Dagon is the story of a shipwrecked sailor who comes face to face with an ancient and terrible sea god, Dagon. So horrifying is his ordeal that he spends the rest of his life trying to escape the awful clutches of Dagon. In the end there is only one way out.
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"Oof! Some GREAT stories here. And I'd seen the movies From Beyond and Re-animator recently, so was pretty pumped to read the short story they were (loosely) based on! Best story was The Temple, about a maimed Nazi sub plagued by ghosts and slowly sinking to the bottom of the ocean. "
— Matthew (5 out of 5 stars)
" I read this book when I was twelve. I didn't like it but I knew I wanted to read more. "
— Geoff, 3/23/2011" Shorter, minor stories from Lovecraft's early days, but all generally entertaining. Not in the same league as the tales found in the first two volumes, though. "
— Chas, 9/5/2010" My first encounter with Lovecraft is this paperbback I got from bookmooch. The title story is very short, and for a while is the best thing in the book, until you get to Herbert West-Reanimator! Such a good story that, deserves to be better known! "
— Larry, 1/17/2010" Very enjoyable. I feel that Lovecraft does short stories better than his novellas. His short stories just hold better for me. "
— Surfing, 3/30/2009" Includes stand-outs such as <em>The Doom That Came to Sarnath</em> and <em>Arthur Jermyn</em>, in addition to some of his smaller works. Also contains Lovecraft's great essay, <em>Supernatural Horror in Literature</em>. "
— Nick, 3/6/2009" Not the strongest of the Arkham House collections, but an important part of any Lovecraft library regardless. "
— Noah, 1/3/2009" A "must own" for the Lovecraft fan. "
— Ken, 9/22/2008" This is the 3rd installment in the 4-part complete works of Lovecraft edited by S.T. Joshi. As indispensable as the first 2. "
— Corey, 8/29/2008" More of this collection was Dreamlands tales and miscellaneous works... and I admit to not enjoying them nearly as much as the typical Cthulhu mythos. Lovecraft's slightly tedious writing style is harder to take when dealing with the outright strange, than with hidden, obscure Cthulhu-esque themes. "
— Chris, 8/28/2008" Love these versions edited by S. T. Joshi. "
— Barbara, 7/2/2008H. 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. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. His relatively small corpus of work consists of three short novels and about sixty short stories.
Cathy Dobson is the author of Planet Germany and a narrator of audiobooks.