De beste science-fiction-verhalen van vroeger en nu.Meeslepende toekomstfantasieën van klassieke schrijvers als H.G. Wells en H.P. Lovecraft, maar ook van moderne meesters van de 'fantasy' als Richard Mateson, Robert Shackley en Ray Bradbury.Een bundel om ademloos uit te lezen...
Dit meesterlijke fantasywerk is speciaal geselecteerd voor SF-lezers en benadrukt de overlap tussen science fiction en fantasy. Terwijl 'pure' SF zich richt op de wereld zoals deze is of kan zijn, verkent fantasy bovennatuurlijke elementen zoals draken, elfen en tovenaars. De variëteit in fantasy is enorm, van sprookjes tot zwaardensagen vol magie. Veel bekende fantasywerken zijn al in het Nederlands vertaald, en SF-lezers genieten vaak van hun eigen soort fantasy. Bekende auteurs zoals Jack Vance, Fritz Leiber, Ursula Le Guin, en Tolkien hebben bijgedragen aan dit genre. Deze bloemlezing biedt een breed scala aan verhalen, van heroic fantasy en sword & sorcery tot lichtere, romantische en humoristische verhalen. De selectie bevat werken van gerenommeerde schrijvers zoals Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, en Michael Moorcock, evenals minder bekende maar invloedrijke namen. Dit twintigtal verhalen is zorgvuldig gekozen om de smaak van de SF-lezer te bedienen, die zijn horizon wil verbreden zonder te ver van zijn vertrouwde terrein af te dwalen. De verhalen variëren van epische avonturen tot intrigerende schelmenverhalen, waardoor er voor ieder wat wils is.
Return to the final days of the Dyer expedition in the remote Antarctic wastes. The letters from expedition leader Professor William Dyer grow increasingly more desperate as the expedition presses on, leaving sanity behind them. What they discover beneath the ice is meant for no living man to see, Cyclopean structures and alien landscapes that defy history itself. The final act of the Dyer Expedition is a descent into cosmic horror and utter madness. H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, first published in 1936, is one of the greatest classics of American horror literature. The most ambitious story Lovecraft ever wrote, it has served as a source of inspiration for filmmakers and authors in the decades since his death. This is the second volume of two. François Baranger, an illustrator with experience working in both the film and gaming industries, was fascinated early on by Lovecraft's creatures and visions which populated the darkest recesses of fantasy. Having previously illustrated The Call of Cthulhu to great acclaim, this book is his most ambitious creation so far.
An extensively annotated anthology of twenty-two of the horror master's best writings also examines Lovecraft's rise and accomplishments against a backdrop of the pulp fiction era while evaluating his influence on literature
Selected and Introduced by M J Elliott. 'They were removing the stones quietly, one by one, from the centuried wall. And then, as the breach became large enough, they came out into the laboratory in single fi≤ led by a stalking thing with a beautiful head made of wax.' From the dark, mind-expanding imagination of H P Lovecraft, Wordsworth presents a third volume of tales penned by the greatest horror writer of the 20th Century. Here are some of Lovecraft's weirdest flesh-creeping masterpieces, including Pickman's Model, The Shunned House, his famous serial Herbert West - Reanimator, and several classic tales from the Cthulhu Mythos, in which mankind is subjected to the unimaginable terrors known only to those who have read from the forbidden Necronomicon. Also included in this compelling collection are the complete Randolph Carter stories, chronicling his adventures in this world and the realm of his dreams, where he faces perils beyond comprehension.
The collection showcases H. P. Lovecraft's mastery of dark and supernatural storytelling, exploring themes such as non-human influences, the fragility of civilization, and the perils of scientific advancement. Through a series of strange tales, it delves into the interplay of fate and superstition, immersing readers in a world where the unknown looms large and humanity's place in the universe is questioned.
With the much-anticipated follow-up to his Olympian landmark of modern gothic literature (Harlan Ellison), Leslie Klinger completes his tour-de-force annotation of H.P. Lovecraft's canon of weird fiction.
