Lovecraft's Book

Lovecraft's Book

Infobox Book
name = Lovecraft's Book
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Jeffrey K. Potter for "Lovecraft's Book"
author = Richard A. Lupoff
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cover_artist = Jeffrey K. Potter
country = United States
language = English
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subject =
genre = Historical novel
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1985
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = ix, 260 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-151-x
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followed_by =

"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.

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.

References

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


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