Nyarlathotep, H. P. Lovecraft
Nyarlathotep, H. P. Lovecraft
List: $2.00 | Sale: $1.40
Club: $1.00

Nyarlathotep

Author: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/04/2013


Synopsis

H. P. Lovecraft's atmospheric and terrifying apocalyptic story of Nyarlathotep, a mysterious and malign savant from Egypt, who arrives in a city and turns the population into zombies.

About H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips "H. P." Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant twentieth-century authors in his genre.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

I know, I know… this is just the paranoid Democrat in me obsessing, but when I read the beginning of “Nyarlathotep,” I instantly thought of how I’ve felt in these months since Trump became president:I do not recall distinctly when it began, but it was months ago. The general tension was horrible.......more

Goodreads review by Peter

Horror and catastrophies threaten to waste the country. Everybody is afraid of this situation. What about the role of Nyarlathotep? Who is it by the way? This is one of the stories of Lovecraft that doesn't come to the point in my opinion, doesn't render Nyarlathotep as uncanny as he might be. To me......more

Read online elsewhere, but this is the first complete work by H. P. Lovecraft that I read. Nyarlathotep, an ancient malignant being and occasional man, has haunted humanity's dreams since the days of the Pharaohs. Our narrator, a scientific skeptic, goes to one of Nyarlathotep's demonstrations and de......more