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The Call of Cthulhu

by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction
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"The Call of Cthulhu" by H. P. Lovecraft is a cosmic horror short story written in 1926 and published in 1928. After inheriting his grand-uncle's mysterious notes, Francis Wayland Thurston pieces together a terrifying puzzle involving disturbing dreams, ancient cults, and a monstrous entity called Cthulhu. His investigation leads him across continents, from New Orleans rituals to a nightmare city on an uncharted island, where something immense and ancient awaits. As Thurston uncovers the truth, he realizes he may become the next target. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from global-grey matched “Horror and Occult”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the subject metadata.

    • “Horror and Occult”· via Global Grey ebooks
    • “occult”· in subject
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and project-gutenberg matched “Tales” and “tales”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the subject metadata.

    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “tales”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Tales”· in subject

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Open Library record

May 31, 2016Penguin ClassicEnglish
  • 9780241260777
  • 0241260779
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2022-06-10Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Open Library reports 5 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL20804234W
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