Crypt of Cthulhu, A Pulp Thriller and Theological Journal, Vol 2. No. 5. Roodmas

by Robert M. Price (ed.)

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First edition

Bloomfield, NJ: Cryptic Publications, 1983. First. illustrated stapled wraps, 48 pp. Fine. cover art by Thomas Brown. A popular and long running literary magazines devoted to the writings of H. P. Lovecraft the Cthulhu Mythos and Lovecraftian scholarship. Established in 1981 by Robert M. Price who edited it throughout its run. Oddly, it appeared as frequently as eight times a year, based on an "ecclesiastical" calendar: A companion volume to the then forthcoming CRYPT OF CTHULHU #11 ("The Revisions Issue"). One of about 50 first printing copies with Halloween orange wrappers. Ref: Joe Bell, FUBAR #6. Contents Editorial Shards by Robert M. Price [editorial] The Inklings, Lovecraft, and the Kalems by Peter H. Cannon [essay] Middle-Earth, Narnia and Lovecraft's Dream World by Leigh D. Blackmore [essay] Lovecraft's Theology of Fear and Williams' Theology of Romance by Edward T. Babinski [essay] Kadath and Mordor: The Quest in Lovecraft and Tolkien by Ben P. Indick [essay] The Dueling Cosmoses of H.P. Lovecraft and G.K. Chesterton by Edward T. Babinski [essay] Surprised by Horror: The Fantasy Short Stories of C.S. Lewis by S. T. Joshi [essay] Williams, Waite, and the Golden Dawn by Robert C. Carey [essay] A "Lovecraftian" Scene in Perelandra by Charles Garofalo [essay] Screwtape's Letter to Cthulhu by Robert M. Price [fiction] Mail-Call of Cthulhu [letters] R'lyeh Review [review] In a Lonely Place (Warner Books, 1983) by Karl Edward Wagner; reviewed by Robert M. Price Dreams from

  • Publisher: Cryptic Publications
  • Year: 1983
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Printing: first
  • Binding: unknown

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