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The History of the Necronomicon (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 52)
The Work of H. P. Lovecraft (Related to this series)
- Author
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrator
- Sam Kusi
- Publisher
- Lauscher Audiobooks
- Publish Date
- 28 March 2025
- Run Time
- 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrator
- Sam Kusi
- Duration
- 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 March 2025
- ISBN
- 9783711907783
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Lauscher Audiobooks
- Genre
- Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction
Synopsis
"History of the Necronomicon" is a short text written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1927, and published in 1938. It describes the origins of the fictional book of the same name: the occult grimoire Necronomicon, a now-famous element of some of his stories. The short text purports to be non-fiction, adding to the appearance of 'pseudo-authenticity' which Lovecraft valued in building his Cthulhu Mythos oeuvre. Accordingly, it supposes the history of the Necronomicon as the inspiration for Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow, which concerns a book that overthrows the minds of those who read it.
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