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| Original Title: | The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories |
| ISBN: | 0486437507 (ISBN13: 9780486437507) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2015) |
Robert W. Chambers
Paperback | Pages: 287 pages Rating: 3.7 | 6906 Users | 512 Reviews
Define Containing Books The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
| Title | : | The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories |
| Author | : | Robert W. Chambers |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 287 pages |
| Published | : | July 30th 2004 by Dover Publications (first published 1970) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Short Stories. Fiction. Fantasy. Classics. Weird Fiction |
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"Every story of The King in Yellow has something riveting about it … so perfectly realized, they became the model for much of twentieth-century horror/fantasy." — New York PressOne of the most important works of American supernatural fiction since those of Poe, The King in Yellow was among the first attempts to establish the horror of the nameless and the unimaginable. A treasured source used by almost all the significant writers in the American pulp tradition — H. P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, Robert E. Howard, and many others — it endures as a work of remarkable power and one of the most chillingly original books in the genre.
This collection reprints all the supernatural stories from The King in Yellow, including the grisly "Yellow Sign," the disquieting "Repairer of Reputations," the tender "Demoiselle d'Ys," and others. Robert W. Chambers' finest stories from other sources have also been added, such as the thrilling "Maker of Moons" and "The Messenger." In addition, an unusual pleasure awaits those who know Chambers only by his horror stories: three of his finest early biological science-fiction fantasies from In Search of the Unknown appear here as well.
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Ratings: 3.7 From 6906 Users | 512 ReviewsCritique Containing Books The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
3.5 StarsBack in 2014 when I was still in college, My friends and I sat down and decided to watch a brand new detective TV show airing on HBO. There were two detectives and ritual murders, two timelines and unknown mysteries. By the time I finished watching a few episodes, I knew I was witnessing one of the best damn TV show ever produced.True detective Season 1. One thing I did not understand while watching the show was the constant reference to the Yellow King and the mysterious lands ofThis is one of many books I've purchased because the cover is cool and I've never heard of it or the author before. I read it concurrently with The Sketchbook of Washington Irving, which turned out to be a very appropriate pairing. From the Introduction (which I would recommend reading afterwards, as the stuffy though astute editor might turn you off from the ensuing book) I gleam that Chambers was one of a million forgettable, forgotten writers of copious crap in an olden age nobody really
3.5 StarsBack in 2014 when I was still in college, My friends and I sat down and decided to watch a brand new detective TV show airing on HBO. There were two detectives and ritual murders, two timelines and unknown mysteries. By the time I finished watching a few episodes, I knew I was witnessing one of the best damn TV show ever produced.True detective Season 1. One thing I did not understand while watching the show was the constant reference to the Yellow King and the mysterious lands of
(I'm guessing this is the same collection I've read)The Restorer of Reputations (or whatever) is a great and fascinating horror story with a nice twist and a good amount of atmosphere to it, but the rest of it is far from horror. That said it's all fairly amazing, except for a severe lack of good and snappy endings, but it doesn't reach the levels of other masters of the genre (HP above all of course). The best stories are actually the love ones, with the very last one being particuarly
Inspired by the HBO series True Detective I broke down & read this in the last half of October 2014.It was almost Halloween and I always read H. P. Lovecraft & his spawn when the leaves on the trees start changing colors. Lovecraft was allegedly a Chambers devotee, so ...I felt it incumbent upon me to give it a try.Made it through "King..." and a couple of others but finally gave it all up.Also read a few tales by Ambrose Bierce before going back to Lovecraft to wrap up the scary season.
Just read Ambrose Bierce's "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" instead. Really. Read it. It is brief, timeless, and creepy; three things Robert Chambers tries too hard for in The King in Yellow. The King is Yellow is gimmicky copycat weirdness.The King in Yellow is a sub-collection of the first five stories of this book. The five short stories have a mythology and structure taken from Bierce's short story. Chambers' stories also share slight interconnections beyond the concepts of Carcosa, Hali, and the
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