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The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tome of the Mad Arab

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This subject is written on a topic in the real world and reflects factual information. This subject contains information from the Expanded Cthulhu Mythos, and not based on H.P. Lovecraft's works directly. The Necronomicon: Selected Stories and Essays Concerning the Blasphemous Tomes of the Mad Arab is a thematic anthology of Cthulhu Mythos fiction and pseudo-fiction centred on Lovecraft's fictional book of occult knowledge, the Necronomicon.

Overview[]

Edited by prolific Mythos contributor Robert M. Price, The Necronomicon was released by Chaosium as part of their Call of Cthulhu Fiction line. It contains a total of 58 short pieces (60 in the second edition) from a variety of authors, although Lin Carter's works dominate the collection at 41 entries.

Publication History[]

The Necronomicon was first released in November 1996, with this edition running to 334 pages. Later, the Second Edition, Expanded and Corrected, was released in October 2002 and again in February 2008, and came in at 543 pages.

Selected 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 (from the Al-Azif)
      • "John Dee's Necronomicon: A Fragment", Frank Belknap Long
      • "The Necronomicon: The Dee Translation", Lin Carter (remaining fragment of his version)
        • "Introitus (The Necronomicon: The Dee Translation)" (1989) by Lin Carter
        • "The Doom of Yakthoob" (1971) by Lin Carter
        • "The Thing Under Memphis" (1984) by Lin Carter
        • "In the City of Pillars" (1974) by Lin Carter
        • "The Vault Beneath the Mosque" (1985) by Lin Carter
        • "Mnomquah" (1985) by Lin Carter
        • "The Madness Out of Time" (1986) by Lin Carter
        • "Dreams of the Black Lotus" (1987) by Lin Carter
        • "The Shadow from the Stars" (1988) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Powers of the Sorcerer" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of That Which Is Needful to Sorcery" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Old Ones and the Favors They Bestow" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Times and Seasons to Be Observed" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Powers of the Moon" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Concerning Them from Outside" (1990 by Lin Carter
        • "The Punishment of the Old Ones" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of That Which Is Foretold of Their Return" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "The Liers-in-Wait" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Worlds Beyond This World, and the Modes of Travel" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of Foul Necromancy" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "The Peril That Lurketh Beyond Time" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Those That Aid the Unnamable Devourers" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of Tindalos, and the Hounds Thereof" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "If Thou Wouldst Raise the Dead" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "To Send Back Down That Which Thou Hast Called Up" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Signs of Hnaa" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Dream-Gates" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of Koth, and the Sign of Koth" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "The Ritual of the Silver Key" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "'Umr At-Tawil" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of Opening the Door to Yog-Sothoth" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "The Ninth Verse that Summoneth Yog-Sothoth" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of Them from Outside and Their Spawn" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Somewhat of the Gates That Open to Beyond" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of Leng and the Mysteries Thereof" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Coming-Hence of the Old Ones" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of Calling Up That Which Thou Canst Not Put Down" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "The Openers of the Way" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Several Modes to Enforce the Dismissal" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of Ib, and the Vengeance Thereof" (1990) by Lin Carter
        • "Of the Five-Pointed Star Carven of Grey Stone" (1990) by 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 (2nd edition)
      • "The Saga of Abdul Alhazred", Stephen T. Larkin (2nd edition)
      • "The Life of the Master", David T. St. Albans
      • "A Critical Commentary upon the Necronomicon", Robert M. Price

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