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Necronomicon
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft | H.P. Lovecraft
WIKIPEDIA says: 'H.P. Lovecraft's reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century, exerting an influence that is widespread, though often indirect.' His tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s. These astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when they were first published. THE NECRONOMICON collects together the very best of Lovecraft's tales of terror, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were originally published. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft's fiction, as well as being a must-buy for those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive volume.
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HotMessJess
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One of my favorite Christmas gifts to date arrived just on time 🖤

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Pickpick

Enthralling

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TheWolfbehindTheEyes
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Whosoever speaketh of Cthulhu shall remember that he but seemeth dead; he sleeps, and yet he does not sleep; he has died, and yet he is not dead; asleep and dead though he is, he shall rise again. Again, it should be shown that: That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange eons even death may die.

So I opened up my bag and @hannah-leeloo may have hidden something for me to find thank you very very much in love with this bool

hannah-leeloo You're welcome 2y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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Dagon
“I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more.”

Well, that‘s depressing.

#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

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MaleficentBookDragon
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Is it strange that this is my preferred choice for a bedtime audiobook to lull me to sleep?

I didn‘t think so. 😅

TheNeverendingTBR 💛💛 3y
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TheNeverendingTBR
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Excellent collection of Lovecraft's stories, you've got most of his best ones in this collection; but it's such a big and somewhat cumbersome book.

My favourite stories in Necronomicon were..

'The Rats in the Walls'
'The Tomb'
'The Dunwich Horror'
'The Shunned House'
'At the Mountains of Madness'

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3855924607 ↩ check out my full review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bookwomble I've got the Conan volume in this edition. They're nice books, but weighty tomes, as you say. 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @Bookwomble I know exactly the one you mean, I've never read any of the Conan stuff though; how is it? 3y
Bookwomble Howard wrote for the same magazines as Lovecraft, the two of them corresponded, swapping ideas & using each others characters. So a lot of Howard's horror elements will feel familiar, as they are often Lovecraftian. He differs in the character of his protagonists, nearly always Herculean types. There's a strong current of social, even racial, Darwinism underlying his work, but he's not pointedly racist like Lovecraft & does have a few ... 3y
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Cathythoughts Looks like a lovely bound book to me 💫 3y
Bookwomble sympathetic non-white characters, and wasn't hung up on racial purity. That said, the language & attitude are of its time, particularly in these restored Commemorative volumes. So, all that said, I do like the stories, which defined the Sword and Sorcery genre, with a coherent fantasy history to hold the individual tales together. 3y
TheNeverendingTBR @Bookwomble Interesting, I'll need to look into it; when I think of Conan - i just think about greased up Schwarzenegger in wooly underwear wielding a sword in the films 😂 but thanks Mike, I guess there is more to it.. 3y
Bookwomble Yeah, Arnie didn't really do Conan the justice he deserved, though I still like the campiness of those films, like Adam West's Batman. Howard's Solomon Kane stories are also fantastic, and I'd recommend the film adaptation, which is on Netflix. 3y
truthinfiction What a beautiful edition! 3y
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MrBook
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3/3 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🥧 #LitsyHumor 🥧

diovival 😂 4y
KathyWheeler 😄 4y
JessClark78 😂😂 4y
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Chrys
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I got an early Christmas present!! Major brownie points for my son‘s boyfriend, this edition is gorgeous! Hardback and illustrated, I recommend it for Lovecraft fans

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jen_hayes7
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And, no trip to London is complete without us wandering through Waterstones. My guy quickly disappears and can easily be found in the Sci-Fi or Comics section. #london

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Jgotham
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Here‘s my new bookish pin I got this weekend. The Necronomicon from Evil Dead urging you to read banned books yay! Also I thought my Ash figure here at work would pair nicely.

BeansPage That. Is. Awesome! 👍😍👍 5y
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TheNeverendingTBR
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At 896 pages, this is a big book. A collection of horror short stories, novellas and novels.

I've read a big chunk of it, I read a bit then leave it for a while and go back to it; what I've read do far I've liked.

His writing style is different to anyone I've read, first he uses a lot of obscure words; I've got to sit with a dictionary. 😂 ...but also because his writing is more imagery based and less about characters.

#hplovecraft
#horror

MStew Love that book, there is a matching book to go with it i used to see it at nobles🤓😚 6y
jmofo In high school, a teacher told me I wrote like Lovecraft (I don‘t really, I was just an anxious kid) so when I finally got around to reading Lovecraft many years later, it coincided with the release of one of my favorite local band‘s LP. The album and his writing are now forever associated for me. The band‘s named Land Lines and the album‘s The Natural World. 6y
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Love a bit of Lovecraft, there's no author that comes close to his brilliance. 🐙☇

#hplovecraft
#horror

Trollkonstnaren I have read few stories from there. They are brilliant - with one negative remark: they are short. Some of them felt like they ended too soon. Anyway, I really should read tbe whole book someday. 6y
Bookwomble @Trollkonstnaren "At the Mountains of Madness" and "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" are novel length, if perhaps short ones by the standards of present-day multi-volume tomes. The stories of Randolph Carter's journeys in the Dreamlands are well-enough connected to form a reasonably coherent narrative, I think. 6y
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The Night Gaunts “... if only they would make some sound, or wear a face where faces should be found!”

rather_be_reading welcome to litsy!! 📚🎉📚 @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
LitsyWelcomeWagon Welcome! Checkout #Litsytips: http://bit.ly/litsytips by @RaimeyGallant and #LitsyHowTo videos: goo.gl/UrCpoU. They‘re great and should help you get settled in. Follow @LitsyHappenings to find out about various challenges, buddy reads, meet-ups and swaps taking place. #LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
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TCLinrow
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A quick pick of my favourite bookcase... need to sort the rest of them out, and probably get another! 😂 this ones the only in alphabetical order, and even then it's overflowing 🤗 challenge for the month maybe? #ReadingResolutions #Shelfie #ShelfieSaturday @Jess7

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alessia.in.the.coffeeland

“Apropos of sleep, that sinister adventure of all our nights, we may say that men go to bed daily with an audacity that would be incomprehensible if we did not know that it is the result of ignorance of the danger.” - Baudelaire -

Epigraph of Hypnos, Necronomicon

#insomniac

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Kyleishigh
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What is scarier? The unknown or knowing too much? The father of cosmic horror, Lovecraft tells us how insignificantly little and blissfully ignorant we are. He describes perfectly the dreadful, loneliness and the ugly. #horror

Chelleo Welcome! Checkout #Litsytips: http://bit.ly/litsytips and #LitsyHowTo videos: goo.gl/UrCpoU. They‘re great and should help you get settled in. Follow @LitsyHappenings to find out about various challenges, buddy reads, meet-ups and swaps taking place. #LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
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TheKidUpstairs Welcome to Litsy. Great first review! 6y
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Tiyas7 We Have Another Horror Fanatic Among Us!!! Welcome Here!!! 6y
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alessia.in.the.coffeeland
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First post, a kind of presentation: hello, I'm Alessia in childhood a big reader, not so big currently for times reasons. But I'm recovering. This is my current reading, and I'm in love with the style of writing of Lovecraft. Generally I read historical or political essays, fantasy/fantascientific novels, and I'm a lover of the classics.

Chelleo Hello, Alessia and Welcome to Litsy! I think you‘ll find a lot of fellow readers like yourself here! Checkout these #Litsytips: http://bit.ly/litsytips and #LitsyHowTo videos: http://bit.ly/litsyvideos There‘s so many fun things to do: book exchanges, buddy reads, photo challenges and more! Check out @LitsyHappenings for details. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
alessia.in.the.coffeeland Thank you so much for these tips! :) 6y
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alessia.in.the.coffeeland Thank you so much for all the welcome ❤ very kind and sweet people! 😍 6y
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✨I started college classes this week and I‘m getting ready for my poetry book to be self published. On top of everything else in my life, I‘m a bit overwhelmed at the moment. lol. I‘m ready for this weekend. How about you all? Anyone have fun plans for this weekend? I‘m hoping to get some reading in for sure and hopefully some blogging!!✨

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PagesOfKate
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One of my more spooktacular #nakedhardcovers for #Riotgrams

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I'm not even a Lovecraft fun, but l mean... 😍

GrilledCheeseSamurai Ooooooh! Gimme! 😍 6y
Sarah83 Looks adorable 😍 6y
JazzFeathers @GrilledCheeseSamurai @Sarah83 l'd buy just for the look of it 😍 6y
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BethM Not sure I'd like Lovecraft but lord that's beautiful! PS have you gotten your bookmarks yet???! I mean for heavens sake! 6y
JazzFeathers @BethM unfortunately, your pocket hasn't arrived yet. I'd have tell you stright away. But l'm not too worried. Christmas is a crazy time for the post service. I have faith it will arrive sometime soon 😊 6y
BethM I figured you would. This is my first time mailing a package internationally. The post offices need to figure out international tracking to appease my anxiety 😂 6y
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Stevieisking
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Reading through this today like I do every year! Happy Halloween!! 🎃 #halloween #HPLovecraft #tradition

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Stevieisking
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Today‘s #riotgrams is #BigBooks ! Who doesn‘t like a big book?!

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MaleficentBookDragon
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Yep, I just bought this too. I predict some creepy stories in my future.
I think I'm out of credits now.

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alexbaysinger
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft | Stephen Jones, H. P. Lovecraft, Les Edwards
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Wow, this is a chunker! It's a little over 800 pages, and it contains most of H.P.L's most well known stories and a few poems. I wouldn't recommend this collection to anyone who is just starting to get into Lovecraft. I would suggest that you start with a smaller volume or of you have the Serial Reader app, read the stories available there. His style takes some getting used to👇

alexbaysinger But if you're a fan of H.P.L., this is a must have collection. 7y
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I feel like I need to Litsy super hard today to make this number go away. Or else this just means I am Satan.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😇😇 😘❤️ 7y
kelseynicburke Hahaha good catch 7y
WarpedSweetness I think this number also goes perfectly with my #lengthylit read of IT. Lol @kelseynicburke I know, right? I just happened to see it out of the corner of my eye. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks :-D 7y
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BookwormOfTheDamned
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Loved it. Although some may say Lovecraft goes purple with prose, the serious reader will find even his most grotesque insinuations to be poetic and beautiful. Listening to the audio of this took me to another world.

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BookwormOfTheDamned

This this is scaring "The things I shall not speak of" out of me.

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LateNightReads
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I have one day to read this tome for my book club... it's 800 pages. Oops. #bookclubwoes

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Veganspacecat
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Tis the season. Revisiting Lovecraft.

BookwormOfTheDamned Bout to start this now. 7y
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AngelErin
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I love HP Lovecraft!! I read this whole chunkster a few years back and really enjoyed it. I need to read it again soon!

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Bookbeez
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I'm 1/3 of the way thru the audio for Necronomicon. It's an interesting listen. I can see why he's such a historical force in horror/fantasy, but I can also see why he's heavily criticized for his racism (it's a little much even for his time). Super excited for the lit themed brewery though!!

BookishFeminist This looks like a lot of fun! Enjoy! 🍻 8y
quirkyreader You just know that Dagon is going to be everywhere in this place. 8y
Bookbeez @quirkyreader there was at least one Dagon and a large amount of tentacles on the wall...and a giant stuffed octopus. It was pretty awesome. 8y
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AngelErin
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I read this big chunkster a few years ago and I really loved it. I can't wait to read it again sometime!

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