At the Mountains of Madness And Other Tales of Terror
9 best books like At the Mountains of Madness And Other Tales of Terror (H.P. Lovecraft): Behold the Man, I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire, The Great God Pan, The Girl Who Was Plugged In, Mongrels, This Immortal, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Earth Is Room Enough, Knight of the Black Rose
| Author | Michael Moorcock |
| ISBN | 1585677647 |
Karl Glogauer is a disaffected modern professional casting about for meaning in a series of half-hearted relationships, a dead-end job, and a personal struggle. His questions of faith surrounding his father's run-of-the-mill Christianity and his mother's suppressed Judaism lead him to a bizarre...
I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire
| Author | P.N. Elrod |
| ISBN | 0786901756 |
This was an oddly enjoyable book! I played the Ravenloft D&D modules in high school, and I like P. N. Elrod's writing, so I figured I'd indulge in nostalgia and read this. The plot covers Strahd's background, his choice to become a vampire, and his path from that choice to his weird existence surrounded...
| Author | Arthur Machen |
| ISBN | 1871592119 |
The Great God Pan" is a novella written by Arthur Machen. A version of the story was published in the magazine Whirlwind in 1890, and Machen revised and extended it for its book publication (together with another story, "The Inmost Light") in 1894. On publication it was widely denounced by the press as...
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
James Tiptree, Jr. (aka Alice Sheldon) is primarily renowned for her short fiction, but this piece, which won the Hugo for best novella in 1974, is also top-notch. It imagines a future completely ruled by corporations, where advertising is illegal, because life is advertising—companies use celebrities...
| Author | Stephen Graham Jones |
| ISBN | 0062412698 |
A spellbinding and darkly humorous coming-of-age story about an unusual boy whose family lives on the fringes of society and struggles to survive in a hostile world that shuns and fears them.
He was born an outsider, like the rest of his family. Poor yet resilient, he lives in the shadows with...
| Author | Roger Zelazny |
| ISBN | 0671698486 |
Conrad Nomikos has a long, rich personal history that he'd rather not talk about. And, as Arts Commissioner, he's been given a job he'd rather not do. Escorting an alien grandee on a guided tour of the shattered remains of Earth is not something he relishes- especially when it is apparent that this places...
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
| Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
| ISBN | 0140437487 |
Poe found the germ of the story he would develop into ARTHUR GORDON PYM in 1836 in a newspaper account of the shipwreck and subsequent rescue of the two men on board. Published in 1838, this rousing sea adventure follows New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus....
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0449014010 |
Contents:
· The Dead Past · nv Astounding Apr ’56
· The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · pm F&SF Oct ’54
· Franchise · ss If Aug ’55
· Gimmicks Three [“The Brazen Locked Room”] · ss F&SF Nov ’56
· Kid Stuff · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep...
| Author | James Lowder |
| ISBN | 1560761563 |
On the fabled world of Krynn, Lord Soth finally learns that there is a price to pay for his long history of evil deeds, a price even an undead warrior might find horrifying.
Dark powers transport Soth to Barovia, and there the death knight must face the dread minions of Count Strahn Von Zarovich, the...
