Anyone know where I can get a copy of the Necronomicon? Aka the Book of the Dead?

Answer 1

The Necronomicon is a fictional book from the stories of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. 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". [1] Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.
Other authors such as August Derleth and Clark Ashton Smith also cited it in their works; Lovecraft approved, believing such common allusions built up "a background of evil verisimilitude." Many readers have believed it to be a real work, with booksellers and librarians receiving many requests for it; pranksters have listed it in rare book catalogues, and one smuggled a card for it into the Yale University Library's card catalog.[2]
Capitalizing on the notoriety of the fictional volume, real-life publishers have printed many books entitled Necronomicon since Lovecraft's death.

Answer 2

What started out as a joking reference in another book was indeed written out. Several times. By several different people. Differently. Worse each time.

Check your bookstores and libraries, but don't expect a lot of content from this cult following pulp fiction -- it's entirely fabricated to try to fill the legendary shoes of the obscure references in Lovecraft.

Answer 3

Try Amazon. Or just about any bookstore. Its a work of fiction that employs the Lovecraftian mythos. There are multiple versions.

Answer 4

Check out the links below - there are a few different versions out there, so find the one you want. This site I used, fetchbooks.info, connects to many on-line booksellers so you can see what's available and compare.

Answer 5

why dont u look in the library or something, the local book store or something online, i guss