印斯茅斯疑云
外观
The Shadow over Innsmouth | |
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作者 | H·P·洛夫克拉夫特 |
类型 | 恐怖小说 |
语言 | 英语 |
故事背景地点 | 麻萨诸塞州 |
发行信息 | |
封面设计 | Frank Utpatel |
插图 | Frank Utpatel |
出版机构 | Visionary Publishing Company |
出版时间 | 1936年4月 |
出版地点 | 美国 |
规范控制 | |
OCLC | 3920225 |
《印斯茅斯疑云》(英语:The Shadow over Innsmouth),又译印斯茅斯小镇的阴霾,是美国小说家H·P·洛夫克拉夫特于1931年11月至12月创作的一部中篇恐怖小说,属于克苏鲁神话系列。本作与作者于1920年写成的《关于已故者亚瑟·杰尔敏及其家系的事实》有一定关联[1]。
故事讲述主人公罗伯特·奥姆斯特德(Robert Olmstead)是一个到新英格兰进行古物研究的学生,在抵达印斯茅斯之后,发现当地有一些怪事发生,最终揭示出深潜者的恐怖真相。
出版
[编辑]洛夫克拉夫特本人并不喜欢这部作品,在给奥古斯特·德雷斯的信中,他说:“这部作品有我所讨厌的所有缺点,特别是就文体而言,我已尽力避免,但难免还是像陈词滥调...不,我不打算出版《印斯茅斯疑云》,它根本不可能过审”。[2]
1933年,奥古斯特·德雷斯后来偷偷地把它寄给了《诡丽幻谭》杂志的编辑法恩斯沃思·莱特,莱特说:“它很吸引人...但我不知道我该怎么做。它很难分成两部分,但单独出版又太长了。” [3]
1935年末,威廉·L·克劳福德的幻象出版公司(Visionary Publishing Company)决定将《印斯茅斯疑云》出版成书,1936年成书。但其中有大量错别字,洛夫克拉夫特发现了30处出版错误,对其松散的装帧也很不满。[4]
此书共印刷了200本,是作者生前唯一一本出版的书[5][6]。作者死后的1942年,《诡丽幻谭》出版了《印斯茅斯疑云》的删减版。[7]
参考文献
[编辑]- ^ Ronan, Margaret, Foreword to The Shadow over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror, Scholastic Book Services, 1971
- ^ H. P. Lovecraft, letter to August Derleth, December 10, 1931; cited in Joshi and Schultz, p. 238. cite: has all the defects I deplore—especially in point of style, where hackneyed phrases & rhythms have crept in despite all precautions.... No—I don't intend to offer 'The Shadow over Innsmouth' for publication, for it would stand no chance of acceptance.
- ^ Farnsworth Wright, letter to August Derleth, January 17, 1933; cited in Joshi and Schultz, pp. 238–239.cite: I have read Lovecraft's story...and must confess that it fascinates me... But I don't know just what I can do with it. It is hard to break a story of this kind into two parts, and it is too long to run complete in one part.
- ^ H. P. Lovecraft. Letters to J. Vernon Shea, Carl F. Strauch and Lee McBride White. ed. S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz. NY: Hippocampus Press, 2016, p. 378
- ^ Lin Carter, Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos, p. 83.
- ^ August Derleth, "H. P. Lovecraft—Outsider," p. 18, Crypt of Cthulhu #93.
- ^ Robert M. Price, The Innsmouth Cycle, p. 34.
参考来源
[编辑]- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings. The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. 1998: 705.
- Derleth, August. H. P. Lovecraft—Outsider. Crypt of Cthulhu. 1996, 15 (3) [1937]. Robert M. Price (ed.), West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press. Original publication: H. P. Lovecraft—Outsider. River. June 1937, 1 (3).
- Lovecraft, Howard P. [1936]. The Shadow over Innsmouth. S. T. Joshi (编). The Dunwich Horror and Others 9th corrected printing. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. 1984. ISBN 0-87054-037-8. Definitive version.
外部连接
[编辑]- 列在网路推理小说资料库中的《印斯茅斯疑云》
- The Shadow over Innsmouth(页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆),H. P. Lovecraft
- "Map of Innsmouth and Environs" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) and a "Tourist's Guide to Innsmouth" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), from The Cthulhu Mythos: A Guide
- "The Harbor-Master" in In Search of the Unknown (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), Robert Chambers; complete text from manybooks.net
- "Fishhead", by Irwin S. Cobb; complete text from Gaslight
- "Of Yoharneth-Lahai" from The Gods of Pegana, Lord Dunsany
- The Shadow over Innsmouth 1994 hardcover edition (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) (cover below)
- "Fishmen" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), a Musical version on YouTube