Move Under Ground
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| Image:Move Under Ground hardcover.jpg Cover of the first edition (2004) |
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| Author | Nick Mamatas |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Night Shade Books |
| Released | 15 May 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 192 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 1892389916 (first edition, hardback) |
Move Under Ground is a horror novel by Nick Mamatas which combines the Beat style of Jack Kerouac with the cosmic horror of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It was recently made available for free download via a Creative Commons license at the book's website.
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[edit] Plot Summary
Jack Kerouac witnesses the rising of R'lyeh off the California coast. With Neal Cassady and William S. Burroughs, Jack takes to the road, crossing America to save the world from a Lovecraftian cult.
[edit] Characters in "Move Under Ground"
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 2004, Locus Magazine Recommended Reading List for books published in 2004
- 2005, nominated, Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel
- 2005, nominated, International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel in 2005
[edit] Release details
- 2004, USA, Night Shade Books ISBN 1892389916, 15 May 2004, Hardcover
- 2004, USA, Night Shade Books ISBN 1892389924, 15 May 2004, Signed Limited Edition Hardcover
- 2005, Germany, ISBN 3937897089, July 2005, Paperback
- 2006, USA, Prime Books ISBN 0809556731, 26 March 2006, Paperback
- 2007, Creative Commons release (English language), www.MoveUnderGround.org, 6 February 2007, HTML, PDF, zipped HTML.
[edit] Trivia
The limited edition hardcover included the short story "Jitterbuggin'", an afterword, a bound-in ribbon bookmark, and a unique Lovecraftian senryu written by Mamatas. 100 copies of the limited edition were produced, and the senryu were collected as Cthulhu Senryu (Prime Books, 2006).
The title of the book is "Move Under Ground" (three words), not "Move Underground."
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