This was a sad attempt to replicate the Necronomicon, a book that may, or may not, truly exist. Hilarious, but still one star in my book. ( )

I read the Necronomicon just after my first real introduction to it, in a workshop called "Reflections of Reality." From the beginning I understood it was a made up tome, and found the entire thing very silly. Coming back to it four years later, I have a greater appreciation for the work. I can understand how many people have come to think it was a real book. The book draws on Sumerian myth, and apparently some western invocation techniques, to make a convincing appearing grimoire. The introduction also works well to draw the reader in with some double-selling of facts, which by calling to light some things in the text that don't make sense actually create a greater sense of realism for the text. Not really a book I'd recommend, but it is an amusing, and interesting read. (Oh, and my copy is bound in human skin, I swears it ;-) ) ( )

This is a prop book, pure and simple, straight up prop for the Lovecract mythos. It has no literary value, but has appeal to lovecraftian collectors. ( )

I read parts of this book as research for a novel I was writing. Normally, it's probably not something that I'd have picked up otherwise. More than anything, I found some of the things written about this book (or various books by this title) to be fascinating: the legend involving H.P. Lovecraft, etc. This version (having nothing at all to do with Lovecraft) is apparently based upon Sumerian mythology. ( )

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