Steampunk Cthulhu

Author : Brian M. Sammons
Publisher : Chaosium Fiction Series
ISBN 13 : 9781568823942
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steampunk Cthulhu written by Brian M. Sammons and published by Chaosium Fiction Series. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." So said H.P. Lovecraft in the first chapter of his most famous story, "The Call of Cthulhu" (1926). This is also the perfect introduction to Steampunk Cthulhu, for within these stories mankind has indeed voyaged too far, and scientific innovations have opened terrifying vistas of reality, with insanity and worse as the only reward. The Steampunk genre has always incorporated elements of science fiction, fantasy, horror and alternative history, and certainly the Cthulhu Mythos has not been a stranger to Steampunk. But until now there has never been a Steampunk Cthulhu collection, so here are 18 tales unbound from the tethers of mere airships, goggles, clockwork, and tightly bound corsets; stories of horror, sci-fi, fantasy and alternative realities tainted with the Lovecraftian and the Cthulhu Mythos. Here you will discover Victorian Britain, the Wild West era United States, and many other varied locations filled with anachronistic and sometimes alien technology, airships, submersibles and Babbage engines. But the Victorian era here is not only one of innovation and exploration, but of destruction and dread.

Author : Rogue Planet Press
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326318047
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swords Against Cthulhu written by Rogue Planet Press and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-20 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swords against Cthulhu, an anthology of sword and sorcery/Cthulhu Mythos crossovers. Mighty thewed barbarians battle alien wizardry and cosmic terror in a blind, unreasoning universe where only the strong survive... The Cthulhu Mythos is best known as a horror genre, but its influence was felt on the work of seminal sword and sorcery writers Robert E Howard and Clark Ashton Smith, and its pessimistic tone has continued to predominate in the genre to this day. However mighty the hero, the forces of chaos, the blasphemous powers of an insouciant universe, are stronger-or are they? All a doomed swordsman can do is face the outer darkness, blade in hand, a song of defiance on his lips, and hope to die fighting... Including stories by Damir Salkovic, Mark Sims, Sergio Palumbo and many more!

Author : Rogue Planet Press
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326929976
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swords Against Cthulhu II: Hyperborean Nights written by Rogue Planet Press and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN THE eldritch writings of Ec'h Pi El we learn that the land of Lomar, first chronicled by that aeons-dead author, lay contiguous in time and space to Ancient Hyperborea, sinister kingdom of the North described in the story cycles of the prophet Klarkash Ton. Twin lands beyond the Arctic Circle, home to a cyclopean civilisation long ground to dust by the advancing glaciers, they flourished in blasphemously, inconceivably ancient days when Lemuria and Hyboria and Mu were but a dream... Against this background of savage tribes and more savage gods dwell sorcerers, warriors, rogues and thieves, whose brutal adventures are chronicled by the spiritual heirs of Ec'h Pi El and Klarkash Ton in Rogue Planet Press' new anthology, Swords against Cthulhu II: Hyperborean Nights.

Author : Ludovico Maria Sinistrari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demoniality; Or, Incubi and Succubi written by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gareth D. Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956392442
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Immersion Book of Steampunk written by Gareth D. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join the "Immersion Book of Steampunk" for an expedition through a new age of glorious industry. Encounter suffragette air-pirates, the art-deco terror of imperial skies, unwrap the bullet-proof magic of a cynical prince, or discover the dark, ensorcelled secrets of evolutionary public engineering.

Author : Jeffrey Rissman
Publisher : Miskatonic University Monograph
ISBN 13 : 9781568823188
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queensguard written by Jeffrey Rissman and published by Miskatonic University Monograph. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Rawlik
Publisher : Pickman's Press
ISBN 13 : 0998938920
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Cthulhu written by Peter Rawlik and published by Pickman's Press. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of twenty-five Lovecraftian horror stories set in the world of business and bureaucracy. Includes tales from Peter Rawlik, DJ Tyrer, Gordon Linzer, and many more!

Author : John Corwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942453215
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Throne of Lies written by John Corwin and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WELCOME TO THE MULTIVERSEHannah returns to Cthulhu in a week and there's nothing Cain can do to stop it.Though he still has Soultaker, Hannah won't let him trade it for her freedom. The sword can summon an army of the dead and Cthulhu wouldn't hesitate to use it.It turns out Soultaker wasn't the only thing from the armory to survive. A mysterious cube was stolen by the mechanists. When Cain tries to retrieve it, he and Hannah end up in a parallel world where the mechanists reached the armory first and plundered it.Using apocalypse weapons, the mechanists destroyed most of the coastal cities with tsunamis and have ground others to dust. To avoid destroying the world altogether, they're fighting a conventional war with their airships and a small army of demigods. And if that's not formidable enough, they're also allied with Cthulhu.Cain discovers the only way back to his dimension is by finding a device called the Tetron. To do that, he'll have to infiltrate the mechanists and steal it from them. But then he discovers a nasty twist-the mechanists of this dimension plan to use the Tetron to invade other parallel dimensions. Cain's dimension is considered the original-Prime. And the mechanists have their sights set on it.If Cain can't save this dimension, then his will also be doomed, and Cthulhu will ascend to true godhood.

Author : Jean Rabe
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1101445165
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steampunk'd written by Jean Rabe and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steampunk can be defined as a subgenre of science fiction that is typically set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian setting, where steam power is prevalent. Consider the slogan: "What the past would look like if the future had come along earlier." The stories in this all-original anthology explore alternate timelines and have been set all over the world, running the gamut from science fiction to mystery to horror to a melding of these genres.

Author : Paula Guran
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472120043
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu written by Paula Guran and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 80 years H. P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of horror and supernatural fiction with his dark vision of humankind's insignificant place in a vast, uncaring cosmos. At the time of his death in 1937, Lovecraft was virtually unknown, but from early cult status his readership expanded exponentially; his nightmarish visions laying down roots in the collective imagination of his readers. Now this master of the macabre is accepted as part of the literary mainstream, as an American author of note, and the impact of his work on modern popular culture - in literature, film, television, music, the graphic arts, gaming and theatre - has been profound. As Stephen King wrote in Danse Macabre, the shadow of H. P. Lovecraft 'underlies almost all of the important horror fiction that has come since.' Today, Lovecraft's themes of cosmic indifference, the utter insignificance of humankind, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history remain not only viable motifs for modern speculative fiction, but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal. This outstanding anthology of original stories - from both established award-winning authors and exciting new voices - collects tales of cosmic horror inspired by Lovecraft from authors who do not merely imitate, but reimagine, re-energize, and renew the best of his concepts in ways relevant to today's readers, to create fresh new fiction that explores our modern fears and nightmares. From the depths of R'lyeh to the heights of the Mountains of Madness, some of today's best weird fiction writers traverse terrain created by Lovecraft and create new eldritch geographies to explore . . . With stories by: Laird Barron, Nadia Bulkin, Amanda Downum, Ruthanna Emrys, Richard Gavin, Lois H. Gresh, Lisa L. Hannett, Brian Hodge, Caitlín R. Kiernan, John Langan, Yoon Ha Lee, Usman T. Malik, Helen Marshall, Silvia Moreno, Norman Partridge, W. H. Pugmire, Veronica Schanoes, Michael Shea, John Shirley, Simon Strantzas, Sandra McDonald, Damien Angelica Walters, Don Webb, Michael Wehunt and A.C. Wise Praise for the editor: 'For fans of Lovecraftian fiction and well-wrought horror' - Library Journal 'Guran smartly selects stories that evoke the spirit of Lovecraft's work without mimicking its style.' - Publishers Weekly 'It's a pretty impressive line-up, with nary a clunker to be found. . . . You don't have to be a Lovecraft fan to enjoy this anthology... You'll find alienation, inhumanity, desperation, cruelty, insanity, hopelessness and despair, all set against the backdrop of a vast, unknowable universe filled with vile, indifferent monstrosities. You'll also find beauty, hope, redemption, and the struggle for survival. What more can you ask for?' - Tor.com 'I highly recommend this collection... If you have even the slightest interest in contemporary horror fiction, you'll want to try this one on for size!' - BookGuide