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OK, so against my better judgment, I broke down and bought the Llewellyn Necronomicon, by Don Tyson. I had a gift card, it wasn't like I spent real money, and it's a Necronomicon, so I had to have it, if for no other reason than completeness.
I have never really liked his books, and I've given him the benefit of the doubt before. I have barely started this one, but I will grant him props for one thing that he has done better than all the other Necronomicon writers out there: He incorporates the excerpts of the book that have shown up in the fiction. To me, that has always been key to writing a good, fake Necronomicon, and the thing that pissed me off the most about the Simonomicon. Some of the quotes I've seen, particularly the excerpt from "The Dunwich Horror" seem altered slightly, I guess to appear as a variance in translation or some shit, and that bugs me a little, but that could be due to copyright concerns.
I'll write more on the subject when I actually finish reading it, but I had to compliment him on that at least, if nothing else. The prefaces by Olaus Wormius and Theodorus Philetas are a nice touch, too. While I may not like the majority of Tyson's work, this does show him to be a sincere Mythos fan, so hopefully I'll dig the rest of it as much.
I have never really liked his books, and I've given him the benefit of the doubt before. I have barely started this one, but I will grant him props for one thing that he has done better than all the other Necronomicon writers out there: He incorporates the excerpts of the book that have shown up in the fiction. To me, that has always been key to writing a good, fake Necronomicon, and the thing that pissed me off the most about the Simonomicon. Some of the quotes I've seen, particularly the excerpt from "The Dunwich Horror" seem altered slightly, I guess to appear as a variance in translation or some shit, and that bugs me a little, but that could be due to copyright concerns.
I'll write more on the subject when I actually finish reading it, but I had to compliment him on that at least, if nothing else. The prefaces by Olaus Wormius and Theodorus Philetas are a nice touch, too. While I may not like the majority of Tyson's work, this does show him to be a sincere Mythos fan, so hopefully I'll dig the rest of it as much.
