tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post6272559891044124210..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Beagle Books' Lovecraft Boxed Set (1971): The Polished Black Jewel of Ultimate HorrorWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-63684071205758843142015-07-29T12:33:43.674-07:002015-07-29T12:33:43.674-07:00Cool. Just discovered this entry while Googling &q...Cool. Just discovered this entry while Googling "beagle lovecraft." I owned all of these except for the Lurking Fear volume, the cover of which I've somehow never even *seen* till now. Infinite thanks to whoever the heck dumped all those HPL titles (not only the Beagle editions but also several Ballantines as well, including Lin Carter's "Lovecraft: A Look Behind the gef the talking mongoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933495260941982375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-11726986980321153282014-12-19T17:19:56.157-08:002014-12-19T17:19:56.157-08:00I didn't know Michael Welan did those grey-ton...I didn't know Michael Welan did those grey-toned covers. I like them slightly more now, but still prefer the Ballantine faces and the Gallardo covers. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755393226640706872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-42013467625222873382014-10-06T10:24:44.784-07:002014-10-06T10:24:44.784-07:00Hmmm, while I agree the ATMOM cover is a bit absur...Hmmm, while I agree the ATMOM cover is a bit absurd, I always liked the one for "Lurking Fear" - it reminds me of the cover art for The Who's "Tommy" album. <br /><br />I liked the Ballantine HPL covers - the weird faces and the later Adult Fantasy images. I never really liked Whelan's covers (though I like Whelan a lot in general) and felt they never really evoked aycornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098064529676071855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-48016288625183655762014-10-03T22:26:41.182-07:002014-10-03T22:26:41.182-07:00Yes! I had pretty much that same experience.Yes! I had pretty much that same experience.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-50876589986090499032014-10-03T21:23:59.841-07:002014-10-03T21:23:59.841-07:00The Del Rey editions with those wonderful Michael ...The Del Rey editions with those wonderful Michael Whelan illustrations were my first HPL books but still, yes, I totally understand how the image of a book cover can evoke discovery. Granted, my personal discovery of HPL wasn't exactly "Lovecraftian" -- sneaking a paragraph or two in class when the teacher wasn't looking -- yet, for the time and place, it felt like I was being the night watchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278095576412167269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-66842364424260800282014-10-03T14:31:19.990-07:002014-10-03T14:31:19.990-07:00Yep, I'm looking into it now, thanks!Yep, I'm looking into it now, thanks!Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-42512495683674727242014-10-03T13:51:46.090-07:002014-10-03T13:51:46.090-07:00There was also a later box set with some of the Ge...There was also a later box set with some of the Gervasio Gallardo cover printings, though it seems to even less common than this Beagle set.Andrew Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18378371788631725928noreply@blogger.com