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The Yellow Sign and Other Stories: The Complete Weird Tales of Robert W. Chambers (Call of Cthulhu Fiction) Paperback – July 30, 2004

by Robert W. Chambers (Author), S. T. Joshi (Editor)
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This massive collection brings together the entire body of Robert W. Chamber's Weird fiction works, including material unprinted since the 1890's. Chambers is considered a landmark author in the field of horror literature for his KING IN YELLOW collection, which itself represents but a small portion of his weird fiction work. These stories are intimately connected with the Cthulhu Mythos introducing such manifestations as Hali, Carcosa, and Hastur. This book contains all the immortal tales of Robert W. Chambers, including "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Yellow Sign", and "The Mask". These titles are often found in survey anthologies. In addition to the six stories reprinted from THE YELLOW SIGN (1895) this book also offers more than two dozen other stories and episodes. These narratives rarely have appeared in print. Some have not been published in nearly a century. Stories are collected and edited by Lovecraftian Scholar S.T. Joshi.
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  6. Dimensions
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  7. ISBN-10
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chaosium; Reprint edition (July 30, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 643 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568821700
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568821702
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.5 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Mr. Malcolm
5.0 out of 5 stars Chambers Worth a Look
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2015
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I don't know, I kind of like the schmaltzy stuff RWC wrote. It's not gruesome, but it never fails to hold your interest. The King in Yellow and its related stories are great, no lie, but where else in literature can you get a mini-diatribe on how crummy Breton pipes are for smoking tobacco, or people who fall in love at the drop of a hat? It's an interesting selection from editor Joshi, who has included things that probably haven't seen the light of day for a century. Chambers was the inspiration for True Detective season 1, and some of his characters can be as long winded as McConaughey was in the show, but I found as the thread of weirdness played out, I still wasn't bored out of my mind reading this stuff. Lovecraft discovered Robert Chambers fairly late in his writing career, and it's amazing how many stories paralleled his own, perhaps he was channeling him from the grave. Yeah, I'd read it if you haven't.
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Sean Zanella
4.0 out of 5 stars the bear
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2020
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h.p. lovecraft sent me here.
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John Miller
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great horror anthologies
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2012
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While most of Chambers writing was intended for mass market consumption these lesser known stories comprise one of the best horror anthologies ever. I definitely recommend this compilation to anyone who loves other writers like H P Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce and Robert Bloch. This book is a must for anyone who truly loves horror
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Leonard Fox
2.0 out of 5 stars Caveat emptor!
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2011
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The subtitle of this book, "The Complete Weird Tales of Robert W. Chambers," is highly misleading. The only complete works in this volume are "In Search of the Unknown" and "Police!!!" The rest of the text contains simply excerpts from five other books by Chambers. If you are looking for all of Chambers's writings, not just some representative pieces, you will need to look elsewhere. Amazon sells a 4-volume set, "The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Robert W. Chambers," which contains about 2,000 pages and is certainly far more complete than this collection of fragments.
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4.0 out of 5 stars No Lovecraft
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2015
Love the book but what's it got to do with Lovecraft ? I hate Lovecraft with a vengeance and love Chambers. This blurb would have put me off buying the work of a superb writer.
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Michael J Johnson
2.0 out of 5 stars Not really Lovecraftian
Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2014
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I got this after hearing that "True Detective" was based on a Hastur cult (I Haven't actually watched the series). I knew of "The King in Yellow" from other Mythos stories. Frankly I was expecting a collection of weird eldritch tales. Instead, aside from a couple of stories it's mostly love stories with a faintly supernatural hint, not weird or horror. It seems like half of them follow the formula "scientist from Bronx zoom goes on cryptic hunt, falls for and loses pretty girl shoehorned into story, fails to get critter".
It didn't help that my copy was missing 30 pages in the middle.
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Arno Gündisch
4.0 out of 5 stars Dem Anspruch nur teilweise gewachsen
Reviewed in Germany on March 8, 2011
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Im Gegensatz zu H.P. Lovecraft und Robert E.Howard ist Robert W. Chambers ein weniger bekannter Autor im Fantasy und Horror-Genre, wohl auch deshalb, weil er als Schriftsteller nicht exklusiv in diesen Bereichen tätig war. Doch ist es vor allem das allzu sichtbare Mittelmaß seiner Erzählungen, das zuerst ins Auge fällt. Chambers hat Talent, ohne Zweifel, mit einem besonderen Faible für Naturbeschreibungen. Doch wird andererseits das Mysteriöse, Unfaßbare allzu oft von einer ebenso starken Portion Kitsch unterwandert, auch fehlt es dem Autor teilweise am Gespür für realistische Situationen (Kellnerinnen und Krankenschwestern wandern nun mal nicht in ihrer Berufskleidung durch die Wildnis!). Dadurch werden viele seiner Erzählungen zu unfreiwilligen Parodien ihrer selbst.
Andereseits gibt es auch durchaus gelungene Erzählungen, z.B. "The Demoiselle D'Ys", "The Messenger", "The Harbor-Master", "The Carpet of Belshazzar", "The Venus-Sign", "The Third Eye".
Dank H.P. Lovecrafts Erwähnung von "The King in Yellow" hatte dieser Autor in mir Erwartungen geweckt, die nur teilweise erfüllt wurden. Eine thematische Nähe zu Lovecraft, Clark Ashton-Smith oder Robert E. Howard ist nicht auszumachen-es sei denn, man nimmt "The Harbor-Master" als thematischen Vorläufer zu "The Shadow over Innsmouth", bzw. den Bayou-Horror aus "The Third Eye" als Inspirationsquelle für eine ähnliche Szenerie aus "The Call of Cthulhu". Gar nichts gemeinsam hat hingegen der mysteriöse "King In Yellow" mit dem geheimnisvollen, in Gelb gehüllten Hohepriester aus dem einsamen Steinkloster des Plateus von Leng, die Namen Hali und Hastur wurden später von August Derleth in "The Trail of Cthulhu" vollkommen umgedeutet.
Akribischen Lovecraft-Fans sei dieses Buch empfohlen, auch Interessierte an der fantastischen Literatur der Übergangsperiode vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert werden an diesem Buch ihren Gefallen finden-bitte jedoch vorhergehende Warnungen beachten.
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