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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

Isn't an elitist an -ist?

My sentiments exactly fellfrosch

Ok this would be my last post in this thread. I really don’t think that writing letters to anyone is going to be of any use.  Fellfrosch rightly cited some other gory games that we are perfectly comfortable to play with just because they are based on a historical or fantasy setting. A person playing a MMORPG is also free to do whatever he wants to. How is GTA3 any different from any of these games? Also I agree with Paladin’s logic that no sane person would mimic the acts potrayed in the games in the real world. I know I wouldn’t- and I love GTA3.

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.

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

Have you read Lovecraft's short story titled-"The Sadow Over Innsmouth"? I think it's pretty scary. Are there any Clive Barker fans in here?

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