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Cover artist
  
Jeffrey K. Potter

Publication date
  
1985

Pages
  
ix, 260 pp

Originally published
  
1985

Genre
  
Historical drama

Country
  
United States of America

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

ISBN
  
978-0-87054-151-3

Author
  
Richard A. Lupoff

Publisher
  
Arkham House

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Nominations
  
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Similar
  
Works by Richard A Lupoff, H P Lovecraft books, Speculative fiction books

Lovecraft's Book is a historical novel by author Richard A. Lupoff. It was released in 1985 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,544 copies. It was the author's first book published by Arkham House.

Contents

Plot summary

The story concerns an offer made to H. P. Lovecraft by a fascist sympathizer, George Sylvester Viereck. His offer is to have Lovecraft write a political tract in the nature of an American Mein Kampf. In return, Viereck promises the publication of a volume of Lovecraft's stories.

Reprints

  • London: Grafton, 1987.
  • Ramble House, 2000, as Marblehead: A Novel of H.P. Lovecraft. ISBN 978-0-9774527-3-6. Cover art by Gavin L. O'Keefe. This is the complete text of the original novel as written by Lupoff. The book was cut by half for another publisher before being picked up for publication by Arkham House. The original manuscript was presumed lost for over 20 years before surfacing in the private library of Locus Publisher, Charles N. Brown.

    • References

    Lovecraft's Book Wikipedia
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