Howard Phillips Lovecraft 1890-1937 was an American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, known then simply as weird fiction. His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. He has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. This book collects some of his best and most famous tales.
LOVECRAFT HOWARD PHILLIPS
Howard Phillips Lovecraft 1890-1937 , más conocido como H. P. Lovecraft, fue un escritor estadounidense considerado uno de los grandes innovadores del relato de terror. Nacido y fallecido en Providence, Rhode Island, creó una mitología propia -los Mitos de Cthulhu- que dio origen al subgénero del horror cósmico. Su obra se caracteriza por una atmósfera de misterio, seres ancestrales y dimensiones desconocidas, alejándose del terror tradicional para explorar lo insignificante del ser humano frente a un universo indiferente. Entre sus relatos más conocidos se encuentran La llamada de Cthulhu, En las montañas de la locura y El caso de Charles Dexter Ward. Aunque fue poco reconocido en vida y murió en la pobreza, su legado ha influido profundamente en la literatura, el cine, los videojuegos y la cultura popular.
