Arkham House

Arkham House ist ein US-amerikanischer Verlag, der sich auf die Herausgabe von phantastischer Literatur spezialisiert hat.

Geschichte

Der Verlag wurde 1939 von August Derleth und Donald Wandrei gegründet, um zunächst nur Werke des bewunderten Freundes H. P. Lovecraft zu veröffentlichen. Sie befürchteten, dass dessen Erzählungen, die lediglich in Pulp-Magazinen wie Weird Tales erschienen, ansonsten dem Bewusstsein der Leser entschwinden würden. Der Name des Verlages leitet sich von der fiktiven Stadt Arkham ab, die Schauplatz mehrerer Erzählungen von Lovecraft ist. Hier erschienen zum ersten Mal gebundene Ausgaben mit Lovecrafts gesammelten Werken. Der erste im Verlag erschienene Band war die heute sehr gesuchte Sammlung The Outsider and Others. Obwohl sich das Buch zunächst nur schleppend verkaufte, hatten Derleth, Wandrei und ihr Verlag einen bedeutenden Anteil am späteren Erfolg von Lovecraft.

Nach dem ersten Band erschienen Erzählungen von Derleth (Someone in the Dark, 1941), danach kam Clark Ashton Smith (Out of Space and Time, 1942) hinzu. In bibliophilen und in kleinen Stückzahlen gefertigten Ausgaben wurden etwa die Werke von Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Ray Bradbury, Ramsey Campbell, Basil Copper, Frank Belknap Long, Henry S. Whitehead und Robert E. Howard, aber auch Klassiker wie Sheridan le Fanu publiziert. Der Verlag wurde 1983 mit dem Convention Award des World Fantasy Awards ausgezeichnet.

Chronologische Titelliste

JahrAutorTitel
1939H. P. LovecraftThe Outsider and Others
1941August DerlethSomeone in the Dark
1942Clark Ashton SmithOut of Space and Time
1943H. P. LovecraftBeyond the Wall of Sleep
1944Clark Ashton SmithLost Worlds
1944Donald WandreiThe Eye and the Finger
1944Henry S. WhiteheadJumbee and Other Uncanny Tales
1944H. P. LovecraftMarginalia
1945August DerlethSomething Near
1945Evangeline WaltonWitch House
1945H. P. Lovecraft, August DerlethThe Lurker at the Threshold
1945Joseph Sheridan Le FanuGreen Tea and Other Ghost Stories
1945Robert BlochThe Opener of the Way
1946A. E. CoppardFearful Pleasures
1946A. E. van VogtSlan
1946Algernon BlackwoodThe Doll and One Other
1946Frank Belknap LongThe Hounds of Tindalos
1946Henry S. WhiteheadWest India Lights
1946Herbert Russell WakefieldThe Clock Strikes Twelve
1946Robert E. HowardSkull-Face and Others
1946William Hope HodgsonThe House on the Borderland and Other Novels
1947August Derleth (Hrsg.)Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre
1947Carl JacobiRevelations in Black
1947Cynthia AsquithThis Mortal Coil
1947Fritz LeiberNight's Black Agents
1947Ray BradburyDark Carnival
1948August DerlethNot Long for this World
1948Clark Ashton SmithGenius Loci and Other Tales
1948Donald WandreiThe Web of Easter Island
1948Lord DunsanyThe Fourth Book of Jorkens
1948L. P. HartleyThe Travelling Grave and Other Stories
1948Seabury QuinnRoads
1949H. P. LovecraftSomething About Cats and Other Pieces
1949Sydney Fowler WrightThe Throne of Saturn
1950Leah Bodine DrakeA Hornbook for Witches
1951Clark Ashton SmithThe Dark Chateau
1952August Derleth (Hrsg.)Night's Yawning Peal: A Ghostly Company
1952David H. KellerTales from Underwood
1953Zealia BishopThe Curse of Yig
1954John MetcalfeThe Feasting Dead
1957H. P. Lovecraft, August DerlethThe Survivor and Others
1957Robert E. HowardAlways Comes Evening
1958August DerlethThe Mask of Cthulhu
1958Clark Ashton SmithSpells and Philtres
1958Joseph Payne BrennanNine Horrors and a Dream
1959August DerlethArkham House: The First 20 Years
1959August DerlethSome Notes on H. P. Lovecraft
1959H. P. Lovecraft und andereThe Shuttered Room and Other Pieces
1960Clark Ashton SmithThe Abominations of Yondo
1960Greye La SpinaInvaders from the Dark
1960Robert BlochPleasant Dreams: Nightmares
1961August Derleth (Hrsg.)Fire and Sleet and Candlelight
1961H. P. LovecraftThe Shunned House
1961Herbert Russell WakefieldStrayers from Sheol
1962August Derleth100 Books by August Derleth
1962August Derleth (Hrsg.)Dark Mind, Dark Heart
1962August DerlethLonesome Places
1962August DerlethThe Trail of Cthulhu
1962H. P. LovecraftDreams and Fancies
1963Stephen GrendonMr. George and Other Odd Persons
1963Frank Belknap LongThe Horror from the Hills
1963H. P. LovecraftAutobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity
1963H. P. LovecraftCollected Poems
1963H. P. LovecraftThe Dunwich Horror and Others
1963Manly Wade WellmanWho Fears the Devil?
1963Robert E. HowardThe Dark Man and Others
1964August Derleth (Hrsg.)Over the Edge
1964Carl JacobiPortraits in Moonlight
1964Clark Ashton SmithTales of Science and Sorcery
1964Donald WandreiPoems for Midnight
1964H. P. LovecraftAt the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels
1964Joseph Payne BrennanNightmare Need
1964John Ramsey CampbellThe Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants
1965Clark Ashton SmithPoems in Prose
1965Donald WandreiStrange Harvest
1965H. P. LovecraftDagon and Other Macabre Tales
1965H. P. LovecraftSelected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft I (1911–1924)
1965Stanley McNailSomething Breathing
1965Vincent StarrettThe Quick and the Dead
1966Arthur J. BurksBlack Medicine
1966August Derleth, Mark SchorerColonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People
1966H. P. Lovecraft et al.The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces
1967August Derleth (Hrsg.)Travellers by Night
1967Colin WilsonThe Mind Parasites
1967E. Hoffmann PriceStrange Gateways
1967H. P. LovecraftThree Tales of Horror
1967William Hope HodgsonDeep Waters
1968Arthur MachenThe Green Round
1968H. P. LovecraftSelected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft II (1925–1929)
1968Nelson BondNightmares and Daydreams
1969David H. KellerThe Folsom Flint and Other Curious Tales
1969H. P. Lovecraft et al.Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
1970August DerlethThirty Years of Arkham House, 1939–69: A History and Bibliography
1970Clark Ashton SmithOther Dimensions
1970H. P. LovecraftThe Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions
1970L. Sprague de CampDemons and Dinosaurs
1971August Derleth (Hrsg.)Dark Things
1971Brian LumleyThe Caller of the Black
1971Clark Ashton SmithSelected Poems
1971Denys Val BakerThe Face in the Mirror
1971Donald Sidney-FryerSongs and Sonnets Atlantean
1971H. P. LovecraftSelected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft III (1929–1931)
1971Walter de la MareEight Tales
1972August Derleth (Hrsg.)The Arkham Collector: Volume I
1972Carl JacobiDisclosures in Scarlet
1972Frank Belknap LongThe Rim of the Unknown
1973Basil CopperFrom Evil's Pillow
1973Joseph Payne BrennanStories of Darkness and Dread
1973John Ramsey CampbellDemons by Daylight
1974Brian LumleyBeneath the Moors
1974H. P. Lovecraft, August DerlethThe Watchers Out of Time and Others
1974Mary Eleanor Wilkins FreemanCollected Ghost Stories
1975August DerlethHarrigan's File
1975Frank Belknap LongHoward Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside
1975Gary MyersThe House of the Worm
1975Gerald W. Page (Hrsg.)Nameless Places
1975Joseph Sheridan Le FanuThe Purcell Papers
1975Lin CarterDreams from R'lyeh
1975Matthew Phipps ShiellXélucha and Others
1976August DerlethDwellers in Darkness
1976H. P. LovecraftSelected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft IV (1932–1934)
1976H. P. LovecraftSelected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft V (1934–1937)
1976L. Sprague de CampLiterary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
1976Marjorie BowenKecksies and Other Twilight Tales
1976John Ramsey CampbellThe Height of the Scream
1977Basil CopperAnd Afterward, the Dark
1977Brian LumleyThe Horror at Oakdeene and Others
1977Frank Belknap LongIn Mayan Splendor
1978Mary Elizabeth CounselmanHalf in Shadow
1978Phyllis EisensteinBorn to Exile
1979Clark Ashton SmithThe Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
1979Elizabeth WalterIn the Mist and Other Uncanny Encounters
1979Russell KirkThe Princess of All Lands
1980Basil CopperNecropolis
1980John Ramsey Campbell (Hrsg.)New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
1981Charles L. GrantTales from the Nightside
1981David F. CaseThe Third Grave
1981Richard L. TierneyCollected Poems
1982David KestertonThe Darkling
1982Michael BishopBlooded on Arachne
1983Basil CopperThe House of the Wolf
1983Greg BearThe Wind from a Burning Woman
1983Joanna RussThe Zanzibar Cat
1984Michael BishopOne Winter in Eden
1984Michael BishopWho Made Stevie Crye?
1984Russell KirkWatchers at the Strait Gate
1985H. P. LovecraftAt the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels
1985H. P. LovecraftThe Dunwich Horror and Others
1985Richard A. LupoffLovecraft's Book
1986H. P. LovecraftDagon and Other Macabre Tales
1986James Tiptree, Jr.Tales of the Quintana Roo
1986Tanith LeeDreams of Dark and Light: The Great Short Fiction of Tanith Lee
1987Lucius ShepardThe Jaguar Hunter
1987Michael SheaPolyphemus
1988Clark Ashton SmithA Rendezvous in Averoigne
1988J. G. BallardMemories of the Space Age
1989Bruce SterlingCrystal Express
1989H. P. Lovecraft et al.Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
1989H. P. LovecraftThe Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions
1990James Tiptree, Jr.Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
1990Lucius ShepardThe Ends of the Earth
1991Michael SwanwickGravity's Angels
1992James BlaylockLord Kelvin's Machine
1992John KesselMeeting in Infinity
1993Nancy KressThe Aliens of Earth
1993John Ramsey CampbellAlone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961–1991
1994Alexander JablokovThe Breath of Suspension
1994H. P. Lovecraft, S. T. Joshi (Hrsg.)Miscellaneous Writings
1995Jim Turner (Hrsg.)Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology
1996Mary RosenblumSynthesis & Other Virtual Realities
1997Ian R. MacLeodVoyages by Starlight
1998Peter Cannon (Hrsg.)Lovecraft Remembered
1998Robert BlochFlowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies
1999August Derleth (Hrsg.)New Horizons
1999Frederic S. DurbinDragonfly
1999S. T. Joshi (Hrsg.)Sixty Years of Arkham House
2000Barry N. MalzbergIn the Stone House
2000Peter Ruber (Hrsg.)Arkham's Masters of Horror
2001E. Hoffmann PriceBook of the Dead
2002John D. HarveyThe Cleansing
2002Nelson BondThe Far Side of Nowhere
2003Clark Ashton SmithSelected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith
2004Milt ThomasCave of a Thousand Tales
2005Nelson BondOther Worlds Than Ours
2006James Robert Smith, Stephen Mark Rainey (Hrsg.)Evermore
2008H. P. Lovecraft, Robert WeinbergThe Shunned House Facsimile
2009August DerlethThe Macabre Quarto
2010George Vanderburgh, Robert Weinberg (Hrsg.)The Arkham Sampler (1948-1949)
2010Jon LellenbergBaker Street Irregular

Literatur

  • August Derleth: Thirty Years of Arkham House : 1939–1969. A History and Bibliography. Arkham House, Sauk City 1970.
  • Rein A. Zondergeld: Lexikon der phantastischen Literatur. Weitbrecht, Stuttgart & Wien & Bern 1998, ISBN 3-522-72175-6, S. 382 f.
  • Leon Nielsen: Arkham House Books : A Collector's Guide. McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC & London, ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
  • S. T. Joshi: Sixty Years of Arkham House : A History and Bibliography. Arkham House. Sauk City, WI 1999, ISBN 0-87054-176-5.

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