The Necronomicon, Second Edition, Expanded and Revised
Details
Publisher: Oakland, CA : Chaosium, Inc., 2002
Page Count: 576 p.
Author(s): Robert M. Price, editor
Artist(s): Harry Fassl, cover; Earl Geier, Andy Hopp, David Pudelwitts, illustrations
Summary
A collection of stories and articles about, and purported excerpts from, the Necronomicon.
Contents
- Introduction ("The Figure in the Flying Carpet"), Robert M. Price
- Obscure Tales
- "The Terrible Parchment", Manly Wade Wellman
- "Dr. Xander's Cottage", Martin D. Brown
- "The Mantle of Graag", Frederick Pohl, Henry Dockweiller, and Robert A. W. Lowndes
- "Settler's Wall", Robert A. W. Lowndes
- "The Howler in the Dark", Richard L. Tierney
- "Demons of Cthulhu", Robert Silverberg
- "The Castle in the Window", Steffan B. Aletti
- "Concerning the Forthcoming Inexpensive Paperback Translation of the Necronomicon of Abdul Alhazred", John Brunner
- "The Adder", Fred Chappell
- Versions of the Necronomicon
- "Preface to the Al-Azif", L. Sprague de Camp
- "John Dee's Necronomicon: A Fragment", Frank Belknap Long
- "The Necronomicon: The Dee Translation", Lin Carter
- The Sussex Manuscript, Fred L. Pelton
- "Why Abdul Al Hazred Went Mad", D. R. Smith
- Commentary
- "History of the Necronomicon", H. P. Lovecraft
- "Necronomicon", Robert C. Culp
- "The Saga of Abdul Alhazred", Stephen T. Larkin
- "The Life of the Master", David T. St. Albans
- "A Critical Commentary upon the Necronomicon", Robert M. Price.
Comments, Trivia
Chaosium publication 6034. ISBN 1-56882-162-X. Part of the Call of Cthulhu Fiction line.
This second addition adds the items by Robert C. Culp and Stephen T. Larkin (and is printed in a larger type size than the first edition).
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