Atmosphere, language, and science blend effortlessly, timeless in this gruesome tale of a doctor of death. Published in 1922 as a six part serial, Herbert West: Reanimator is a classic story of sci-fi and horror by H. But when you chase something to within arm's reach, it can reach back. Through graveyards and laboratories, they want to find death, chase it, trap it, prod it, and defeat it. Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.'Ĭonvinced that death is merely mechanical failure, and that they can find a chemical mechanism to reboot the machine, West and our nameless narrator, are on the hunt for bodies-the fresher, the better.

Now that he is gone and the spell is broken, the actual fear is greater. and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Lovecraft (Author) 7 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 14.97 1 New from 14.97 Paperback 13.49 2 Used from 13.55 9 New from 13.49 The story is the first to mention Lovecraft's fictional Miskatonic University. : Herbert West: Reanimator (annotated) (9781523213979) by Lovecraft, H.P. An unnamed narrator recounts his experiences with Herbert West, a brilliant but narcissistic young man who believes that the dead can be brought back to life and endeavours to prove himself right, whatever it takes. Herbert WestReanimator Hardcover Septemby H.

While he was with me, the wonder and diabolism of his experiments fascinated me utterly, and I was his closest companion. Herbert WestReanimator' is a horror short story by American writer H. This terror is not due altogether to the sinister manner of his recent disappearance, but was engendered by the whole nature of his life-work, and first gained its acute form more than seventeen years ago, when we were in the third year of our course at the Miskatonic University Medical School in Arkham. ' Of Herbert West, who was my friend in college and in after life, I can speak only with extreme terror. Herbert West: Reanimator Why read on Fable Publisher Description No Reviews About H.

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