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Necronomicon (Mass Market Paperback)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Avon Books; Reissue edition (1 Jul 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380751925
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380751921
  • Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 186,991 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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51 of 60 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Oooh what's that frothing in the corner, 15 Sep 2003
Well, I got the book in the post and had a quick look though it. Within ten minutes I had performed my first incantation and had Cthulhu in my living room. We watched a bit of TV and chatted about Shub Niggurath's upcoming divorce case, and eventually I shelled out £5 to get him a taxi back to R'lyeh.

I am hoping soon that the book will enable me to prattle on in poor English about Wicca and other recently created "religions" along with my other erstwhile collegues on this site.

The only thing that I found disappointing about this tome was the ease which I bought it. Amazon could at least make you spend ten years in Tibet searching for it before sending the book out.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ripping yarns, 21 Jul 2007
This book was not written by H.P. Lovercarft and nor is it some ancient tale of ghoulishness. The original Necronomicaon was a fictional book described by H.P. Lovecraft in his short story The Hound, and later in The Nameless City. Other authors latterly mentioned it with Lovecraft's approval.

There have also been several hoaxes over the years, including this very book by 'Simon' in the 70's. Although this version by Simon, and its subsequent sequels, has little in common with Lovecrafts original Mythos. Robert Turner wrote a version that is far closer to Lovecraft's original descriptions.

I'll give this book 4 Stars as it's a decent hoax and pretty creepy read. The fact that there are people convinced of Necronomicons existence as a real ancient book almost one hundred years later would, I'm sure, make Lovecraft happy.
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35 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The informed review, 22 April 2004
By Dan T (Orpington, KENT United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
In this review i will explain what the Necronomicon really is.
H.PLovecraft was an author of short horror stories in the 1920's-30's.Instedof using ghosts or vampires etc Lovecraft put his protaganists at themercy of the chaos of the universe.a common theme in his writing was thecult of Cthulhu (Cthulhu being a gigantic monstrosity from out of spaceregarded by his followers to be a god).The cult of Cthulhu was only knownto its followers,who practiced bizzare rituals etc in anticipation of hiscoming.Lovecraft invented the necronomican as the only writings about thecthulhu myth which his charecters could learn from and invented the authorthe mad arab abdul alhazred,he used the necronomicon in many stories,sodecided to actually write it! and attribute it to the mad arab ,he came upwith a whole history for it right down to the years it was supposedleyprinted and the languages it was printed in (greak,latin,etc)the namederives from astronomicon a work on astronomy by the greek poetManilius,he even came up with it's arabic name al-azif.
it is not agenuine occult book,it was never ment to be,it is a companion to his shortstorys,back story.to enjoy this book you should read lovecrafts storysfirst(they are the best horror storys ive ever read)
also the necronomicon always gets confused with the book of thedead(probably due to the evil dead films)its not the same book.The book ofthe dead is real it is a ancient Egyptian manual for the burial of thedead. its true title is the book of coming forth by day (if my memoryserves) and you can get modern re-prints of it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Necronomicon "true or not"
For the non-believers of the necronomicon I have to state that this is not a hoax book to play with. Magickal seals can never be made up by anyone. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Raven Lady

5.0 out of 5 stars Believe it or not.
This is a book intended to be a practical guide on Sumerian magical practices based on a Greek transcript from an original. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Illegal Allen

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not real
Sorry to disapoint, but this was written by H.P. Lovecraft. It was to solidified the world he created. It is fiction and nothing more. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2005

3.0 out of 5 stars Clarification
The historical authenticity of the book is irrelevant. It is a magickal paradigm and has been used by many to acheive tangible results. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2005 by devo1605

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
The Book of necronomicon is a fascinating read, truely wonderful, it talks of beings that which we cannot comprehend and has the ability to instill pure fear into you, if you... Read more
Published on 28 May 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars ATTENTION PEOPLE
This book can never ever be passed off as fact, and every one of the rituals and mythos that it talks about are lies. Why you ask? BECAUSE THE CTHULHU MYTHOS ARE ALL FICTION. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2004 by songoku_84

1.0 out of 5 stars You must be joking
Probably the most overrated book on the occult ever published and then published time and time again. Supposedly written by the mad arab it mixes in with Cuthulu mythology. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2003 by Gisli Jokull Gislason

1.0 out of 5 stars It's not the real one!
The Necronomicon was lost hundreds of years ago, there were about 10 copies all over the world. The last known one was supposed in hitlers hands during the second world war. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Why did I buy this?
Hmmm, the back cover makes this intriguing alternative set of magickal rituals/philosophies/texts interesting to the point of wanting to discover more. Read more
Published on 10 April 2003 by pdhan

5.0 out of 5 stars Real?
This book is hard to understand at first and I dont suggest you get it if you dont know anything about magick and want to start practicing. Read more
Published on 2 May 2002

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