Product Description

Mysteries of Time and Spirit is a collection of all the correspondence between Lovecraft and future Arkham-House co-founder Donald Wandrei.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2083212 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-02
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.42" h x 6.28" w x 9.46" l, 1.94 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 439 pages

From Publishers Weekly
For the inaugural volume of their Lovecraft Letters series, editors Joshi and Schultz have chosen wisely and well: first, because the correspondence between H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) and Donald Wandrei (1908-1987), the co-founder of Arkham House in 1939, is largely complete on both sides; second, because the two writers often discuss horror fiction, as well as the timeless vagaries of getting published, whether in magazine or book form. In 1926, Wandrei, then a University of Minnesota undergrad, wrote the master of Weird Tales a fan letter, initiating a friendship that would last until HPL's premature death. Besides extolling the beauties of his native Providence, R.I., and the old cities he visits on his travels, Lovecraft takes obvious pleasure in guiding his prot‚g‚'s reading and introducing him to other members of his circle, including Arkham House's other future co-founder, August Derleth. As the years pass, HPL has more trouble placing his work, but he remains true to his principles: "it is clear that I can never land anything more unless I cater to the debased pulp ideal-and that I shall never do." Though lacking the illustrations and authorial commentary of Willis Conover's classic Lovecraft at Last (1976), this book should satisfy both scholars (footnotes at the end of each letter make for easy access) and fans eager to know more about these two pulp-era paragons from their own words.
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From the Publisher
Night Shade is kicking off a series of volumes of H.P. Lovecraft's letters, starting with this volume. For those of you who already have the five volume set of letters put out by Arkham House, Night Shade's editions will be completely different.

Rather than chronological, as with the Arkham editions, ours will be thematic. Each volume will be dedicated to a specific subject, time, or place.

The Arkham editions have severely edited/cut the letters, eliminating a great deal of material. Ours will be uncut, containing the complete texts of the letters, as well as any additional illustrations.

Our editions will be (we hope) far more comprehensive. Most of Mysteries of Time and Spirit is unpublished material, as will most of the letters volumes we produce in the future.