Lovecraft's Book

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Lovecraft's Book

Dust-jacket illustration by Jeffrey K. Potter for Lovecraft's Book
Author Richard A. Lupoff
Cover artist Jeffrey K. Potter
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Historical novel
Publisher Arkham House
Publication date 1985
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages ix, 260 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-87054-151-x

Lovecraft's Book is a fictionalized 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Reprints

  • London: Grafton, 1987.

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 137. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 55. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 153. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 131. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.