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Necronomicon
- Author
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 5 August 2014
- Run Time
- 21 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The only audio edition of Necronomicon authorized by the H. P. Lovecraft Estate
Originally written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and ’30s, H. P. Lovecraft’s astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when first published. This tome brings together all of Lovecraft’s harrowing stories, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were when first released. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft’s fiction, as well as attract those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive volume.
Stories include:
“Dagon”“Herbert West – Reanimator”“The Lurking Fear”“The Rats in the Walls”“The Whisperer in the Darkness”“Cool Air”“In the Vault”“The Call of Cthulu”“The Color Out of Space”“The Horror at Red Hook”“The Music of Erich Zann”“The Shadow Out of Time”“The Dunwich Horror”“The Haunter of the Dark”“The Outsider”“The Shunned House”“The Unnameable”“The Thing on the Doorstep”“Under the Pyramids”
Critics Review
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“Lovecraft opened the way for me, as he had done for others before me.”
Stephen King
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“You need to read him—he’s where the darkness starts.”
Neil Gaiman
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“[Lovecraft has exerted] an incalculable influence on succeeding generations of writers of horror fiction.”
Joyce Carol Oates
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“[Lovecraft] and his work have become enshrined in popular culture.”
Publishers Weekly
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Details
- Author
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 21 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 August 2014
- ISBN
- 9781483013459
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Horror and supernatural fiction, Short stories, Dark fantasy, Occult fiction, Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
The only audio edition of Necronomicon authorized by the H. P. Lovecraft EstateOriginally written for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and '30s, H. P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmic terror that are as powerful today as they were when first published. This tome brings together all of Lovecraft's harrowing stories, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, just the way they were when first released. It will introduce a whole new generation of readers to Lovecraft's fiction, as well as attract those fans who want all his work in a single, definitive volume.Stories included are listed here with their respective compact disc and track location:CD 01_01 DagonCD 01_06 Herbert West – ReanimatorCD 02_07 The Lurking FearCD 03_01 The Rats in the WallsCD 03_17 The Whisperer in the DarknessCD 06_03 Cool AirCD 06_11 In the VaultCD 06_18 The Call of CthuluCD 07_22 The Color Out of SpaceCD 08_22 The Horror at Red HookCD 09_16 The Music of Erich ZannCD 09_23 The Shadow Out of TimeCD 12_01 The Dunwich HorrorCD 13_18 The Haunter of the DarkCD 14_13 The OutsiderCD 14_19 The Shunned HouseCD 15_18 The UnnameableCD 16_01 The Thing on the DoorstepCD 17_01 Under the Pyramids
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