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I had read The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories earlier this year and absolutely loved it – I immediately went out and bought the two other Penguin collected editions of Lovecraft’s work, and only just got to reading The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories.

This edition has, as the others do, several short stories and longer novellas written by Lovecraft. It’s also annotated extensively, and includes suggestions for further reading, including both primary and secondary sources. The only regret I have is that those notes are end notes rather than footnotes, which makes flipping back and forth kind of tedious. However, the additional information in the end notes was absolutely worth it. I loved being able to read when Lovecraft wrote a story, what inspired it, why he went with particular details and further elaborations on why those details were important.

Included stories, stars for favourites: The Tomb, Beyond the Wall of Sleep, The White Ship, The Temple, The Quest of Iranon, The Music of Erich Zann*, Under the Pyramids, Pickman’s Model*, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward*, The Dunwich Horror*, At the Mountains of Madness*, and The Thing On the Doorstep.

As you can see, I actually preferred most of the longer novellas to the short stories. Under the Pyramids was a delight because it was essentially Lovecraft writing Harry Houdini fanfiction, and the backstory behind that is actually fascinating. The Music of Erich Zann was my favourite of the shorter stories, although Pickman’s Model came at a close second. The novellas – The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Dunwich Horror, and At the Mountains of Madness – were so engrossing. Once I got to the second half of the book, I practically flew through. CDW is the longest of Lovecraft’s works but I found that the exposition really helped draw the reader in. I’ve never felt such sympathy for a character in a horror story before, and it was truly full of horror. The Dunwich Horror was extremely atmospheric and in fact relied on what the characters and reader didn’t actually see for its main effect. This was also echoed in At the Mountains of Madness – the beginning of that story was quite slow for me but once it went through to where certain discoveries were made, I was drawn in. I loved this one as well for the way it expanded upon previously very brief descriptions of the Old Ones and the Outside; this novella went into detail on the history of that group of fantastical and horrifying beings, and that history was fascinating in its own right. The world building throughout Lovecraft’s stories is fantastic.

I haven’t left too many details in my review because I wouldn’t want to give anything away; Lovecraft is truly a master storyteller and his works should be experienced by reading in full rather than spoilers in a review. I honestly would recommend his work to anyone, but would start off with The Call of Cthulhu and then read this volume, as there are some references here to works which appear in that volume.


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The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories Penguin Classics H P Lovecraft S T Joshi 9780142180037 Books Reviews

The third release in a series of offerings by Lovecraft from Naxos. A professional and well thought out product. The second story "The Colour from Space" is a stronger story then the title release. The additional two stories, a release of a four stories in total are lesser Lovecraft works. The length of the CD is not bad, just long enough to cover two or three commutes to work if listened to in the car during a commute to work. The narration is fine, but Wayne June's delivery on the AudioRealms releases is superior.

Hopefully Naxos will release the full catalogue of Lovecraft's works, as the AudioRealms releases are difficult and expensive to obtain.
Tight, well paced, well written. This is vintage horror at its finest. If you haven't yet experienced the works of HP Lovecraft, let this be your entree.
In addition to The Thing, which is a fabulous story, the reader on this DVD set also treats us with other stories including The Colour out of Space and The Outsider. He is just enough of a ham to really make us understand the exact moment when the narrator loses his mind, particularly in his reading of The Rats in the Walls. I so enjoyed this -- worth every penny and I will listen to it more than once.
"Thing" was never one of my fave HPL stories, but listening to it, rather than reading it allowed me to look at the story from another perspective. When it is being read/acted it really brings out the atmosphere of HPL's work, unlike listening to say, John W. Campbell. It's HPL's prose style that comes into full perspective when listening. It's like Homer...in a sense it was written to be heard as opposed to being read. This was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I hope Naxos will be doing more of HPL's work. I'd love for them to do William Hope Hodgson too.
I had never read anything by this author before. Was an interesting read. It was dark and suspenseful. Not gory or gross. Excellently told story if you ask me. I enjoyed it very much.
In this story, Lovecraft reveals much about the ending in advance, but in doing so he builds an eerie feeling of horror and doom to keep the reader interested. Even though most will guess what the "thing on the doorstep" is going to be, there is a little twist which will surprise many. This is a good story in the Cthulhu cycle which can be enjoyed even by those who have no interest in the Cthulhu mythos.

This review is from the 2016 Arcadia e book edition.
I should have known better. I didn't check to see who published this book. Create Space is a print-on-demand self-publishing company and the stuff they purchase is garbage. This book looks tacky, cheap, and I wouldn't use it to line my birdcage. It does not looking anything like a typical book. Do not waste your money.
I had read The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories earlier this year and absolutely loved it – I immediately went out and bought the two other Penguin collected editions of Lovecraft’s work, and only just got to reading The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories.

This edition has, as the others do, several short stories and longer novellas written by Lovecraft. It’s also annotated extensively, and includes suggestions for further reading, including both primary and secondary sources. The only regret I have is that those notes are end notes rather than footnotes, which makes flipping back and forth kind of tedious. However, the additional information in the end notes was absolutely worth it. I loved being able to read when Lovecraft wrote a story, what inspired it, why he went with particular details and further elaborations on why those details were important.

Included stories, stars for favourites The Tomb, Beyond the Wall of Sleep, The White Ship, The Temple, The Quest of Iranon, The Music of Erich Zann*, Under the Pyramids, Pickman’s Model*, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward*, The Dunwich Horror*, At the Mountains of Madness*, and The Thing On the Doorstep.

As you can see, I actually preferred most of the longer novellas to the short stories. Under the Pyramids was a delight because it was essentially Lovecraft writing Harry Houdini fanfiction, and the backstory behind that is actually fascinating. The Music of Erich Zann was my favourite of the shorter stories, although Pickman’s Model came at a close second. The novellas – The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Dunwich Horror, and At the Mountains of Madness – were so engrossing. Once I got to the second half of the book, I practically flew through. CDW is the longest of Lovecraft’s works but I found that the exposition really helped draw the reader in. I’ve never felt such sympathy for a character in a horror story before, and it was truly full of horror. The Dunwich Horror was extremely atmospheric and in fact relied on what the characters and reader didn’t actually see for its main effect. This was also echoed in At the Mountains of Madness – the beginning of that story was quite slow for me but once it went through to where certain discoveries were made, I was drawn in. I loved this one as well for the way it expanded upon previously very brief descriptions of the Old Ones and the Outside; this novella went into detail on the history of that group of fantastical and horrifying beings, and that history was fascinating in its own right. The world building throughout Lovecraft’s stories is fantastic.

I haven’t left too many details in my review because I wouldn’t want to give anything away; Lovecraft is truly a master storyteller and his works should be experienced by reading in full rather than spoilers in a review. I honestly would recommend his work to anyone, but would start off with The Call of Cthulhu and then read this volume, as there are some references here to works which appear in that volume.