Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind the Legend

[Lovecraft, H. P.] Daniel Harms and John Wisdom Gonce III

ISBN 10: 1892389002 / ISBN 13: 9781892389008

Edité par Night Shade Books, Mountain View, California, 1998

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A fine collectable copy, without flaw, of the first hardcover printing. The Necronomicon Files represents the first compilation of material related to the most infamous grimoire of the twentieth century. It details the beginning of the Necronomicon in the mind of H.P. Lovecraft, and follows it down through the years to its present status as an underground legend. Chapters include: The Necronomicon in Literature, H.P. Lovecraft and the Necronomicon, "Many a Quaint and Curious Volume" : The Necronomicon Made Flesh,The Necronomicon and the Voynich Manuscript, The Necronomicon in Magick, A Brief History of Modern Magick, Magick and the Necronomicon, The Simon Necronomicon and the Maqlu Text, The Necronomicon and Psychic Attack, Nameless Cutlery : The Necronomicon and the Sword, The Necronomicon in Film and Television, Unspeakable Cuts : The Necronomicon on Film, Call of the Cathode Ray Tube : The Necronomicon on Television, Evaluating Necronomicon Rumors, and an Appendix with Lovecraft's "The History of the Necronomicon." Description credit: Night Shade Books.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind the Legend
• Éditeur: Night Shade Books, Mountain View, California
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1892389002
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781892389008
• Reliure: Octavo Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition, 1st Printing.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • NonFiction

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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.