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The Book

H. P. Lovecraft

First published 1938
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

Fragment, first published in Leaves #2, 1938. DO NOT MERGE with the poem "The Book" (Fungi from Yuggoth cycle).

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2014 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (60)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1938 Leaves, Winter 1938 Robert H. Barlow FANZINE 110
1944 Marginalia Arkham House Collection 286
1965 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 340
1967 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Gollancz Collection 340
1969 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 340
1969 The Tomb and Other Tales Panther Collection 184
1970 The Tomb and Other Tales Panther Collection 184
December 1970 The Tomb and Other Tales Beagle Books / Ballantine Collection 184
1971 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 340
1971 The Arkham Edition of H. P. Lovecraft Beagle Books Omnibus 184|1.1
June 1971 The Tomb and Other Tales Beagle Books / Ballantine Collection 184
April 1973 The Tomb and Other Tales Ballantine Books Collection 184
1974 The Tomb and Other Tales Panther Collection 184
February 1974 The Tomb and Other Tales Ballantine Books Collection 184
1975 The Tomb and Other Tales Panther Collection 184
January 1975 The Tomb and Other Tales Ballantine Books Collection 184
November 1975 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 340
December 1981 The Tomb and Other Tales Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 184
January 1982 The Tomb and Other Tales Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 184
November 1984 The Tomb and Other Tales Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 184
1985 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Panther Collection 413
1985 FSFnet, v1 #4, 1985 FANZINE
1987 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 362
1987 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Grafton Collection 413
January 1987 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 362
May 1987 The Tomb and Other Tales Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 184
May 1988 The Tomb and Other Tales Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 184
1991 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 362
March 1992 The Tomb and Other Tales Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 184
1994 The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 2: Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Grafton Collection 413
October 1996 The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 34
1997 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 362
2001 Dagon and Other Macabre Tales Arkham House Collection 362
2001 Lovecraft Studies, #42-43 Autumn 2001 Hippocampus Press FANZINE 3
March 2003 The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness Del Rey / Ballantine Collection
November 2005 Shadows of Death Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 319
2008 The Fiction: Complete and Unabridged Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 945
January 2008 Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad Dead Letter Press Anthology 432
June 2008 The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness Paw Prints Collection
November 2008 H. P. Lovecraft: Masters of the Weird Tale Centipede Press Collection 653
January 2011 The Call of Cthulhu and Other Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos Prohyptikon Publishing Collection
March 2011 The Complete Fiction Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 945
July 2011 Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection
July 2011 Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection
July 2011 Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz / Orion Collection
2014 Complete Collection of H. P. Lovecraft Ageless Reads Omnibus |31
September 2014 The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Race Point Publishing Omnibus
July 2016 The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft Chartwell Books Omnibus 1018
May 2017 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 298
May 2017 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection |28
October 2017 The H. P. Lovecraft Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Omnibus |149
2018 The H. P. Lovecraft Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Omnibus 149
2018 Macabre Stories Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Collection 149
2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 679
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 679
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection 679
March 2018 H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Omnibus Collection: The Prime Years: 1926-1936 Pulp-Lit Productions Collection |679
June 2019 The Complete Weird-Fiction Works of H.P. Lovecraft: In One Volume Pulp-Lit Productions Omnibus |1679
November 2019 H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction Benediction Classics Collection 298
March 2020 Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre Gollancz Collection