, and one of the best by Robert Bloch. The Lin Carter story is too long (and only tangentially related to the Mythos anyway), and the other tales are of minor interest. What is most striking to me, however, is editor Price's erudition. Not only does he make strong theological arguments about HPL's mythos stories, but he is also quite well-read on literary theory and criticism. Price...

Una recopilación de relatos y poemas que toman como punto en común a Nyarlathotep. Algunos son de corte clásico lovecraftiano, otros son más metafóricos, otros son aventuras pulp,... En general son todas bastante buenas a su particular estilo.

A collection of stories based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. These are, to me, only slightly better than the original Lovecraft stories. Just not a fan of his writings. Not recommended

So disappointing. The influences for Nyarlathotep are very interesting and I love the Dunsany but anyone intrigued enough by the Crawling Chaos to have sought out this volume most likely already knows about all of that. I am also very fond of the original, dreamlike Nyarlathotep-as-Tesla short story. The rest of the Lovecraft stuff is fine but has nothing on the other quintessential Nyarlathotep piece, the Dream-Quest novella, which is barely mentioned here. I should also acknowledge Bloch: whil...

Good introduction to Nyarlathotep, wish it had more HP Lovecraft material (don't know how much HPL actually wrote about Nyarlathotep though so it might already have everything). Robert Price's annotations are helpful

Less "Nyarlathotep" and more "Creepy Mummy/Pharaoh" without direct reference to the big guy himself, but a quality collection of weird fiction and a decent addition to the Cycle series.

There are some great stories in here but also a lot of duds. Price was trying to include stories from many different eras of weird fiction, but not all eras of weird fiction are created equal.

A more apt title might have been “The Nephren Ka Cycle,” inasmuch as most of the back half of the book was devoted not to Nyarlathotep but to the god’s evil pharaoh-priest. That decision on the part of series editor Robert Price disappointed me on two counts: first, Lovecraft’s famous short story “Nyarlathotep” is one of my all-time favorite pieces of weird fiction, and I was looking forward to a set of tales with the same dreamy, apocalyptic feel. And second, I’d just finished an anthology of b...

Like the other Chaosium Cycle-Books this one focuses on one entity from H.P. Lovecrafts Cthulhu mythos - in this case Nyarlathotep - and collects stories and poems in which it features prominently. As some of the other Cycle-Books this one does very well in the first half or so and then seems to run out of suitable texts, thus starting off on a tangent and collecting stories whose connection with the featured entity is rather fragile and thin.In this case the second half concentrates not so much...

A flawed anthology in my opinion. I always considerd Nyarlathotep -as a member of the cosmic triumvirate Nyarlathothep/Yog-Sothoth/Azathoth a.k.a The Cosmic Atom- to be the most fascinating entity of the pantheon. When featuring 'The Mad man's Hermes' the possible themes,narrative variations, etc... should be neigh endless. Which is not at all the case in this hit & miss affair.

Could have done with more Nyarlathotep, but I'm sure that's not from lack of trying on the collecting editor's part. The ones that were about Nyarlathotep or at least creepy mummies were awesome.

It’s... all right. There’s a lot of “same-i-ness” to all of the stories which was a let down. I was hoping to read a variety of awesome tales about Nyarlathotep but most of the stories here barely mention “him.” Curse of the Black Pharaoh was pretty good as a trimmed down “mummy” version of Stoker’s Dracula and the HPL inclusions I’m sure have probably read by anyone interested in this book. Pick it up for a good price if you’re looking for a book of mad pharaohs and living mummies, but if you’r...