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Title: Enjoyable and convenient!
Review: I must disagree with the more vitriolic reviews of this edition. For one thing, it's great to have all of these stories in one place. I don't have the time or the money to hunt down all of the Arkham House pressings of these stories. Secondly, though these are clearly not quite up to the caliber of "real" Lovecraft stories, they are very enjoyable-certainly for someone who has all of the Lovecraft stuff. And last but not least, though his name is not printed as largely as Lovecraft's, it very clearly says, "and August Derleth" on the cover of the book. I'd say if you're a Lovecraft fan who has everything, this book is a fine addition to your collection. Sure, it would have been nice to have had S.T. Joshi do the annotating on this, but truthfully that's about my only complaint. As I said, very enjoyable.
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