The King in Yellow

A high quality and affordable edition of the classic stories by Robert W. Chambers. Experience what all of the excitement is about regarding The King in Yellow. A collection of short stories, this is guaranteed to keep you entertained for many hours. You will find yourself revisiting the stories on many occasions to relive the excitement. Purchase your copy today and find out why this book has garnered so much recent attention. If you want to understand the references involving this book in the hit television show, pick up your copy today!!!From www.goodreads.com:"With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird fiction. This series of vaguely connected stories is linked by the presence of a monstrous and suppressed book which brings fright, madness and spectral tragedy to all those who read it. An air of futility and doom pervade these pages like a sweet insidious poison. Dare you read it?This collection has been called the most important book in Amercian supernatural fiction between Poe and the moderns. H.P. Lovecraft, creator of the famed Cthulu Mythos, whose own fiction was greatly influenced by this book stated that The King in Yellow 'achieves notable heights of cosmic fear."From www.wikipedia.org:"The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book is described by S.T. Joshi as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are 10 stories, the first four of which, "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon" and "The Yellow Sign", mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it. "The Yellow Sign" inspired a film of the same name released in 2001.The British first edition was published by Chatto & Windus in 1895 (316 pages). Orion Publishing Group's classic science fiction and fantasy imprint The SF Gateway republished The King in Yellow in 2014"THE GREEN ROOMThe Clown turned his powdered face to the mirror."If to be fair is to be beautiful," he said, "who can compare with me in my white mask?""Who can compare with him in his white mask?" I asked of Death beside me."Who can compare with me?" said Death, "for I am paler still.""You are very beautiful," sighed the Clown, turning his powdered face from the mirror.THE LOVE TEST"If it is true that you love," said Love, "then wait no longer. Give her these jewels which would dishonour her and so dishonour you in loving one dishonoured. If it is true that you love," said Love, "then wait no longer."I took the jewels and went to her, but she trod upon them, sobbing: "Teach me to wait-I love you!""Then wait, if it is true," said Love.