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Shadows Over Innsmouth Paperback – September 17, 2013

by Stephen Jones (Editor)
4.3 out of 5 stars 168 ratings
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Enjoy some “good, slimy fun” with this horror anthology that pays tribute to H.P. Lovecraft’s eeriest creation—featuring 16 “genuinely frightening” stories from Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell, and more (San Francisco Chronicle).
 
Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s classic, today’s masters of horror take up their pens and turn once more to that decayed, forsaken New England fishing village with its sparkling treasure, loathsome denizens, and unspeakable evil . . .
 
In addition to the Lovecraft’s original novella, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, this anthology features 16 chilling stories by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman—all exploring and deepening the Cthulhu Mythos.

"Introduction: Spawn of the Deep Ones" by Stephen Jones
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Beyond the Reef" by Basil Copper
"The Big Fish" by Jack Yeovil
"Return to Innsmouth" by Guy N. Smith
"The Crossing" by Adrian Cole
"Down to the Boots" by D. F. Lewis
"The Church in High Street" by Ramsey Campbell
"Innsmouth Gold" by David Sutton
"Daoine Domhain" by Peter Tremayne
"A Quarter to Three" by Kim Newman
"The Tomb of Priscus" by Brian Mooney
"The Innsmouth Heritage" by Brian Stableford
"The Homecoming" by Nicholas Royle
"Deepnet" by David Langford
"To See the Sea" by Michael Marshall Smith
"Dagon's Bell" by Brian Lumley
"Only the End of the World Again" by Neil Gaiman
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    Shadows Over Innsmouth
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    480 pages
  3. Language
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  4. Publisher
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  5. Publication date
    September 17, 2013
  6. Dimensions
    5.17 x 1.3 x 7.98 inches
  7. ISBN-10
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“Good, slimy fun . . . There are a number of genuinely frightening pieces here.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

"A fine assembly of talented writers . . . A super anthology for Lovecraft fans.”
—Science Fiction Chronicle

“Horror abounds in Shadows over Innsmouth.”
—Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Stephen Jones is a leading expert on horror and is the author of the Illustrated Movie Guide series. He is the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, four Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards and three International Horror Guild Awards as well as being a twenty-time recipient of the British Fantasy Award and a Hugo Award nominee.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1781165289
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Titan Books; Illustrated edition (September 17, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781781165287
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1781165287
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.17 x 1.3 x 7.98 inches
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    H. P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. He wrote many essays and poems early in his career, but gradually focused on the writing of horror stories, after the advent in 1923 of the pulp magazine Weird Tales, to which he contributed most of his fiction. His relatively small corpus of fiction--three short novels and about sixty short stories--has nevertheless exercised a wide influence on subsequent work in the field, and he is regarded as the leading twentieth-century American author of supernatural fiction. H. P. Lovecraft died in Providence in 1937.

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Customers enjoy the stories in this collection, with one customer describing it as a classic collection of Lovecraftian tales.

"Outstanding stories, beginning with Lovecraft's masterpiece, Shadow Over Innsmouth, expanding and capturing the incredible, early 20th Century world..." Read more

"One of the classic collections of Lovecraftian stories. British authors doing their own take on shadow haunted Innsmouth...." Read more

"A wonderful compilation of Innsmouth stories. Anyone interested in Lovecraftian stories should own this book...." Read more

"...n't read before and some I have - all have written unique and fascinating stories of that creepy New England village where the townsfolk have &#..." Read more

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Customers praise the writing quality of the book, describing it as excellent and wrought of prose, with one customer highlighting the awesome Innsmouth stories written by other authors.

"...1: Classic literature which is expertly crafted, spellbinding, wrought of prose in which I can get lost whatever the events depicted therein...." Read more

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  • Don From Indiana
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best of its genre
    Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2014
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    My passions when it comes to reading.
    1: Classic literature which is expertly crafted, spellbinding, wrought of prose in which I can get lost whatever the events depicted therein.
    2: Mythos fiction with weird Lovecraftian ideas and influences, even that which is hammered out and roughly edited.

    This book is definitely in category two. BUT, the writing and editing is such that it doesn't annoy or interfere with my ability to enjoy these stories. The quality of the writing is more than good enough to get out of the way, and some of the ideas and imagery are wonderful. It's not Hawthorne, Faulkner, Hemingway or... <your favorite classic author> But it definitely doesn't suck, and it's all about, in and around the ideas of Lovecraft's Innsmouth. If you're really a fan of Mythos fiction, and know what I mean by that without thinking about it, then get this thing and read it!
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  • Alexander Scott
    4.0 out of 5 stars British "fish and chips"
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2004
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    I'd like to point out that all of these authors (excepting only HPL himself) are British. Others have pointed this out, but it bears repeating. Most of these stories are set in England, which produces a different interpretation on Innsmouth than American writers. I suspect that the British simply have a different way of viewing things.

    Most of the writing was excellent, and the rest was at least innovative. "Deepnet" suggests that as far as Deep Ones taking over humanity, there is more than one way to skin a cat. "Dagon's Bell" by Lumley is one of the most Lovecraftian stories in this collection and "Beyond the Reef", while a little hard to follow, drew in many elements from Lovecraft's Massachusetts.

    Some of the writing I found very difficult to appreciate; "Down to the Boots" and "Only the End of the World Again". Maybe the British write in a less concrete way than American authors, but I really had no idea what these stories were about - they seemed more like fragments. Maybe I'm too uncultured to appreciate writing like this, but I felt it brought down the quality of the collection.

    There were also a number of stories that I wondered why they used the Innsmouth device. As far as I could tell, they would have been good stories on their own and then had the Innsmouth/Deep Ones jammed in. It makes a poor ad hoc plot device - why not just develop your own ideas? "Homecoming" was the absolute worst offender - it's about going home to Romania after the end of communism only to find nothing has changed. The only connection to Innsmouth was calling the secret police "Deep Ones". I suppose metaphorically it is how the non-collaborators of Innsmouth might feel about their icthyic oppressors, but it's a real stretch to say it belongs.

    Well, the stories themselves have been well reviewed below, so I'll leave them alone. It's a decent collection of interesting writing, sometimes loosely connected to the Lovecraftian canon. My only concern is that many stories seem to have had the plot device forcibly inserted.
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  • ATLCM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Cthulhu Tales!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2018
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    Outstanding stories, beginning with Lovecraft's masterpiece, Shadow Over Innsmouth, expanding and capturing the incredible, early 20th Century world of Cthulhu, and the strange, ancient beings who don't have the best of intentions!
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  • Vulpine from Innsmouth
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ahh, the Innsmouth Look
    Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2013
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    One of the classic collections of Lovecraftian stories. British authors doing their own take on shadow haunted Innsmouth. Not every story is perfect, but the collection has something for everyone. Especially if you have gill slits, bulging watery eyes and a fondness for swimming races...
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  • GeoffK
    3.0 out of 5 stars If you are into this genre...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015
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    ANOTHER anthology, by modern authors, of tales riffing on one of the keynote horror stories of HPL - in fact, the lead story is The Shadow over Innsmouth' and it is the only A+ rated story, IMHO, in the book.. There are 16 additional Shadow-type tales, of which I ;personally rate 5 as As and 2 as Bs. This makes it an okay-read by MY terms!! While there are only 4 Cs and one D, there are fully three (3) Failures - this is not good for a book wherein selected-for-this-volume stories have been picked; in fact, one of the F stories seems to be based on a bad pun, and another seems far from a HPL-type story (at least to me, and, while I'm not a Literature Maven, I have been reading this genre for 60 years and know what I like therein). Reasonable readers may differ!
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  • Zraitor
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good collection if you're in the mood for it.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2021
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    None were as good as the original story which was to be expected I suppose. I thought the collection would be very repetitive but it somehow managed to avoid that or maybe I was just really in the mood for it.

    A few of the stories definitely seemed to be written before the theme and then had the fish people stuff worked in afterward. Homecoming was the worst offender here.

    But apart from that most of what's here channels the mood and ideas of Lovecraft's story and I enjoyed it, and if you're up for that you should too.
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  • Nicholas Limansky
    5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely indispensable!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2013
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    A wonderful compilation of Innsmouth stories. Anyone interested in Lovecraftian stories should own this book. I confess that I have not only the hardback version, but also the softback and the Kindle version. Some things are just that good.
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  • dAb
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Innsmouth stories written by other writers plus it includes the Lovecraft original.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2021
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    Kindle books are always consistent
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  • npcd
    3.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag
    Reviewed in Australia on June 30, 2021
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    Shadows over Innsmouth is a great concept for an anthology - all the stories present take inspiration or are related to the titular town, and the events that Lovecraft wrote of. As is often the case though, the quality of the work isn't consistent, with some stories definitely outshining the others. Some of the standouts include:
    Jack Yeovil's pulpy mystery "The Big Fish", Brian Lumley's "Dagon's Bell" evoking the style of Lovecraft, but without feeling too much like a re-hash, and Neil Gaiman's "Only the End of the World Again" returning the town itself.

    A good read, easy to get through and with some novel takes on what lay in store for Innsmouth after the famous events of 1928!
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  • R. Smeaton
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, and it was shipped very quickly
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2014
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    Excellent book, and it was shipped very quickly.

    The stories do vary in quality but on the whole capture the feel and oppressive atmosphere of Lovecraft. I put off purchasing any "fan" literature for a long time but I'm glad I purchased this. It's like re-discovering Lovecraft all over again. Well worth your money!
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  • Amazon Kunde
    5.0 out of 5 stars Praise the Deep One
    Reviewed in Germany on October 12, 2022
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    I liked the stories, and the preface was quite well written.
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  • enZo
    4.0 out of 5 stars 本棚に並べましょう
    Reviewed in Japan on December 6, 2011
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    一番最初に御大の『インスマスの影』をもってくるところから、製作者の本気を感じさせる一品です
    架空の街の「それから」がはじまるのをびくびくと覗き見る楽しみをどうぞ！
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  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classico
    Reviewed in Spain on March 21, 2016
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    Un classico de la literatura de terror y una de las mejores obras de Lovecraft. Fascinante y misterioso a partes iguales.
    Si eres familiar con H.P. Lovecraft te encantara, si es tu primera obra del autor, es una buena introduccion al estilo del mismo.
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