The NECRONOMICON FILES : The Truth Behind the Legend

HARMS, DANIEL : GONCE III, JOHN WISDOM (authors) : LOVECRAFT, H.P. (inspiration)

ISBN 10: 1892389002 / ISBN 13: 9781892389008

Edité par NIGHT SHADE BOOKS, Mountain View, CA, 1998

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Hardcover - 1st. Print - FINE/FINE - The truth behind the legend. This is the book they don't want you to read. It contains everything that is known about the origin and history of the most blasphemous book of the twentieth century, the Necronomicon.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The NECRONOMICON FILES : The Truth Behind the Legend
• Éditeur: NIGHT SHADE BOOKS, Mountain View, CA
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1892389002
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781892389008
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Atkinson, Toren (jacket art)
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

Book by Daniel Harms John Wisdom Gonce

Présentation de l'éditeur

What if a book existed that gave answers to everything you've ever wondered about? What would you do to learn its secrets? Tales of such books have abounded for millennia and are legend in occult history. One of the most pervasive modern iterations is that of the Necronomicon, said to be a genuine occult text from the 8th century. The Necronomicon really is the creation of science fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft (1891-1937), in whose books the magic volume first appears in print.

In The Necronomicon Files two occult authorities explore all aspects of The Necronomicon, from its first appearance in Lovecraft's fiction to its ongoing pervasive appearance in cult and occult circles.

The Necronomicon Files, revised and expanded further, reveals the hoax of the Necronomicon. Harms and Gonce show that the apocryphal history of the Necronomicon was concocted by Lovecraft to lend it verisimilitude in his fiction. The magical text was transformed into an icon among Lovecraft's literary circle, who added to the book's legend by referring to it in their own writing. People became convinced that it was a real book and its references in literature and film continue to grow. The book also examines what people have undergone to find the Necronomicon and the cottage industry that has arisen over the past three decades to supply the continuing demand for a book that does not exist. Scholarly yet accessible, humorous and intriguing, The Necronomicon Files illuminates the depth of the creative process and the transformations of modern myth, while still managing to preserve much of the romance and fascination that surrounds the Necronomicon in our culture.