Necronomicon Press and other small print-run Lovecraft ephemera (and now CLARK ASHTON SMITH THREAD)

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1. H. P. Lovecraft: History of the Necronomicon (2nd edition, 8th printing), with an afterword by S. T. Joshi (ISBN: 0-318047-15-2), $1.50

2. The Challenge from Beyond (ISBN: 0-940884-27-5), $4.50
Two complete classic round-robin tales in one booklet, published together for the first time in over 50 years. Includes the weird fiction version of the title story by C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Belknap Long; and the science fiction version of The Challenge from Beyond by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Donald Wandrei, Edward E. Smith, Harl Vincent, and Murray Leinster. Both stories were originally commissioned for Fantasy Magazine in 1935.

3. Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith Code: 0-87054-182-X Price: $35.95

4. any volumes of Lovecraft's Selected Letters as published by Arkham House. Amazing stuff, especially for a New Englander.

5. the annotated Fungi From Yuggoth (Hippocampus press. really nice!)

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Monday, 17 October 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

i got crazy back into lovecraft for about a month or two last year!! it was the only stuff i could read!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 17 October 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

You should check out Michel Houellebecq's book on Lovecraft. It's pretty interesting reading.

― Mingus Dew (Mingus Dew), Monday, 17 October 2005 04:39 (twenty years ago)

i really wanna read that

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 17 October 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)

i drew a picture of CTHULU today in english class

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 17 October 2005 04:53 (twenty years ago)

I've been reading some Lovecraft again lately too. I've never checked out any of the fanfiction by Derleth or others though. Is it worthwhile?

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 17 October 2005 04:58 (twenty years ago)

I'd recommend it to anyone who is into Lovecraft. Though I don't agree with all the conclusions Houellebecq comes to about Lovecraft, it does give one a lot to think about, and a fresh perspective on Lovecraft's tales.

― Mingus Dew (Mingus Dew), Monday, 17 October 2005 05:04 (twenty years ago)

the HP Lovecraft Film Fest was last weekend.

http://www.hplfilmfestival.com/

i wound up working it, and having a good time.

I'd also recommend the two Lovecraft Annotated books by S.T. Joshi

― kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 17 October 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

The Houllebecq book is BRILLIANT. Luc@s and I couldn't put it down on the last tour. We would also read entire passages out loud in the van on a regular basis. It's, like, a totally reverent, totally butt-kissing essay, but written like fucking Nausea. Such disdain! But ironically, so much beauty in the language.

My new label is called Mad Arab.

― Good God Body (Roger Fidelity), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

Curling sandwiches.

― barf bag special (mistymartinez), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

People, don't sleep on Clark Ashton Smith. I had always had this perception of him as some sort of Lovecraft fanboy (i.e. Derleth) but now that I've actually started reading him, I think he's really good. His storise have a very vignette-ish quality that appeals to me. Sort of arbitrary beginnings and endings, bizarre attention to detail (as in Lovecraft, but significantly more surreal.)

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

"A Rendezvous in Averoigne" is a re-print of one of Arkham House' best sellers, with a new book jacket illustration. Clark Ashton Smith was a master literary sorcerer, and he became a seminal figure in the fictional presentation of alien cultures. He influenced an entire generation of younger fantasists, including Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon and Jack Vance.

This collection of 30 stories by Smith include: The Holiness of Az�darac, The Colossus of Ylourgne, The End of the Story, A Rendezvous in Averoigne, The Last Incantation, The Death of Malygris, A Voyage to Sfanomo�, The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan, The Seven Geases, The Tale of Satampra Zeiros, the Coming of the White Worm, The City of the Singing Flame, The Dweller in the Gulf, The Chain of Aforgomon, Genius Loci, The Maze of Maal Dweb, The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis, The Uncharted Isle, The Planet of the Dead, Master of the Asteroid, The Empire of the Necromancers, The Charnel God, Xeethra, The Dark Eidolon, The Death of Ilalotha, The Last Hieroglyph, Necromancy in Naat, The Garden of Adompha, The Isle of the Torturers, Morthylla, and introduction by Ray Bradbury.

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Monday, 24 October 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

http://www.worldofschmitt.com/writings/smith/

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 04:18 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

― smokemon (eman), Sunday, 2 April 2006 15:59 (twenty years ago)

the cover rules.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 2 April 2006 16:09 (twenty years ago)

wtf is that supposed to be

― Yawn (Wintermute), Sunday, 2 April 2006 16:17 (twenty years ago)

it hardly matters.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 2 April 2006 16:27 (twenty years ago)

all teh del rey (or bantam?) paperbacks all just have fucking lame pictures of skeletons and shit.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 2 April 2006 16:28 (twenty years ago)

it's the rat-like thing from "dreams in the witch house", one of the short stories in the book

― smokemon (eman), Sunday, 2 April 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

http://www.unreart.net/oil_Brown_Jenkin.jpg http://espanol.geocities.com/azatothcl/yo/bjenkin.jpg http://www.brownejenkyn.com/jackass1.gif http://www.sover.net/~faust666/gfx/D4/BrownJenkin50.gif

gross

― Yawn (Wintermute), Sunday, 2 April 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

haha right, brown jenkin, i couldn't remember his name

― smokemon (eman), Sunday, 2 April 2006 17:11 (twenty years ago)

skeezy

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 2 April 2006 17:17 (twenty years ago)

Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, ian -- the ashtons are highly collectible as are many other entries in the series editied by Lin Carter.

― Jack Cole (jackcole), Sunday, 2 April 2006 17:44 (twenty years ago)

i've got a few of those! pillaging stacks of vintage sf paperbacks is one of my favorite time wasters. right up there with record shopping.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 2 April 2006 18:07 (twenty years ago)

that houellebecq book was a treat! I didn't read any lovecraft when I was in providence but now am v interested after I read that... uh, I never paid attention to horror/sci fi genre stuff either, but now when I go to bookstores all that seems to appeal to me is either noir fiction, sci fi, Russian, or all of the above.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 3 April 2006 02:50 (twenty years ago)

i'm reading at the mountains of madness right now. also this book i found at my mom's bookstore, Dead Names: the Dark History of the Necronomicon. it's totally bonkers occult mentalist shit arguing that the Necronomicon ACTUALLY EXISTS! it's hilarious.

― latebloomer: someone's been drinking my youth! (latebloomer), Monday, 3 April 2006 13:04 (twenty years ago)

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