But in both the Chambers and Cobb stories, the ichthyoid men are isolated freaks of nature, whereas the terribleness of the Lovecraftian Deep Ones has a great deal to do with the extent of their society, or even conspiracy. Chambers story I had read that wasn't in The King in Yellow, and it was quite good in fact it may goad me to read the remainder of In Search of the Unknown, the site of its original publication. 'The Harbor-Master' was the first Robert W. The first and least relevant is the brief Dunsany Pegana piece 'Of Yoharneth Lahai.' It may be the source of the name Y'ha-nthlei as Price contends, but it contributed no substance to Lovecraft's Atlantic citadel of the Deep Ones. Price has identified three predecessor stories. With the exception of the three poems placed at the end, the contents are arranged roughly chronologically by date of first publication.

But I found this collection very strong on the whole. Given the fondness that I have for 'The Shadow over Innsmouth,' I thought the other stories might have a hard time measuring up. But I'm glad I didn't: it's one of my favorites, and it really held up to the repeat reading, which was further enhanced by some of Price's remarks in the general introduction, where he discusses the initiatory dimension of the tale. In this case, center stage is given to the Deep Ones of 'The Shadow over Innsmouth.' I almost skipped re-reading the Lovecraft story itself, since it is the longest in the book, and I always have other things to read. Price, generally take a Cthulhu Mythos 'entity' and supply a full range of literature for it: the key Lovecraft stories, likely prior influences, and later derivations. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.The Chaosium-published 'Cycle' books, as edited by Robert M. Cobb that inspired Lovecraft's 'The Shadow over Innsmouth.' This collection is planned as the first of a pair, the second half of which will be Tales of Innsmouth, containing (according to Price) all new works of 'fishy fiction.'Ī fun detail: this book is 'respectfully dedicated to Ben Chapman, the Creature from the Black Lagoon.' -Fiona Webster example of Lovecraft's full-blown alien civilizations.' The Innsmouth Cycle includes 13 stories and 3 poems, including the three tales by Lord Dunsany, Robert W. Price calls Innsmouth 'the most effective, most evocative. In his erudite and witty introduction, Robert M. Lovecraft's Innsmouth-that decadent, smugly rotting New England town where half-human creatures with forbidding batrachian faces follow the arcane practices of the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Schwader are the coda for this fine collection of tales about H.P. My journey to your depths begins tonight / To serve immortal till the stars turn right.' ' Iä! Y'ha-nthlei! City of our blood / Where ancient kinfolk call for my return / To long-drowned altars where strange votives burn / For Him who dreaming waits beneath the flood.

The Innsmouth Cycle by Robert M. Price