The Lovecraft Papers

by Peter H. Cannon

Peter H. Cannon, born in 1951 in California, is an H. P. Lovecraft scholar and an author of Cthulhu Mythos fiction. Cannon works as an editor for Publishers Weekly, specializing in thrillers and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156865202X
• ISBN13: 9781568652023
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Tales of Unspeakable... Humor?

This is a collection of P.H. Cannon short stories, all involving the Cthulhu mythos and is a combination of Pulptime and Scream for Jeeves. Pulptime: H. P. Lovecraft and his sidekick Frank Belknap Long get involved in a case of the aging Sherlock Holmes's involving Houdini, spiritualism, illegal immigrants, and smuggling. An entertaining story but lacking in Mythos elements. Now, on to the Scream for Jeeves section of the book... Cats, Bats, and Bertie Wooster: A friend of Wooster's from school invites him to his father's sinister mansion in a secluded part of Wales. From there, it becomes a retelling of Rats in the Walls. Who knew Jeeves had so much mythos lore stored in his mighty cranium? Something Foetid: Wooster's friend from school, Randy Carter, requests his aid, or more specifically, Jeeves's aid, in figuring out what's wrong with his neighbor, Dr. Munoz. Jeeves, however, refuses to go initially because of Bertie's new suit. Funny stuff. Lots of nods to both Wooster and Mythos tales. The Rummy Affair of Young Charlie: Jeeves and Wooster go to Paris on command of Aunt Agatha to check on the son of friends of hers, Charles Dexter Ward. This one is by far the funniest of the three stories. Arthur Jermyn as a Drones Club member? Hilarious! I enjoyed The Lovecraft Papers immensely and recommend it to readers who are fans of two or more of the following: Sherlock Holmes, HPL, or P.G. Wodehouse