Edited by Brian Lumley and multiple Bram Stoker Award winner
Stanley Wiater, The Brian Lumley Companion is an indispensable
guide to the life and works of Brian Lumley. This companion is illustrated
with photographs from the author's private collection and reproductions
of Hugo Award-winning artist Bob Eggleton's eye-catching cover art
for Lumley's work.
Contributors to The Brian Lumley Companion include some
of today's most noted experts on horror fiction, including W. Paul
Ganley, founder of Weirdbook Press and two-time winner of the World
Fantasy Award; Stephen Jones, coeditor of Horror: 100 Best Books
and winner of multiple World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram
Stoker Awards; Robert M. Price, author of H.P. Lovecraft and
the Cthulhu Mythos and one of the most respected analysts of
Lovecraftian fiction; and Stanley Wiater, host of the TV series
Dark Dreamers.
In The Brian Lumley Companion, Lumley aficionados will
find an overview of Lumley's career, from his first short fiction
up to the present day; essays comparing Lumley and H.P. Lovecraft;
a lengthy interview with the author that delves into the heart of
Lumley's relationship with the writers and editors who inspired
him and the fans who support him; analyses of Lumley's short fiction
and novels; and an interview with Bob Eggleton that gives insight
into the striking covers for the Necroscope series and
other Lumley works.
This companion also includes complete listings of the first publications
of each of Lumley's novels, short fiction, and poetry. Major attractions
are the detailed concordances that focus on individual novels and
series, including the three Psychomech tiles, the Dreamlands
and Primal Lands series, and each volume in the Necroscope
series.
As a special treat, The Brian Lumley Companion includes
three short short stories by Brian Lumley. |