Philip K. Dick — Library of America

I already talked about how I loved the Library of America edition of the books of H.P. Lovecraft. For the 30th anniversary of Philip K. Dicks departure (see post before) it seems a good moment to suggest readers have a look at this beautiful edition, in three tomes of this great science-fiction writer's best novels.

The tomes are arranged in chronological order: Four Novels of the 1960's, Five Novels of the 1960's & 70s, Valis and Later Novels. Again the books are beautiful, with fine paper and page marker. I haven't finished the third tome but I'm really enjoying the authors crazy vision of the world, where reality is always different than what we expect. Essential reading for our paranoid 21st century.

H.P. Lovecraft — Library of America

I have been an avid reader of H.P. Lovecraft since my teenage years. Only problem is I read all of his books in french (the french translation is great by the way). And so, for some time, I have been toying with the idea of re-reading Lovecraft in it's original english version.

If you read some of his short stories, you know it's pretty difficult to find a one-volume english compilation with an almost complete selection of his works. Not only that, I wanted to buy an edition with a hard cover, that is good looking.

I finally found out the Library of America have published a beautiful hardcover volume, that contains, in my opinion the best of H.P. Lovecraft. Here are included The Dunwich Horror, The Colour out of Space, At the Mountains of Madness. It's not complete and it would be great if Library of America published the rest of his work (including poetry and his letters to friends and writers). But it definitely is a beautifull edition, with lightweight paper, page markers and hardcover.