 Dust-jacket illustration by Virgil Finlay. | |
| Author | H. P. Lovecraft |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Virgil Finlay |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy, horror, science fiction |
| Published | 1939 (Arkham House) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 533 |
The Outsider and Others is a collection of stories by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was released in 1939 and was the first book published by Arkham House. 1,268 copies were printed.[1] It went out of print early in 1944[2] and has never been reprinted.
The volume takes its name from the Lovecraft short story "The Outsider"; The Outsider and Other Stories was Lovecraft's preferred title for a short story collection considered, but never issued, by Farnsworth Wright.[1] The stories for this volume were selected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. The dust jacket art was a montage of drawings by Virgil Finlay for Weird Tales magazine, of which only one or two had originally illustrated Lovecraft stories.
E. F. Bleiler describes the collection's publication as "the beginning of serious specialist publishing of fantastic fiction in America".[3]
- ^ a b Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 21–22. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- ^ Futurian War Digest, April 1944, quoted in Ansible 321, April 2013
- ^ E. F. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, Kent State University Press, 1983. p. 320-22