H.P. Lovecraft lived in poverty most of his life, died a painful death at a young age, and only lived to see one of his novels published during his lifetime (The Shadow Over Innsmouth). His short stories were also only published in pulp fiction magazines (mainly Weird Tales) during his lifetime, and were largely unappreciated. In my opinion it is one of the great tragedies in the history of literature that Lovecraft was not celebrated during his lifetime for his incredible works.
Today, Lovecraft is considered one of the greatest horror authors who ever lived, and his fiction created an entire mythos that authors still expand on to this day. This collection contains, in my opinion, most of his best works. Some of these, like The Shadow Over Innsmouth, I consider to be perfect, and among the best novellas or short stories ever written. Occasionally the notes by S.T. Joshi are a bit excessive, to the point of annoyance, and can contain borderline obsessive levels of detail. They also occasionally contain spoilers, which I find very irritating. On the whole, however, this book is incredible and a must-read for any fan of horror or supernatural fiction. Highly, highly recommended.
As a side note, I have not read all of Lovecraft's stories yet, but I have read several dozen, including many of the most known ones, and these are the top five Lovecraft stories (of the ones I've read) in my opinion:
1. The Shadow Over Innsmouth (included in this book)
2. The Colour Out of Space (included in this book)
3. The Shadow Out of Time
4. The Dreams in the Witch House
5. The Call of Cthulhu (included in this book)
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