H.P. Lovecraft's Great Race of Yith, Astounding Stories June 1936
Illustrating Lovecraft's landmark novella 'The Shadow Out of Time,' this cover depicts the cone-shaped, tentacled Great Race of Yith — barrel-bodied alien intelligences who swap minds across time — raiding a human library for knowledge. Three of the rubbery, multi-eyed creatures loom over a tiny helpless human figure, their segmented appendages clutching stacked books. The checkerboard floor and arched interior suggest an alien archive, rendered in warm amber and teal gouache with grotesque biological detail.
Tentacled cone-beasts are stealing your books and there is nothing you can do about it. Lovecraft's most bibliophilic nightmare, rendered in lurid amber glory.
“CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 1936 JUNE 1936 ASTOUNDING STORIES 20¢ The Shadow Out of Time H.P. Lovecraft also: Schachner, Van Lorne, Coblentz, Corbett, Williamson”
