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Offline Damien

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Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« on: 07 May 2014, 02:52:30 AM »
Hello all, just found this page on the Weird Tales website. It's called 'Marketing the Mythos' and has four decades of awesome covers; though some are pretty weird. I wish I had some of these, the Ballantine Horror 'In the tradition of Lovecraft' ones especially. I think it is time to hit a few used bookstores.


http://weirdtalesmagazine.com/2013/11/09/marketing-the-mythos-four-decades-of-the-lovecraftian-aesthetic-in-paperback/

Check 'em out,
 Damien

Offline pocoloco

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #1 on: 07 May 2014, 05:38:44 AM »
Thanks for the link.

Offline Van-Helsing

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #2 on: 07 May 2014, 11:01:44 AM »
Awesome resource, I love it!


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Offline Uncle Mike

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #3 on: 07 May 2014, 06:46:17 PM »
Cool!

Offline Bob Murch

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #4 on: 19 May 2014, 01:51:32 AM »
It would be fun to see some of the rare, Mythos related finds of this group. Surly, most of us have spent an inordinate amount of time scouring the dusty corners of antiquarian book stores in a quest to add one more treasure to our libraries.

Here is one of my treasures:

Offline Bob Murch

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #5 on: 02 June 2014, 04:33:01 PM »
Another treasured find:

Offline Bob Murch

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #6 on: 05 June 2014, 05:25:36 PM »
I love the off-the-hook surrealism of this one:

Offline Uncle Mike

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #7 on: 05 June 2014, 09:08:45 PM »
That is great! Love the title and tag line as well. Lurid!

Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #8 on: 08 June 2014, 06:14:57 PM »
Found this little lot at my mum's place. No matter how old I get there will always be stuff left there  :)
















Offline Bob Murch

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #9 on: 08 June 2014, 07:51:13 PM »
Great stuff Dragon! Keep'em coming.

Offline Bob Murch

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Re: Four Decades of Lovecraft Paperback covers
« Reply #10 on: 15 June 2014, 04:13:33 PM »
A rare paperback of a pair of stories that originally appeared in Weird Tales. The idea for the story came from a query by H.P. Lovecraft which asked why someone hadn't written a werewolf story from the werewolf's perspective.

 

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