Book Description
Six bone-chilling tales of bizarre beauty and awesome horror lurk in the dark of the soul, waiting to be called upon by the demons of nightmares, and let loose in the frightened mind. Only H.P. Lovecraft could conjure up these testaments to evil that will live inside of you forever....
Customer Reviews:
It was a fever of the gods.......2005-10-23
H.P. Lovecraft was a gentleman and a true artist - the stories released under his name are works of his singular genius, unbending to commercial pressures. The revisions and ghost-writing he did to supplement his income were never throwaway pulp tripe, but chances seized upon by the author to test out and perfect his trademark blend of horror and wonder in the face of an infinite cosmos.
One piece stands out among his work, and that is The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. It was done as a personal exercise and was only released posthumously - never even formally typed in the author's own lifetime. He was concerned it was so singular and out-of-the-ordinary in his field of weird fiction that it wouldn't be well-received and thus he never submitted it to a publisher. Fortunately for the world, it was lovingly transcribed by his associates and released for all to enjoy.
It is certainly the most personal of his works - his recurring character Randolph Carter is the star, and Mr. Carter is the closest thing to an alter-ego among Lovecraft's gallery of literary creations. By day he is just another man (revealed in other stories to be a writer of weird fiction as was his creator), but by night he is a master dreamer privy to realms of the collective unconscious unknown to the average traveller of Hypnos' domain. As haunting dreams of beauty trouble him, Carter sets out on a quest to find a fabled city of the gods of which Fate has cursed him with tantalizing visions. This takes him deep into the Dreamlands, a fantastic and wondrous realm where civilizations of the primitive and the classical reside in staggering landscapes of beauty and dread. He takes on the will of the blind and dangerous Outer Gods as he seeks to attain a privilege of the gods that few mortals have attempted, and in the course of his trek he finds himself adrift at sea, taken to the moon, battling alongside feline hordes, and in the clutches of darkest cosmic force.
The diction is wordy and dense, done both as a tribute to Lovecraft's beloved Lord Dunsany and as an exercise of the unparalled vocabulary that marks Lovecraft's work. This lofty prose works well to bolser the otherworldly, epic feel of the work. No apologies are made to the audience regarding the fantastic setting, and the audience is tantalized with some details and left to speculate on others concerning the background of the world Randolph Carter tranverses. It is the Dreamlands, after all - and Lovecraft provides elusive and mesmerizing revelations to inspire his audience to bring the land to life in their own dreams.
Ultimately, the book is a thrilling read equal parts breathless fantasy, unrelenting adventure, and dawning horror. Any fan of Lovecraft's other work will find this book indispensable, and fans of the epic work of Edgar Rice Burroughs, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, or Lovecraft-inspired modern icon Neil Gaiman will thrill to this tale of dreams sought and hopes attained.
Any scholar of Lovecraft's biography will be moved at the contents of the final paragraph, where the mask of Carter slips and we see Lovecraft recalling the dreams of his own life which always remained just out of reach. To understand Lovecraft, and to experience a world of fantasy and horror unlike any other in print, one must do himself or herself the favor of taking the Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.
The dream-key of H.P. Lovecraft.......2005-08-12
_This collection of stories are in my opinion the highest and best creation of Lovecraft's career. They are also the most personal. It is obvious that Randolph Carter is Lovecraft's alter-ego. These stories are the dream map of his life- the source of his inspiration. How many other authors have claimed that their best ideas came from "somewhere else"- often in dreams?
_I would classify these stories as more fantasy, than horror- except that I am not all that sure that they are really fantasy. Perhaps embroidered visions would be closer to the truth. Afterall, he points out that to value waking reality more than dream is a "superstition" that he has come to reject. For as you accompany the author through the fantastic landscapes and cities of this quest they come to seem more and more real, more and more familiar. As one who has repeatedly returned to the same cities in his dreams I am not going to pass judgement about their reality...
_Besides the title story "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", you also have "Celephais", "The Silver Key", "Through the Gates of the Silver Key", "The White Ship", and "The Strange High House in the Mist." All deal with the dream realm.
_It is the story "The Siver Key" that tells us the most about Lovecraft the man. He despised those scientific materialists that sucked the life out of the world. Yet, he had no respect for traditional churches who tried to pass myth off as literalism. This left Lovecraft in a bind (as it has many of us), until he made the breakthrough into the true mysteries- and dream....
What dreams are made of........2005-01-24
One of my favorite stories of all time. A variety of the madness of Lovecraft. I always thought Stuart Gordon should have made this one into a movie complete with soundtrack containing the music of Mr. Bungle, System of a Down, and Fear Before the March of Flames. Ghouls, Ghast, and Nightgaunt city. If you liked Call of Cthulhu check this one out. If you liked this one check my poetry book out: Poisoned Mushrooms(Here at Amazon.com and at Authorhouse.com). I'm Jason Leonard and you have my word on it. We put the fear into legal fees. Around the country and in your neighborhood.
Such stuff as dreams are made on.......2003-09-05
To sustain a fantasy tale solely on the strength of the imagery, without the support of strong character development or a narrative that is richly symbolic or allegorical, is extraordinarily difficult. To achieve it, the imagery must be sufficiently novel and compelling to hold the readerýs interest by itself. In ýDreamquestý, Lovecraft makes the task even more difficult for himself in two ways; firstly by making it clear from the beginning that this is all a dream ý thus the dreamer could safely wake up at any moment ý and secondly by making the stakes seem very modest. In most fantasy tales, the fate of nations or of the entire Universe rests on the heroýs success in retrieving a ring or slaying a dragon, or whatever. Here, the aim of the journey is to visit a city that the dreamer once saw in dreamland and yearned to enter. Hardly the stuff of dramatic tension.
Nonetheless, ýDreamquestý succeeds magnificently, purely with the strangeness and poetic beauty of its imagery. Despite the manner in which the publishers promote this book, it is not a collection of horror stories. They are fantasies. The title story is a fine prose-poem that will live with you ý and very likely encroach on your dreamland ý long after you read it.
Clearly, Lovecraft was extremely introverted and introspective. There are references in the story to those perilous places where dreamland and reality meet, and where insanity threatens. The destruction of the individual may be at stake in too ambitious a dreamquest, even if the future of mankind is not.
Although some passages have a light touch, the story lacks the humor that Tolkien, for example, brings to his work. Also, there is no erotic element -- not even a single female character. Ironically enough, considering his name, Lovecraft appears to have had little or no sexual awareness.
In short, ýDreamquestý attempts none of the usual functions of storytelling. It seeks only to take you on a journey through one expert dreamerýs psyche. When the guide is as competent as Lovecraft, that is enough.
A Lovecraft Must.......2002-09-20
H.P. Lovecraft continues to exert an enormous influence in the horror/fantasy genre. This may be surprising because Lovecraft's writings were nearly impossible to find for decades. Unlike those poor souls who, in the old days, fruitlessly searched for copies of his stories, today we can locate copies of them quite easily. And they are definitely worth seeking out, as Lovecraft writes chilling stories like no other person, alive or dead. Unfortunately for horror buffs, Lovecraft died at a young age, thus leaving his work to be carried on by others.
Lovecraft is famous for his creation of the Cthulhu mythos, an alternate universe (or series of universes) populated by strange beings of infinite evil. These are the Elder Gods, beings who enjoy tormenting the human race. Time and time again, Lovecraft takes his characters into unfortunate encounters with the Elder Gods, almost always to the detriment of these hapless souls. In "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," DelRey collects yet another batch of Lovecraft gems.
The main course of this collection is "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath," a story about Randolph Carter, a mystic who has the ability to enter a fabulous world through his dreams. Carter isn't content with merely shuffling about a dream world; he wants to track down Kadath, a fortress where the gods live and play. Carter's quest takes him through endless adventures where he faces both good and evil realms. Carter goes to the moon, talks to cats, sails on the seas, and encounters weird creatures both helpful and harmful. All of this brings him steadily closer to his goal. This story is a synthesis of many of Lovecraft's other stories, such as "The Cats of Ulthar."
"Celephais" is a short story about one of Carter's friends who became a king in the dream world. It is a short story that serves to give some background on both the dream world and one of the characters Carter encounters in his quest for Kadath.
"The Silver Key," a story that again incorporates the Carter character, finds Carter discovering a key engraved with strange hieroglyphics. With the key, Carter attempts to reconnect to the dream world. His subsequent disappearance raises more questions than it answers. Fortunately, these questions are answered in the next story.
"Through the Gates of the Silver Key" picks up where the previous story left off. Carter uses the key to move through a portal into a universe beyond any human comprehension. Carter learns that through advanced mathematics he is capable of changing the very barriers of time and space. Some barriers shouldn't be messed with, as Carter quickly discovers. While his estate is being hashed out on Earth, Carter is working diligently to return to his world. Lovecraft co-wrote this story with another author, named E. Hoffman Price.
The book ends with two very short stories, "The White Ship," and "The Strange High House in the Mist." In "The White Ship," a man who watches over a lighthouse embarks on a strange journey into lands only dreamed about by mankind. When the lighthouse keeper becomes bored with the paradise he discovers, his wish to move on leads to tragedy for the white ship. In "The Strange High House in the Mist," a weird house on a cliff overlooking a fishing village serves as a meeting place for creatures of the sea both wicked and wise. When a curious clergyman explores the house, he comes back with knowledge some people in the village would rather not hear about.
All of these stories employ Lovecraft's usual trademarks: elegant prose, descriptions of horror beyond the knowledge of man, and imaginative plots that make the reader shake their head in wonder. There are Lovecraftian stories that are better than the ones in this collection, such as "At the Mountains of Madness," but this is still an excellent collection of chillers from a master who, even on his off days, produced work vastly superior to many writers in the genre. Lovecraft richly deserves the consideration he receives to this day.
Customer Reviews:
The dream-key of H.P. Lovecraft.......2006-06-18
_This collection of stories are in my opinion the highest and best creation of Lovecraft's career. They are also the most personal. It is obvious that Randolph Carter is Lovecraft's alter-ego. These stories are the dream map of his life- the source of his inspiration. How many other authors have claimed that their best ideas came from "somewhere else"- often in dreams?
_I would classify these stories as more fantasy, than horror- except that I am not all that sure that they are really fantasy. Perhaps embroidered visions would be closer to the truth. Afterall, he points out that to value waking reality more than dream is a "superstition" that he has come to reject. For as you accompany the author through the fantastic landscapes and cities of this quest they come to seem more and more real, more and more familiar. As one who has repeatedly returned to the same cities in his dreams I am not going to pass judgement about their reality...
_Besides the title story "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath", you also have "Celephais", "The Silver Key", "Through the Gates of the Silver Key", "The White Ship", and "The Strange High House in the Mist." All deal with the dream realm.
_It is the story "The Silver Key" that tells us the most about Lovecraft the man. He despised those scientific materialists that sucked the life out of the world. Yet, he had no respect for traditional churches who tried to pass myth off as literalism. This left Lovecraft in a bind (as it has many of us), until he made the breakthrough into the true mysteries- and dream....
Product Description
The six Del Rey mass market paperbacks with covers by Michael Whelan
Customer Reviews:
A Great Value, And The Knowledge To Be Gained Priceless !!.......2007-07-04
I've gotten over 10 years of good use out of mine since buying it. No regrets at all.
The print is a bit smaller than I'd like, but of course, its a natural tradeoff: if the print were larger, the book would have to be bigger, and of course, less convenient to carry around. Otherwise, I consider this to be an excellent book, conveniently sized, and a very good value overall. Definitely worth the price.
Useful.......2007-02-06
It's not too impressive. The print type is small, and needs to be reset, because many of the pages are not printed evenly, some have hardly any ink on them. I sent for a replacement, thinking my copy was just defective, but the replacement had worse printing quality than the original they sent me. The paper is good quality, and I like the Lexicon and Synonyms at the back. I got it for $17, and it is worth the price, but I would only use it for reference and not for daily study. If the print quality was better, and the font a bit larger, I would have given it a higher rating.
An Excellent N.T. Study Tool.......2003-11-14
"This is a great all-in-one-tool for those who desire to find the original Greek words from which the English Bible (KJV) is translated, yet who have little or no knowledge of Greek. Under each Greek word is given its literal English equivalent, along with the King James Version in the margins, so that the student can follow along from his/her own Bible. The Greek text used is that of Robert Stephens of 1550, the famed "Textus Receptus," often known by its more popular name, "The Majority Text." The key feature of this Interlinear is that it is not based upon the spurious MSS (Nestle-Aland, UBS, etc.) and questionable textual theory (Westcott-Hort) that nearly all the seemingly never-ending array of newer translations are based upon, although it does contain in footnotes the variant readings for reference purposes. In addition, at the back of the book a condensed, but helpful, lexicon is supplied along with an abridged version of Trench's "Synonyms of the N.T." An excellent tool for anyone wishing to "study to show thyself approved unto God" (2 Tim. 2:15)."
Essential for any serious NT student........2003-05-13
Why?
There are several interlinear NTs (AKA, "ponies") available, some with words "Strong-coded," and/or more "up-to-date" translations, while others, like Berry, stick with the KJV and the Textus Receptus Greek. At least one includes a rather extensive concordance.
The advantage of this book is, as you can see at the bottom of the sample pages, they have included all the variations in the Greek texts that have been used as the bases for most of our newer translations. Therefore, when you see words added, omitted or changed in an English version, you can see from whence it came, assuming that it is not just a paraphrase, and determine whether the modification was justified, perhaps by the number of Greek texts that support the change, or by looking into the reliability of the texts involved.
I find this help invaluable, especially since the marginal notes are usually vague about alternative renderings of a passage, if they are given at all.
You many find that you may want to use other references too, such as a Strong's Concordance, and a Vine's Dictionary, although the included lexicon is not too shabby, but the extra effort is worth it.
(This review is based on the Zonderan hardcover. It is assumed that this paperback is essentially the same.)
Oustanding Tool for Students of New Testament Greek.......2001-06-18
As a pastor and student of the Bible, I have found this edition of the Interlinear Greek-English New Testament a very valuable tool. First of all, it is one of the few editions that is honest enough to use Textus Receptus Greek with the King James English. Most interlinear editions are very misleading by using the KJV English with the corrupted Alexandrian Greek text (such as Wescott & Hort, Nestle's, ect) to force the student into the conclusion that the KJV doesn't match the "original Greek". This is the right Greek text with the right English Bible, which is a breath of fresh air to those who are lovers of God's infallible, inerrant and inspired word for the English speaking world, the Authorized (King James) Version of 1611.
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The Interlinear Greek-English New Testament With Lexicon and Synonyms
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This
Greek-English Interlinear New Testament available at an excellent price will help the student of Greek to maintain a grasp of the original language and help the non-Greek-reading Bible student become acquainted with Greek.
Customer Reviews:
Zondervans prejudice.......2007-08-29
I just purchased this KJV Parallel NT in Greek and English, and I must say that I am now extremely dissatisfied with Zondervan.
It is next to impossible to do any sincere studying with this book. My vision is 20/20 and I still have to use a magnifying glass to use it. If that weren't bad enough, the print quality is the poorest I have ever had the displeasure of noting. The Greek characters are often indistinguishable due in part to blotting and partially printed characters. The English under the Greek is no better.
I also have an NIV Parallel NT in Greek and English. It is of the highest quality, and in comparison with their "KJV Parallel NT in Greek and English" it rates a 10 in quality where the KJ, I reluctantly give 2 stars.
I wanted the KJ because I am studying Greek and I wanted as close to a literal translation as I could get for obvious reasons. Now that I have Zondervans "KJV Parallel NT in Greek and English" I will still be looking for one which I can use in my studies.
Now, considering the unprofessional and poor printing job they did with the KJV, I can't help but to feel that Zondervan is more than a little prejudice towards their NIV since they own the rights to it and no one owns the rights to the KJV.
Great Classic Resource.......2005-09-20
I have numerous editions of the Greek NT, but I have a warm spot in my heart for Berry's Interlinear. I've used a now worn copy of the paperback edition for about 10 years, and finally decided to get the hardcover edition for greater durability. I was pleasantly surprized to notice that in the hardcover edition the typeface is slightly larger throughout the volume. The printing in my copy is very good for a book printed from worn plates.
The Stephen's Textus Receptus text is quite readable, and Berry's Interlinear translation is solid and judicious; very little faddishness. Of course the KJV is in the margin. There is a nice dictionary in the back as well as a presentation of New Testament synonyms.
But isn't an interlinear cheating? Nah! When I'm not in my office, and don't have access to my BibleWorks software, and my library, It's nice to have a single book that enables me to read the Greek NT easily. I just train myself not to look at the interlinear unless I really have to, and guess what? I've increased the speed at which I can read Greek with real comprehension.
Finally, the Textus Receptus gives us an early edition of the sacred text of the holy Christian church not much different than the Byzantine/Majority Text. This is a great plus for me.
Interlinerar KJV Parallel NT w/Greek & English.......2005-08-29
I completely wore out the paper back version of this book. The greek text is based on the Stephen's text (Textus Receptus). The majority of translations in print today use what is called the Majority text, a collection of documents compiled together because of their early dates. I can't imagine doing any serious Bible study without having this volume at my side. It even includes a concise lexicon and parsing guide. I've used it for 3 years now and finally ordered the hard-bound edition. Wonderful addition to the serious student's library.
Reliable and authentic text........2004-12-21
Useful and very brilliantly done inter-linear NT. Thank God that the text used is the Byzantine Textus Receptus used by the Holy Orthodox Church.
A most useful book for Orthodox Christians. One minus: this re-print is unfortunately not very clear.
One of My Favorite Bible Study Tools.......2004-03-18
Berry's Interlinear is exemplary in it's offerings for Greek-English translation. Sometimes I read the interlinear instead of the KJV English because there may be a hint of meaning that the translaters may have overlooked.
Features about the book I like and use often:
1. The Greek letters, pronunciation and use in the front of the book.
2. The Interlinear Bible itself.
3. The Greek dictionary in the back that defines many of the words, derivations of the Greek word and other scriptures it is used in.
This is by far the best Bible Study tool to have near by when doing any type of study. Use it for subject studies, comparative studies (if you are looking at the NIV or other revisions), specific word studies (to understand the meaning and the context in Greek).
There are very few KJV study tools that are not influenced by the revised text. This one is completely free of that influence and if you are a traditionalist this is definately for you.
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