Title: Herbert West: Reanimator

Title: Herbert West: Reanimator Title Record # 41885
Author: H. P. Lovecraft
Date: 1922-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Herbert West: Reanimator Universe
Webpages: librivox.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note:

Written in October 1921 to June 1922 and first published in the February through July 1922 issues of the amateur publication Home Brew.
Written to order for another party (source: Introduction by August Derleth for the Arkham House editions of Dagon and Other Macabre Tales.)

Synopsis: The narrator recounts several horrific vignettes which occurred during his assistance to Dr. Herbert West in experimenting with reanimation of dead humans, from the earliest experiments to the death of Dr. West.

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Serializations

Translated Serializations

Year	Title
1922	The Reanimator
1922	Herbert West—Re-animator
1922	Herbert West—Reanimator
2014	Herbert West: Reanimator [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
2018	Herbert West, Reanimator
2020	From the Dark

Year	Language	Title
1969^ⓘTranslated by Paule Pérez.	French	Herbert West, réanimateur
1973^ⓘTranslated by Charlotte Gräfin von Klinckowstroem	German	Herbert West — der Wiedererwecker
1978^ⓘTranslated by Rudolf Mühlstrasser.	German	Die Experimente des Herbert West
1980^ⓘTranslated by Maria Luisa Bonfanti	Italian	Herbert West, rianimatore
1988^ⓘTranslated by Kari Nenonen	Finnish	Herbert West – elvyttäjä
1989^ⓘTranslated by Giuseppe Lippi	Italian	Herbert West, rianimatore
2005^ⓘTranslated by José María Nebreda	Spanish	Herbert West, reanimador: Desde la oscuridad [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
2006^ⓘTranslated by Andreas Diesel	German	Herbert West – Reanimator [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]
2008^ⓘTranslated by Isabel Rocha	Portuguese	Herbert West: Reanimador
2011^ⓘ Translated by Andreas Diesel Translation first published in 2006 as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft	German	Herbert West – Reanimator
2017^ⓘTranslated by Andreas Fliedner	German	Herbert West, Wiedererwecker
2019^ⓘ Translated by Andreas Diesel Translation first published in 2006 as Herbert West – Reanimator	German	Re-Animator
2021	Portuguese	Herbert West: Reanimador .
2021^ⓘTranslated by David Camus	French	Herbert West: Réanimateur [as by Howard Phillips Lovecraft]

Year	Title
1922	Grewsome Tales (part 1 of 6)
1922	Grewsome Tales (part 2 of 6)
1922	Grewsome Tales (part 3 of 6)
1922	Grewsome Tales (part 4 of 6)
1922	Grewsome Tales (part 5 of 6)
1922	Grewsome Tales (part 6 of 6)
1942	Herbert West: Reanimator (part 1 of 6)
1942	Herbert West: Reanimator (part 2 of 6)
1942	Herbert West: Reanimator (part 3 of 6)
1942	Herbert West: Reanimator (part 4 of 6)
1943	Herbert West: Reanimator (part 5 of 6)
1943	Herbert West: Reanimator (part 6 of 6)

Year	Language	Title
2004^ⓘTranslated by León Arsenal	Spanish	Herbert West, reanimador (Part 3 of 6)
2005^ⓘTranslated by León Arsenal.	Spanish	Herbert West, reanimador (Part 4 of 6)

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1969-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-02866-8	£0.30^?£: UK pound	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1969-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-02866-8	£0.30^?£: UK pound	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Herbert West Reanimator	1977-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Necronomicon Press				ph^?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.	chap
The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters	1977-00-00	ed. Michel Parry	Corgi Books	0-552-10465-5	£0.70^?£: UK pound	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	John Holmes
The Rivals of Frankenstein: A Gallery of Monsters	1980-00-00	ed. Michel Parry	Barnes & Noble Books	0-06-465105-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar	213	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Fred Charles
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1985-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Panther	0-586-06324-2	£2.95^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1987-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Grafton	0-586-06324-2	£3.50^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
The Mammoth Book of Zombies	1993-00-00	ed. Stephen Jones	Robinson	1-85487-228-1	£5.99^?£: UK pound	518	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Luis Rey
The Mammoth Book of Zombies	1993-11-00	ed. Stephen Jones	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-0023-8	$9.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 518	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	1994-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Grafton	0-586-06324-2	£5.99^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
The Giant Book of Zombies	1995-00-00	ed. Stephen Jones	Parragon	0-7525-1030-4	£2.99^?£: UK pound	518	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Luis Rey
The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness	1996-10-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-38422-9	$14.00^?$: US dollar	x+ 381	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	John Jude Palencar
The Reel Stuff	1998-09-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen	DAW Books	0-88677-817-4	$5.99^?$: US dollar	383	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Les Edwards
The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness	2003-03-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-46331-5	$15.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Cyberfilms	2004-03-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen	ibooks	0-7434-8743-5	$12.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 368	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Dave Seeley
Tales	2005-02-03	H. P. Lovecraft	The Library of America (The Library of America #155)	1-931082-72-3	$35.00^?$: US dollar	838	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Reel Stuff	2008-06-03	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Brian Thomsen	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1098)	978-0-7564-0522-9	$15.00^?$: US dollar	viii+ 456	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness	2008-06-26	H. P. Lovecraft	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-0767-4	$24.00^?$: US dollar	381	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Weird Writings of H. P. Lovecraft: Vol 2	2010-00-00	H. P. Lovecraft	Girasol Collectables			568	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft	2010-05-13	H. P. Lovecraft	Prion Books	978-1-85375-763-1	£14.99^?£: UK pound	656	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
The Book of the Living Dead	2010-10-00	ed. John Richard Stephens	Berkley Books	978-0-425-23706-9	$15.00^?$: US dollar	xi+ 399	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Steampunk Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Steampunk Stories	2013-01-16	ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Evelyn Kriete	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4344-4743-2	$0.99^?$: US dollar	2284	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
M. Christian's Terrors: Dark Doings at Miskatonic U.	2015-06-30	ed. M. Christian, Jean Marie Stine	Renaissance E Books	978-1-61508-974-1	$1.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Zombie Megapack	2015-10-23	ed. uncredited	Wildside Press (Megapack)	978-1-4794-0761-3	$9.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926	2016-01-15	Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-945032-02-8	$24.95^?$: US dollar	558	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Harold S. DeLay
H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Omnibus, Volume I: 1917-1926	2016-01-15	Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-0-9864097-5-2	$48.95^?$: US dollar	558	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Harold S. DeLay
The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume	2019-06-12	Finn J. D. John, H. P. Lovecraft	Pulp-Lit Productions	978-1-63591-363-7	$5.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Margaret Brundage
Dr. Acula's Reel Monsters: The Original Short Stories That Became 8 Classic Horror Films	2020-07-09	ed. Forrest J. Ackerman, Jean Marie Stine	Strange Particle Press / Digital Parchment Press		$3.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Voyager / HarperCollins	0-586-06324-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White
The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales	date unknown	H. P. Lovecraft	Voyager / HarperCollins	0-586-06324-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	512	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tim White

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Reviews

Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454)
Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years