The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories is a collection of fantasy and horror stories by H. P. Lovecraft, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the twenty-sixth volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in February 1971. It was the second collection of Lovecraft's works assembled by Carter for the series, the first being The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath. The stories were written between 1919 and 1935, and originally published in various fantasy magazines, notably Weird Tales.
 Cover of the first edition. | |
| Author | H. P. Lovecraft |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Gervasio Gallardo |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ballantine Adult Fantasy series |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 208 |
| Preceded by | The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
The book collects twenty tales from the author's two main series of short stories, the Dream Cycle of Dunsanian fantasies and the Cthulhu Mythos of science fictional horror, with a general introduction, notes, and a partial chronology of Lovecraft's works by the editor. The book is dedicated to Lovecraft's friend, correspondent and posthumous publisher August Derleth.
Contents edit
- "Introduction" (Lin Carter)
- "The Other Gods" (1921)
- "The Tree" (1920)
- "The Doom That Came to Sarnath" (1919)
- "The Tomb" (1917)
- "Polaris" (1918)
- "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" (1919)
- "Memory" (1919)
- "What the Moon Brings" (1923)
- "Nyarlathotep" (1920)
- "Ex Oblivione" (1921)
- "The Cats of Ulthar" (1920)
- "Hypnos" (1922)
- "Nathicana" (1927)
- "From Beyond" (1920)
- "The Festival" (1923)
- "The Nameless City" (1921)
- "The Quest of Iranon" (1921)
- "The Crawling Chaos" (1920)
- "In the Walls of Eryx" (1935)
- "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" (1924)