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The House of Cthulhu Tales of the Primal Land Vol 1 Brian Lumley 9780765310736 Books

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The House of Cthulhu Tales of the Primal Land Vol 1 Brian Lumley 9780765310736 Books

Brian Lumley has taken the Cthullu Mythos a few steps further than the old school H. P. Lovecraft Mythos writers of the past and present. He seems to have blended regular horror with the Mythos and come up with an enticing set of tales. The book is short stories some of which are Mythos based and others that are more Conan the Barbarian, Hyperboria based.

The stories are as should be expected all linked together by characters, location and theme. The basic premise is that before recorded time the world existed. So did the human race. Not the cave man type humans but full blown civilized human civilization. But in this older age magic, sorcery, monsters, demons, necromancy and all the catch words of the genre existed side by side.

This being volume 1 it is a good introduction to Lumley's writing. The stories are just stories, the monsters and magicians are a bit more than the usual monsters and magicians, and the characters are rather surprisingly likable and or hateable. Check out this series and search further for Lumley's books on Cthullu Mythos monsters and a huge series of Vampire novels under the title Necroscope. Check out Wikipedia for Brian Lumley and view the long list of series and short story compilations listed there. Amazon carries a lot of Lumley's titles, check him out on here. :)

ps to above, I like print books generally and ebooks a little bit on my ipad. So I try to own series like this in hardback. BUT Amazon carries the trade paperback and regular paperback copies of much of what Lumley writes also. Must say that the digital age has not reached a lot of corners of the worlds writers, Lumley for one so just take a good look at the material and choose what you think you would like.


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The House of Cthulhu Tales of the Primal Land Vol 1 Brian Lumley 9780765310736 Books Reviews

In the past I have enjoyed Lumley's books, however, this one is a tired collection that is a mostly boring rework of Lovecraft's fiction. I finished the book hoping to find something interesting but, no luck.
I managed not to be able to finish this book. I read through to the short story House of Cthulhu, were I shrugged my shoulders and set the book down. The only merit in this book, is the introduction which is the only thing that has any Lovecraft feeling. This is more like a Dungeons and Dragons collection of moral fables. Every story was predictable and one that has been written better many times by many different authors. If you have kids and they have an inkling towards fantasy then I highly recommened this book for bedtime story reading, as the morals will give them something to chew over, in a nice fantasy package. All in All this is a dull uninspired fantasy mess, that gets you no where fast... and leaves you wondering if the people that made comments on the book jacket have ever actually read any H.P. Lovecraft.
I really enjoyed Lumley previous collections Beneath the Moors, The Whisperer and Fruiting Bodies. As a result, the House of Cthulhu was a mild disappointment. I actually think Lumley usually out Lovecrafts Lovecraft but that's not the case here. He succeeds in creating a secret history filled with waring wizards, believable barbarians, giant gastropds and more. My favorite story was Cryptically Yours (waring wizards). I'd read the other three before mentioned books before seeking this one out.
A really nice introductory setup kicks off this book of tales ...to some the first 20 odd pages might be a bit of a burden to push through, but please persevere, the background really helps bring the land and time to life and fantastically so.

The first tale is certain to capture you, I found myself laughing out loud at the great humour and timing, with a nice dark ending.

From there on I cannot imagine anyone putting this book down and I found myself finishing of this book in no time at all and ready to hear more tales of the wizards, of Cthulhu and the impressive characters brought to such vivid life.

The book ends with a very dark and disturbing short closing, perfect Lovecraft.
In 1967 a treasure of ancient secret tomes were discovered that shed a light on the great primal island continent of Theem'hdra where sorcery wars were the norm. As the scribe of these incredible documents, the White Wizard Teh Atht described a time when sorcerers like Mylarkhrion the most terrible stole or protected magical knowledge from one's peers and other hired hands; a time when summoning of Cthulhu the Great One doomed all.

This compilation is predominantly a reprint of a 1984 book. The current book contains the introduction and nine of the eleven tales (lacks "Isles of the Suhm-Yi" and "Curse of the Golden Guardians" for ye purists) in the 1984 book plus one other addition ("To Kill a Wizard). The tales are all well written as they come across as fantastic horror yet feel as if they historically happened and that the age of The House of Cthulhu existed, perhaps because of the clever set up by Brian Lumley possessing the works of noted but vanished 1960s scholar Thelred Gustau. This early Lumley shows his Lovecraft roots in a terrific collection.

Harriet Klausner
Hard to follow and not interesting. Not worth the time evolved in trying to figure out what is happening. Ugh
Awesome!
Brian Lumley has taken the Cthullu Mythos a few steps further than the old school H. P. Lovecraft Mythos writers of the past and present. He seems to have blended regular horror with the Mythos and come up with an enticing set of tales. The book is short stories some of which are Mythos based and others that are more Conan the Barbarian, Hyperboria based.

The stories are as should be expected all linked together by characters, location and theme. The basic premise is that before recorded time the world existed. So did the human race. Not the cave man type humans but full blown civilized human civilization. But in this older age magic, sorcery, monsters, demons, necromancy and all the catch words of the genre existed side by side.

This being volume 1 it is a good introduction to Lumley's writing. The stories are just stories, the monsters and magicians are a bit more than the usual monsters and magicians, and the characters are rather surprisingly likable and or hateable. Check out this series and search further for Lumley's books on Cthullu Mythos monsters and a huge series of Vampire novels under the title Necroscope. Check out Wikipedia for Brian Lumley and view the long list of series and short story compilations listed there. carries a lot of Lumley's titles, check him out on here. )

ps to above, I like print books generally and ebooks a little bit on my ipad. So I try to own series like this in hardback. BUT carries the trade paperback and regular paperback copies of much of what Lumley writes also. Must say that the digital age has not reached a lot of corners of the worlds writers, Lumley for one so just take a good look at the material and choose what you think you would like.