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The Call of Cthulhu: A Positronic Book
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515424437
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A seminal work of weird fiction in which H. P. Lovecraft introduces the cosmic horror that would come to define the Cthulhu Mythos.
First published in 1928, The Call of Cthulhu unfolds through a series of documents, accounts, and fragmented testimonies, gradually revealing the existence of an ancient and indifferent cosmic entity. As the narrative progresses, disparate clues-drawn from archaeology, dreams, and maritime encounters-converge into a single, unsettling realisation: that humanity occupies only a negligible place within a vast and incomprehensible universe.
Lovecraft's method departs from conventional horror by shifting the focus from immediate threat to existential dread. The terror arises not from what can be confronted, but from what cannot be understood or resisted. This approach, combining narrative structure with philosophical implication, established a lasting framework for modern horror and influenced generations of writers. The Call of Cthulhu remains one of the central texts of twentieth-century weird fiction.
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