Collected Fiction Volume 1 (1905-1925): A Variorum Edition by H. P. Lovecraft

Author:H. P. Lovecraft [Lovecraft, H. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Hippocampus Press
Published: 2016-08-18T06:00:00+00:00

Notes

Editor’s Note: The surviving A.Ms is HPL’s original draft, written on the back of correspondence to him. A T.Ms. was apparently prepared by Donald Wandrei; it is quite accurate and is slightly corrected by HPL. The Fantasy Fan followed the T.Ms. when it published the tale (November 1933), making some serious errors. The Weird Tales appearance (October 1938) derives from the Fantasy Fan text, repeating its errors and making the usual alterations. The Arkham House editions derive from the Weird Tales text.

On p. 5 of the A.Ms. is found a synopsis of the story: “Barzai thinks he can with his wisdom defeat the gods of earth & witness their conclave. He climbs high & sees—X X X X—Just as Atal is about to see the sight the moon goes into eclipse. Shrieks. Black shapes—Barzai is gone & on the face of the peak are strange coloured characters newly engraved in the stone that make him fear.”

Texts: A = A.Ms. (JHL); B = T.Ms. (JHL); C = Fantasy Fan 1, No. 3 (November 1933): 35–38; D = Weird Tales 32, No. 4 (October 1938): 489–92; E = Beyond the Wall of Sleep (Arkham House, 1943), 13–15; F = Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (Arkham House, 1965), 111–15. Copy-text: A.

1. themseves;] themselves, C, D, E, F

2. come,] come; C, D, E, F

3. waste,] waste B; waste; D, E, F

4. Hsan,] earth; C, D; earth, E, F

5. Pnakotic Manuscripts] Pnakotic Manuscripts E, F

6. of] of the F

7. vapours] vapors D, E, F

8. climb] climb the E, F

9. vapours] vapors D, E, F

10. neighbouring] neighboring C, D, E, F

11. travelled,] traveled, D, E, F

12. mouldy Pnakotic Manuscripts.] moldy Pnakotic Manuscripts. D; moldy Pnakotic Manuscripts. E, F

13. colour,] color, D, E, F

14. but] bnt C

15. marvelling] marveling D, E, F

16. vapours] vapors D, E, F

17. higher, higher,] higher, C; higher D, E, F

18. vapours] vapors D, E, F

19. vapours] vapors D, E, F

20. vapours] vapors D, E, F

21. on] om. F

22. grey] gray D, E, F

23. scarce could] could scarce C, D, E, F

24. meeting-place] meeting place A

25. unseen] om. F

26. gods!] gods. F

27. that] taat C

28. youth!] youth. C, D, E, F

29. men!”] man!” C, D, E, F

30. mists are] mist is C, D, E, F

31. voices] voice C, D

32. In . . . earth!” ] In . . . earth!” C, D, E, F

33. loathsome] loathesome C

34. other . . . other ] Other . . . Other C; other . . . other D, E, F

35. earth!] earth C

36. away! . . . back!] away. . . . back. C, D, E, F

37. see! . . . Do not see! . . .] see! Do not see! . . . B; see! Do not see! C, D, E, F

38. I . . . sky!” ] I . . . sky!” C, D, E, F

39. ears] eyes and stopped his ears C

40. Hatheg, and Nir,] Hatheg and Nir B; Hatheg, Nir C, D, E, F

41. other ] Other C; other D, E, F

42. mouldy Pnakotic Manuscripts] moldy Pnakotic Manuscripts D; moldy Pnakotic Manuscripts E, F

43.

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