The Illuminated Cthulhu Mythos - book cover by duo

Poser • Science Fiction • posted on Apr 13, 2012

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The Illuminated Cthulhu Mythos - the Illustrated Necronomicon and other Grimories Fragments by Luca Oleastri Many fictional works of arcane literature appear in the Cthulhu Mythos. The main literary purpose of these works is to explain how characters within the tales come by occult or esoteric knowledge that is unknown to the general populace. However, in some cases the works themselves serve as an important plot device. Thus, in Robert Bloch's tale "The Shambler from the Stars", a weird fiction writer seals his doom by casting a spell from the arcane book De Vermis Mysteriis. Another purpose of these tomes was to give members of the Lovecraft Circle a means to pay homage to one another. Consequently, Clark Ashton Smith used Lovecraft's Necronomicon - his most prominent creation - in Smith's tale "Ubbo-Sathla". Likewise, Lovecraft used Robert E. Howard's Nameless Cults in his tale "Out of the Aeons". Thereafter, these texts and others appear in the works of numerous other Mythos authors, who themselves added their own grimoires to the literary arcana, including August Derleth, Lin Carter, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell and others writers. My artworks, present in this book, are as pages ripped off from a fictional collection of the several grimories invented by writers who have continued and enriched the Cthulhu Mythos and the work of H.P. Lovecraft during the decades. Printed book, English language, 60 pages, full color, fully illustrated, size 21,59 cm x 27,94 cm, thermal binding, softcover - ISBN 9781471601378 For a preview of the book and to know more CLICK HERE :) Luca Oleastri (a.k.a. duo, a.k.a. Innovari)