So...what's everyone reading?

[wolverine_men]

Have you read Necronomicon? There are very few ppl who have.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

H P Lovecraft did not write a story or book called Necronomicon. It was an invention he used to make a consistant element through many of his works. There have been collections assembled under the title and even a book written under the alias "Al-Azif" (the fictional man Lovecraft said wrote the Necronomicon), but nothing he wrote had that title.

[wolverine_men]

You are absolutely correct in stating that Lovecraft never wrote any book titled Necronomicon. But there is actually a book out there called Necronomicon and it’s electronic version was released on to the net by a Kazaa user. My query related to that book?
By the way H.P. Lovecraft did write an essay tentatively titled History of the Necronomicon in 1927. Al-Azif was not an alias. It was the title of the original book written by Abdul Alhazred, a mad poet of Sanaá, in Yemen, who is said to have flourished during the period of the Ommiade caliphs, circa 700 A.D.

[Fellfrosch]

Except that Lovecraft made it all up.

[wolverine_men]

Did you know that a copy of the original Necronomicon exists in a library in Italy?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

The original Necronomicon that was written sometime in the 20th century, sure.

See, no one has actually SEEN this book. They all know someone who knows someone. Some people say it's in Italy. Some people say the earliest translation we have is 200 years later than the original. Because it's all FICTION. The book was made up.

[wolverine_men]

Here's a brief chronology of events:


 Al Azif written circa 730 A.D. at Damascus by Abdul Alhazred
 Tr. to Greek 950 A.D. as Necronomicon by Theodorus Philetas
 Burnt by Patriarch Michael 1050 (i.e., Greek text). Arabic text now lost.
 Olaus translates Gr. to Latin 1228
 1232 Latin ed. (and Gr.) suppr. by Pope Gregory IX
 14... Black-letter printed edition (Germany)
 15... Gr. text printed in Italy
 16... Spanish reprint of Latin text
SOURCE: History Of Necronomicon

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Published when by whom?
And, I should point out that you contradicted yourself. You said the original was in a library in Italy. That last post says the original is now lost.

[wolverine_men]

The Arabic text was translated into Greek by Theodorus Philetas of Constantinople under the title Necronomicon. This too was later burnt but not before it was translated into Latin by Olaus.Latin texts now existing one (15th cent.) is known to be in the British Museum under lock and key, while another (17th cent.) is in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris. A seventeenth century edition is in the Widener Library at Harvard, and in the library of Miskatonic University at Arkham. Also in the ibrary of the University of Buenos Aires.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

no, I meant this history you're "quoting"
Who wrote it? Where is it from? You're not looking at something from Chaosium or Wizards of the Coast are you?

Also, you should be aware that  Miskatonic University is likewise not a real university.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Istanbul, not Constantinople. So if you've a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul!

[wolverine_men]

Try reading The History Of Necronomicon- i got it on Kazaa. Iam quoting everything from there. Sorry about Constantinople-lol

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

So let me get this straight, you're using a text with an anonymous author about a fictional text, that makes reference to universities that do not exist, that you got off a file sharing service from an unknown source, and you think this is proof that said fictional text exists?

Ok, just making sure I got that straight. Good luck in college.

[wolverine_men]

ROTFL- History of Necronomicon was authored by Lovecraft.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

oh, that one. No, see, that's a work of fiction. He did it to add color to his other fiction.