THE Shadow over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror

New York, NY: Scholastic Magazines, Inc.. Very Good-. 1971. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping, rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and mostly bright, but with some generalized beginning toning to the pages. Stories include: The Colour Out of Space, The Outsider, Imprisoned with the Pharaohs, The Transistion of Juan Romero, In the Walls of Eryx, The Festival, The Shadow over Innsmouth. "Lovecraft's literary corpus is based around the idea of cosmicism, which was simultaneously his personal philosophy and the main theme of his fiction. Cosmicism posits that humanity is an insignificant part of the cosmos, and could be swept away at any moment. He incorporated fantasy and science fiction elements into his stories, representing the perceived fragility of anthropocentrism. This was tied to his ambivalent views on knowledge. His works were largely set in a fictionalized version of New England. Civilizational decline also plays a major role in his works, as he believed that the West was in decline during his lifetime. Lovecraft's early political opinions were conservative and traditionalist; additionally, he held a number of racist views for much of his adult life. Following the Great Depression, Lovecraft became a socialist, no longer believing a just aristocracy would make the world more fair. " (From Wikipedia) .