Anyone ever heard of the book "Necronomicom" - by Lovecraft?
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Tue Oct-02-07 04:35 AM
Anyone ever heard of the book "Necronomicom" - by Lovecraft?
I had never heard of it before last night and was simply wondering if this was some huge bestseller and it bypassed me, or if it was more of a cult hit?
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Tue Oct-02-07 04:38 AMOriginal message
1. As far as I know, Lovecraft never wrote a book titled that, it was referenced in his stories...
A later Lovecraftian writer then wrote the actual book, though I wouldn't consider it actually authentic.
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Tue Oct-02-07 04:43 AMOriginal message
2. The Necronomicom is a reference in a ton of fantasy/sci-fi movies
for The Book of the Dead, supposedly contains rituals that allow for raising the dead and all sorts of nasty stuff. It's also featured in "Army of Darkness"
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Tue Oct-02-07 04:47 AMOriginal message
3. Yeah. Lovecraft never wrote the book...
...but referred to it often, inserting the occasional "excerpt" in his stories and novels.
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Tue Oct-02-07 05:23 AMOriginal message
4. It's a fictional book with a life of its own. Here's the Wikipedia entry on it:
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Tue Oct-02-07 05:40 AMOriginal message
5. But this was only a cult favorite, right? Never mainstream...
like Da Vinci Code? Mainly known by those who read the horror or sci-fi genres?
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Tue Oct-02-07 05:50 AMReply #5
6. Aside from a few fishy New Englanders, yes.
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Tue Oct-02-07 07:32 AMReply #6
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Tue Oct-02-07 09:26 AMReply #5
13. Yeah... this would NEVER make the 'best sellers' list...
Edited on Tue Oct-02-07 09:26 AM by ThinkBlue1966
Has the 'readability' of the phone book...
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Tue Oct-02-07 07:31 AMOriginal message
7. Yes. I even have a copy of it.
And no, it was never a big seller or popular book, except in referencing it in other books.
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Tue Oct-02-07 07:50 AMReply #7
10. You know, that explains a lot about you.
The outbursts, the incoherent rambling, the grumbling posts about impending doom.
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Tue Oct-02-07 07:45 AMOriginal message
9. Just NEVER read from it out loud.
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Tue Oct-02-07 09:27 AMReply #9
14. I dunno... the "Book of 50 names" usually brings me luck!
Weird coincidences of my youth...
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Tue Oct-02-07 08:07 AMOriginal message
11. You don't want to know the true answer to this question...
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Tue Oct-02-07 08:16 AMOriginal message
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Tue Oct-02-07 10:01 AMOriginal message
15. It's a fictional entity Lovecraft used in his writings.
Like Stephen King's Castle Rock.
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