The colour out of space by H. P. Lovecraft

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/68236.html.images 95 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/68236.epub3.images 395 kB Send
to
kindle
email:

EPUB (older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/68236.epub.images 395 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/68236.epub.noimages 90 kB
Kindle https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/68236.kf8.images 438 kB
older Kindles https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/68236.kindle.images 430 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/68236.txt.utf-8 89 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/68236/pg68236-h.zip 483 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937
Illustrator Aragon, J. M. de
Title The colour out of space
Original Publication United States: Experimenter Publishing Company,1927.
Note Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net
Summary "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft is a short story written in the early 20th century that falls within the science fiction and horror genre. The narrative explores themes of cosmic horror and human insignificance in the face of unfathomable forces beyond comprehension. It reflects Lovecraft's signature style of blending the ordinary with the strange, showcasing the impact of an extraterrestrial phenomenon on a rural community. In the tale, a meteorite crashes on a farm owned by Nahum Gardner, leading to a cascade of inexplicable and horrific events. Following the meteor's arrival, the land becomes increasingly blighted, with crops turning to inedible and poisonous fruit and livestock succumbing to strange diseases. The Gardner family descends into madness as they encounter a color and presence that appears to “suck” the life from them, linked to the meteor. As the mysterious color spreads its influence, the once-thriving farm transforms into a desolate landscape. The horrifying climax reveals the catastrophic consequences of the family's entanglement with this alien force, culminating in an eerie and unresolved ending that suggests the ongoing threat of the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Horror tales
Subject Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
Subject Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
Subject Farmers -- Fiction
Subject Families -- Fiction
Subject Meteorites -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 68236
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 908 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!