H. P. Lovecraft created a world full of frightful and disturbing creatures that would go on to influence popular culture in ways he could never have imagined. While he graced the pages of the
Weird Tales pulp magazine, his work was never published in book format until after his death (aside from the crudely issued
The Shadow over Innsmouth).
This handsome Penguin edition of The Call of Cthulhu boasts an impressive collection of Lovecraft's work and is a great introduction to the "cosmic horror" of the Cthulhu mythos.