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Gothic FictionHorrorVictorian Science Fiction

The Colour Out of Space

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  • 2024 first published
  • 140 pages
  • 🎧 1 h 21 min free audiobook
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The Colour Out of Space is a 2024 gothic fiction and horror story collection by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. It takes readers to New England and Massachusetts in 1882–1920. Key subjects include Lovecraftiana, extraterrestrial beings, human-alien encounters and farmers.

On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 1,773 times in the last 30 days.

It runs to roughly 140 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 1 h 21 min LibriVox audiobook.

About The Colour Out of Space

"The colour out of space" by H. P. Lovecraft is a science fiction/horror short story written in March 1927. A surveyor investigates a cursed area called the "blasted heath" near Arkham, Massachusetts, uncovering the tale of a mysterious meteorite that crashed decades earlier. The impact unleashed something alien and incomprehensible that poisoned the land, corrupted all living things, and drove a farming family to madness and death. Something unnatural still lingers in the contaminated soil.
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Free audiobook

The Colour Out of Space — LibriVox recording, 1 h 21 min in 2 sections.

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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • 1882–1920

Subjects

  • Gothic fiction
  • Science fiction, fantasy, horror
  • Horror tales, American
  • Ecofiction
  • American Ecofiction
  • Lovecraftiana
  • Classical literature
  • Psychological horror
  • Science fiction
  • Horror tales
  • Extraterrestrial beings
  • Human-alien encounters
  • Farmers
  • Families
  • Meteorites

Quick answers

Who wrote The Colour Out of Space?

The Colour Out of Space was written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and first published in 2024.

What genre is The Colour Out of Space?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror, Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

How long is The Colour Out of Space?

The median edition has 140 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is The Colour Out of Space free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of The Colour Out of Space?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 1 h 21 min.

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