In celebration of Cthulhu Month here on Tor.com, we’ve decided to continue our discounting program on the Tor.com Store with a selection of H.P. Lovecraft-related titles from all publishers. This list of books and comics was compiled by editor extraordinaire Ellen Datlow, and represents some of the best of Lovecratiana. All the books on this list are discounted at 30% in the Tor.com Store, which isn’t a bad deal, and comparable to what you’ll find at other online book retailers. They will remain at 30% until 30 December. Look for the nifty badge on the book covers (shown here); that’s how you'll know the book is eligible.
Below is the full list, with links to each book in the Tor.com Store. Additionally, all the books are on the featured spot of the Tor.com Store homepage, and collected in a list, as special picks. Enjoy, and happy reading!
• H. P. Lovecraft, by H. P. Lovecraft and Peter Straub (Library of America)
• The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, by H. P. Lovecraft and S. T. Joshi (Dell)
• More Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, by H. P. Lovecraft and S. T. Joshi (Dell)
• The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature, by H. P. Lovecraft and S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press)
• Lovecraft Unbound, edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse)
• A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft , by Stuart Gordon, Harlan Ellison, and Thomas Ligotti (Centipede Press)
• The Strange Cases of Rudolph Pearson: Horriplicating Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos , by William Jones and Steven Gilberts (Chaosium)
• Graphic Classics: H. P. Lovecraft Volume 4 , by Simon Gane, Tom Pomplun, and Pedro Lopez (Eureka)
• H. P. Lovecraft: Collected Essays Volume 2: Literary Criticism , by H. P. Lovecraft edited by S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press)
• H. P. Lovecraft: Collected Essays Volume 5: Philosophy; Autobiography and Miscellany , by H. P. Lovecraft edited by S. T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press)
• Teatro Grottesco , by Thomas Ligotti (Virgin Books)
• The Imago Sequence and Other Stories , by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
• Haggopian and Other Stories , by Brian Lumley and Bob Eggleton (Subterranean Press)
• Necronomicon: The Wanderings of Alhazred , by Donald Tyson (Llewellyn Publications)
• Necronomicon , by Ed Simon (Avon Books)
• Threshold , by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Ace Roc)
• The Red Tree , by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Ace Roc)
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The only thing on that page
http://store.tor.com/book/9780738706276
is a picture of the cover and a price of $17.95. Whoah. I'm not used to paying that for a paperback. But there's no text on that page giving me any idea at all of what the book is about or how it has been reviewed. Nothing there motivates me to overcome my resistance to spending $18 on a paperback. Is it full of color images?
To further research the book, I have to go to Amazon, where I'll find the book is priced at $12.95. If the Amazon page persuades me to buy it, I'm more inclined to buy it from them thanks to shipping discounts, etc. Tor, the publisher, sells another book, but Tor the online bookstore, misses a sale.
Really, it's no skin off my ass. I'm just trying to help Tor. If you guys want to develop an online store, it needs some content.
Seth
Thursday December 24, 2009 01:16am EST