The Horror from the Hills
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 Dust-jacket Illustration by Richard Taylor for The Horror from the Hills |
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| Author | Frank Belknap Long |
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| Cover artist | Richard Taylor |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
| Released | 1963 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 110 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
The Horror from the Hills is a horror novel by author Frank Belknap Long. It was published by Arkham House in in 1963 in an edition of 1,997 copies. The novel is part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
The novel was originally serialized in Weird Tales magazine. It appeared in the January and February-March, 1931 issues. Long also incorporated a dream of H.P. Lovecraft into the novel, using Lovecraft's description nearly verbatim and with his permission.[1]
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[edit] Plot summary
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The novel concerns a malevolent entity that inhabits and animates a stone idol and causes it to drink blood.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] Reprints
- New York: Belmont, 1964 (with two unrelated stories added as Odd SF).
- London: Brown-Watson, 1965 (with the same two stories added, but not retitled).
[edit] Notes
- ^ H.P. Lovecraft, letter to C.L. Moore, July 2, 1935, in Selected Letters: 1934–1937 (Arkham House, 1976), pp. 181–182
[edit] References
- Jaffery, Sheldon; Fred Cook (1985). The Collector's Index to Weird Tales. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 33. ISBN 0-87972-284-3.
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 69. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 39.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 82. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 89. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
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