In the Walls of Eryx : Large Print Paperback / softback
by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Paperback / softback
Description
In the Walls of Eryx" is a short story by American writers H.
P. Lovecraft and Kenneth J. Sterling, written in January 1936 and first published in Weird Tales magazine in October 1939.
It is unusual among Lovecraft's work, being a standard science fiction story involving space exploration in the near future.
The story, written in first-person narrative is Lovecraft's first and only foray into science fiction, and depicts the life and death of a prospector on the planet Venus who, while working for a mining company, becomes trapped in an invisible maze.The story takes place in the future, when humanity has developed space travel and begun to explore Venus.
There, they discover valuable crystal orbs that can be used as a source of electrical power, as well as a race of primitive lizardmen who guard the crystals fervently and who attack any humans who try to take them.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:30 pages
- Publisher:Independently Published
- Publication Date:23/04/2021
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- ISBN:9781706309499
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:30 pages
- Publisher:Independently Published
- Publication Date:23/04/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781706309499
