Lovecraft is one of America's giants of the horror genre. Now, in this second volume of annotated tales, Lovecraft scholars S. T. Joshi and Peter Cannon provide another rare opportunity to look into the mind of a genius. Their extensive notes lift the veil between real events in the writer's life—such as the death of his father—and the words that spill out onto the page in magnificent grotesquerie. Mansions, universities, laboratories, and dank New England boneyards appear also as the haunts where Lovecraft's characters confront the fabulous and fantastic, or—like the narrator in "Herbert West—Reanimator"—dig up fresh corpses. Richly illustrated and scrupulously researched, this extraordinary work adds exciting levels of meaning to Lovecraft's chilling tales . . . and increases our wonder at the magic that transforms life into a great writer's art.

    The first book to feature the original paintings created for American pulp magazine covers, this unique reference offers an authoritative text, historical surveys, vintage letters, 125 full-page images, and much more.

    In 'Tarzan at the Earth's Core', the 13th of Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous novels about the eponymous hero also known as Lord Greystoke, the author sends Tarzan on a rip-roaring adventure to Pellucidar, the inner world, and the location of another of his famous classic fantasy series-also published by Leonaur. Here is a strange land beneath our own with jungles so wild and animals so bizarre that even the Lord of the Jungle himself is in danger of losing his life as he battles sabre-tooth tigers and other savage creatures from the Dawn of Time to rescue his friend. In the second novel included in this volume, 'Tarzan the Invincible' the 14th in the series, La of Opar once again needs Tarzan's help. As well as his usual African opponents Tarzan must now battle a band of strange men led by a madman who plans to bring communism to the heart of the Dark Continent. The roller-coaster of thrills and spills that is the Tarzan series continues with more of the enthralling adventures that have entranced enthusiasts for decades. Each generation brings new disciples to Burroughs' unique style of story-telling and the Leonaur series provides access to it through its presentation of all the Tarzan adventures in a collection with complementing covers.

    the Dalai Lama.

    The only refuge from the horrors of this dome is a mysterious central light force and the fight is on to reach this.

    His past is a mystery, his courage and loyalty unparalleled--and it is he who has been chosen to safeguard the beautiful Princess Ilene, herself as brave and able as any knight who stands by Arthur's side. For foul treachery has invaded the realm, drawing a hero reborn into the land of the barbarian--to battle a dread evil for the imperiled future of Camelot. . .and to fulfill a destiny as magnificent as his name.

    Eric Stanton gained popularity by drawing scantily clad heroines on his comrades handkerchiefs while he was serving in the US Navy.Thereafter he drew cover designs for erotic magazines and novels before becoming well-known for his mail order picture stories.

    

    Seeing a pretty girl raise her skirt, an American publisher was once heard to exclaim: "Jeez, that's better than cheesecake!" With text in English, German, & French, & a combination of color & b&w photos & illustrations, here is the best cheesecake art from pinup magazines from the '40s on.

    Besides the Kuttner stories, the 1960 Playboy article by William Knoles that sparked the interest of future editor Mike Resnick & the story sf legend Isaac Asimov was prompted to write in response are included. As are the script that Mike's wife Carol adapted from one of the stories & Barry Malzberg's afterword that sheds a bit of additional light on the Asimov story. Wrapped in a cover by Hugo Award nominee Peggy Ransom, GIRLS FOR THE SLIME GOD is a fascinating look into an era when heroic spacemen saved scantily-clad women from bug-eyed monsters & evil scientists bent on galactic conquest.