Book of the Dead (memoir)
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Book of the Dead: Friends of Yesteryear: Fictioneers & Others is a collection of memoir
s by author E. Hoffmann Price. It was published in 2001
by Arkham House
in an edition of approximately 4,000 copies. The book contains memoirs of several writers of the pulp magazine
era. Also included are several appreciations of Price by other authors.
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
s by author E. Hoffmann Price. It was published in 2001
2001 in literature
The year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* The film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is released to movie theaters...
by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in an edition of approximately 4,000 copies. The book contains memoirs of several writers of the pulp magazine
Pulp magazine
Pulp magazines , also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long...
era. Also included are several appreciations of Price by other authors.
Contents
Book of the Dead contains the following:- "Introduction", by Jack WilliamsonJack WilliamsonJohn Stewart Williamson , who wrote as Jack Williamson was a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction" following the death in 1988 of Robert A...
- "Some Notes on EHP and the Book of the Dead", by Peter RuberPeter RuberPeter Ruber is a United States author, editor and publisher. He has been an advertising executive, book publisher, and for the past two decades, a consultant and free-lance journalist for many leading business information technology magazines...
- Friends of Yesteryear: Fictioneers & Others
- "Prologue"
- I "Farnsworth WrightFarnsworth WrightFarnsworth Wright was the editor of the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the magazine's heyday.He was born in California, and educated in the University of Nevada and the University of Washington....
" - II "Otis Adelbert KlineOtis Adelbert KlineOtis Adelbert Kline born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E...
" - III "Howard Phillips LovecraftH. P. LovecraftHoward Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
" - IV "Robert Ervin Howard"
- V "Clark Ashton SmithClark Ashton SmithClark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...
" - VI "W. K. Mashburn, Jr."
- VII "Ralph Milne Farley (Roger Sherman HoarRoger Sherman HoarRoger Sherman Hoar was a state senator and assistant Attorney General, state of Massachusetts. He also wrote science fiction under the pseudonym of "Ralph Milne Farley".-Family:...
)" - VIII "Seabury Grandin QuinnSeabury QuinnSeabury Grandin Quinn was an American pulp magazine author, most famous for his stories of the occult detective Jules de Grandin, published in Weird Tales.-Biography:...
" - IX "Hugh Doak Rankin"
- X "The Varnished Vultures & Spider Bite"
- XI "Barsoom Badigian"
- XII "Harry Olmsted"
- XIII "Albert Richard Wetjen"
- XIV "Norbert W. Davis"
- XV "Milo Ray Phelps"
- XVI "William S. Bruner"
- XVII "Henry KuttnerHenry KuttnerHenry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.-Early life:Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915...
" - XVIII "August W. DerlethAugust DerlethAugust William Derleth was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first publisher of the writings of H. P...
" - XIX "Edmond HamiltonEdmond HamiltonEdmond Moore Hamilton was an American author of science fiction stories and novels during the mid-twentieth century. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania...
" - "Epilogue"
- Other Memoirs
- "The Lovecraft Controversy - Why?", by E. Hoffmann Price
- "Five Million Words", by Monte Linsley
- "Seabury QuinnSeabury QuinnSeabury Grandin Quinn was an American pulp magazine author, most famous for his stories of the occult detective Jules de Grandin, published in Weird Tales.-Biography:...
: An Appreciation", by E. Hoffmann Price - "Mortonius (James Ferdinand Morton)", by E. Hoffmann Price
- "A Conversation With E. Hoffmann Price", by Gregorio Montjo
- "One Man’s View of the Death of the Pulp Era", by E. Hoffmann Price
- "EHP: A Bibliography", by Virgil Utter
- Index