The necronomicon?

[archaicmalevolence]

Could anyone explain to me what exactly is the necronomicon, and who is Abdul Al Hazard? I know it was supposed to be about the old ones etc, but not sure as have heard it's a fictional book made by H.P Lovecraft

 

[delet]

It's a fancy book that you'll never see with fancy words in a language you'll never read that speaks of the Great Old Ones and is otherwise evil and the like.

In other words, it's a fake book that Lovecraft made up. It's also a compilation of most of his major works...

 

[BonsaiK]

Bascailly, yes. It's a fictional book that some tryhards have built a quasi-religion around. It's about as legit as the Rosicrucians and you should treat everything you hear about it as total fiction no matter what any guy wearing black eyeliner tells you.

 

[Glamorgan]

Necronomnomnomicon. I just thought I'd contribute that.

*ahem*, well, I think it has something to do with zombies. Just check Wikipedia.

 

[Pegghead]

It's a fictional book (in the sense that it doesn't actually exist) concocted by HP Lovecraft, I've heard it mentioned here before in the phrase "My friend started reading the necronomicon and two days later in class he started acting all posessed" but that person was either misinformed or pulling it right out of their ass.

Necronomnomnomicon. I just thought I'd contribute that.

*ahem*, well, I think it has something to do with zombies. Just check Wikipedia.

You win this thread and indeed the whole internet.

 

[Hawgh]

Lovecraft made it up. It's fairly important in some of his stories. You go cuckoo if you read it.

 

[blankedboy]

From what I've seen, it's basically a book with the mind-affecting properties of Marble Hornets.

At night, I regret watching Marble Hornets.
At day, I think it was the best decision ever.

Seriously, I encourage everyone to watch Marble Hornets. It's fucking scary, but I don't say this lightly when I say it's the best horror film ever.

Actually, I might change that to the best film ever, full stop. That's a bit lighter, The Fifth Element is hard to beat.



I should really stop changing the topic to Marble Hornets.

 

[Catalyst6]

It's like it sounds, it's the Book of the Dead. Basically it's filled with all of the stuff about the Cthulhu mythos and you'll go insane by simply looking at the pictures of the eldritch horrors contained within.

 

[Glamorgan]

It's a fictional book (in the sense that it doesn't actually exist) concocted by HP Lovecraft, I've heard it mentioned here before in the phrase "My friend started reading the necronomicon and two days later in class he started acting all posessed" but that person was either misinformed or pulling it right out of their ass.

Necronomnomnomicon. I just thought I'd contribute that.

*ahem*, well, I think it has something to do with zombies. Just check Wikipedia.

You win this thread and indeed the whole internet.

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You get a cookie.

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[Buzz Killington_v1legacy]

The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's "The Nameless City". There was a possible reference to the book in "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (published in 1920) though it was not called by name. Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.

 

[Glamorgan]

The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's "The Nameless City". There was a possible reference to the book in "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (published in 1920) though it was not called by name. Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.

Hooray for Wikipedia, the source of all my good marks!

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Both are constructs created by H.P.Lovecraft for his fictional works. Abdul Alhazred, or 'The Mad Arab', was supposedly a man driven to madness by arcane knowledge, who wrote the Necromonicon as a book of rituals for summoning the Great Old Ones, among other things. Both the character and the book are pure works of fiction, although you can buy a book called the Necronomicon - it is in fact the complete collection of H.P.Lovecraft's works, and I can thoroughly recommend it as a cracking read.