"History of the Necronomicon" is a short text written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1927, and published in 1938. It describes the origins of the fictional book of the same name: the occult grimoire Necronomicon, a now-famous element of some of his stories. The short text purports to be non-fiction, adding to the appearance of 'pseudo-authenticity' which Lovecraft valued in building his Cthulhu Mythos oeuvre. Accordingly, it supposes the history of the Necronomicon as the inspiration for Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow, which concerns a book that overthrows the minds of those who read it.
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The History of the Necronomicon (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 52)
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The Thing in the Moonlight (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 51)
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The Very Old Folk (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 50)
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The Colour out of Space (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 49)
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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 48)
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The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 47)
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The Strange High House in the Mist (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 46)
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The Silver Key (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 45)
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Pickman's Model (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 44)
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The Call of Cthulhu (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 43)
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The Tomb (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 1)
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Dagon (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 2)
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Polaris (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 3)
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Beyond the Wall of Sleep (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 4)
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Memory (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 5)
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Old Bugs (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 6)
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The Transition of Juan Romero (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 7)
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The White Ship (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 8)
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The Doom That Came to Sarnath (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 9)
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The Statement of Randolph Carter (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 10)
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The Terrible Old Man (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 11)
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The Tree (The Work of H. P. Lovecraft, Episode 12)
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