Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The Hastur Cycle, edited by Robert M. Price. 1993, ISBN 0-56882-009-7. Subtitle: 13 Tales of Horror Defining Hastur, the King in Yellow, Yuggoth, and the Dread City of Carcosa. This is a collection of short stories that are related because the involve the use of Hastur, Hali, Carcosa, the King in Yellow, etc. The stories are written by Ambrose Bierce, Robert W. Chambers, Karl Edward Wagner, James Blish, Arthur Machen, H. P. Lovecraft, Richard A. Lupoff, Ramsey Campbell, James Wade, August Derleth, and Lin Carter. These stories were written from the late 1800's into the 1980's. In the introduction the editor describes this as a revised edition of Spawn of Cthulhu.This book was purchased on 9-9-2011 at Powell's books for $15.50.