The Colour Out of Space: Tales of Cosmic Horror by Lovecraft, Blackwood, Machen, Poe, and Other Masters of the Weird by Douglas Thin

The Colour Out of Space: Tales of Cosmic Horror by Lovecraft, Blackwood, Machen, Poe, and Other Masters of the Weird

Douglas Thin with Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert W. Chambers, Henry James, M.P. Shiel, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Walter de la Mare

368 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense slow-paced
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"The true weird tale has something more than a secret murder, bloody bones, or a sheeted form clanking chains. An atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces must be present; a hint of that most terrible conception of...

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Community Reviews

3.67
based on 118 reviews

Moods

dark: 93%

mysterious: 87%

tense: 56%

challenging: 50%

reflective: 31%

emotional: 6%

sad: 6%

Pace

6% of readers chose fast
33% of readers chose medium
60% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

30% of readers chose Plot
40% of readers chose A mix
10% of readers chose Character
20% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

36% of readers chose No
63% of readers chose N/A
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

9% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
18% of readers chose No
36% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

18% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
54% of readers chose No
18% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

36% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose No
54% of readers chose N/A
Yes
No
N/A

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