the library ladder | The Greatest Small Publisher of Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy in History @thelibraryladder | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
An historical overview of Arkham House and its influence on the horror, science fiction and dark fantasy genres over a period of 70 years (1939-2010). Authors such as H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, and Robert Bloch wrote dark and strange tales that likely would have faded into obscurity without the efforts of Arkham House Publishers to bring them to a wider audience.

0:44 Arkham House & H.P. Lovecraft
6:03 1940s: Launching the company (and the legacies of great authors)
13:23 1950s: Lean times
14:01 1960s: A new generation of horror
16:48 1970s: Crossroads
18:36 1980s: New and old territories
19:49 1990s & 2000s: Too much of the new?
20:53 Other Arkham House imprints
22:45: Missed opportunities
23:53 Arkham House's impact and legacy

My related video about Gnome Press, the greatest small publisher of science fiction and fantasy, can be found here: youtu.be/_HlKhLG3ZxE



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Artwork and Film Credits:
Alien (1979)
Psycho (1960)
The Thing (1982)
Jorge Jacinto
Raymond Bayless
Walter Brocca