Necronomicon Press

We have had quite a selection of Necronomicon Press in the past and are proud to announce that once again, we will again be stocking the single greatest small press to cover Lovecraft and his minions.

                           S. T. Joshi: H. P. Lovecraft: A Life, a Necronomicon Press Trade Paperback Original, xii, 704 pp.,
                           $20.00
                           H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) has, in the sixty years since his death, become both a legend and an enigma. He
                           has come to be regarded as the leading American writer of horror fiction in this century and continues to be a
                           major influence upon the field today; but his life, work, and thought remain poorly understood, and many myths
                           about the man and his work persist. In this, the first full-scale biography in more than twenty years, S. T.
                           Joshi--the leading authority on Lovecraft--has gone back to primary sources to set the record straight on the
                           many-faceted "gentleman from Providence": his early interests in science, mythology, and literature; his
                           involvement in the "amateur journalism" movement; his towering presence in the pulp magazines of the 1920s
                           and the fantasy fandom of the 1930s; and the posthumous rescue of his work by friends and devotees. Along the
                           way, Joshi probes the literary, philosophical, cultural, and historical forces that shaped Lovecraft's work and
                           thought, provides capsule portraits of his close friends and colleagues, and studies the growth and development
                           of all aspects of his creative work. Written from a sympathetic but critical perspective, Joshi's biography will
                           dispel many of the myths about Lovecraft the man and win new converts to his distinctive literary work.

                                           Due to this volume's size, the following shipping rates apply when ordering:
                                                               United States -- $5 priority
                                                                 Canada -- $3.50 a copy
                                                           Overseas surface mail -- $3.50 a copy
                                                             Overseas airmail -- $9.00 a copy

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