Synopses & Reviews
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. The Companion is illustrated with photographs from the author’s private collection and full-color reproductions of Hugo Award–winning artist Bob Eggleton’s eye-catching cover art for Lumley’s works.
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; Robert G. Weinberg, an acknowledged specialist in weird 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, and analyses of Lumley’s short fiction and novels. An interview with Bob Eggleton gives insight into the development of his 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 titles, 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, works that have never before appeared in book form.
Review
"An indispensable guide."--Publishers Weekly
Review
"An indispensable guide."--Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
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.
The Companion is illustrated with photographs from the authors private collection and full-color reproductions of Hugo Award-winning artist Bob Eggletons eye-catching cover art for Lumleys works.
Contributors to The Brian Lumley Companion include some of todays 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; Robert G. Weinberg, an acknowledged specialist in weird fiction, and Stanley Wiater, host of the TV series “Dark Dreamers.”
In The Brian Lumley Companion, Lumley aficionados will find an overview of Lumleys 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 Lumleys relationship with the writers and editors who inspired him and the fans who support him, and analyses of Lumleys short fiction and novels. An interview with Bob Eggleton gives insight into the development of his striking covers for the Necroscope series and other Lumley works.
This companion also includes complete listings of the first publications of each of Lumleys novels, short fiction, and poetry. Major attractions are the detailed concordances that focus on individual novels and series, including the three Psychomech titles, 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, works that have never before appeared in book form.
Synopsis
"A bibliography of the novels and collections of Brian Lumley": p. [181]-195.
"A bibliography of the poetry of Brian Lumley": p. [197]-199.
Synopsis
Brian Lumley
Stanley Wiater
The Brian Lumley Companion
Featuring contributions from:
Bob Eggleton
W. Paul Ganley
Stephen Jones
Brian Lumley
Robert M. Price
Robert G. Weinberg
Stanley Wiater
And many more
"I'm impressed with Lumley's talent. He's obviously one of the best writers in the field.” --John Farris
"Lumley's strength is in his jovial voice. Lumley's love of his pulp-horror subjects is gleefully apparent. He revels in stories within stories and convoluted histories. He writes in the grand style of the serial.” --San Francisco Chronicle
Included in The Brian Lumley Companion:
The Brian Lumley Interview, conducted by Stanley Wiater
A Chronology, or Timeline of Important Events in the Authors Life and Career by Brian Lumley
Demogorgon and Khai of Ancient Khem by Robert M. Price
An Interview with Bob Eggleton, conducted by Stanley Wiater
John Wayne Meets the Pink Panther (aka Brian Lumley) by Robert Weinberg
The Life, Death, and Undeath of Harry Keogh by Melissa Ann Singer
The Long, the Short, and the Tall Tales of Brian Lumley by Stephen Jones
Lumley as Lovecraft by Robert M. Price
And much more!
About the Author
Brian Lumley is the author of the bestselling Necroscope series of vampire novels. The first
Necroscope, Harry Keogh, also appears in a collection of Lumley's short fiction,
Harry Keogh and Other Weird Heroes, along Titus Crow and Henri Laurent de Marigny, from T
itus Crow, Volumes One, Two, and Three, and
David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer, from the
Dreamlands series.
An acknowledged master of Lovecraft-style horror, Brian Lumley has won the British Fantasy Award and been named a Grand Master of Horror. His works have been published in more than a dozen countries and have inspired comic books, role-playing games, and sculpture, and been adapted for television.
When not writing, Lumley can often be found spear-fishing in the Greek islands, gambling in Las Vegas, or attending a convention somewhere in the US. Lumley and his wife live in England.
Stanley Waiter is considered one of the world's leading authorities on horror filmmakers and authors. Two of his collections of interviews, Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror and Dark Thoughts: On Writing, Advice and Commentary from Fifty Masters of Fear and Suspense, have won the Bram Stoker Award, and his Comic Book Rebels: Conversations with the Creators of the New Comics, co-authored with Stephen R. Bissette, was nominated for the Eisner and Harvey Awards.
Wiater hosts the cable television show Dark Dreamers, where he interviews noted authors and filmmakers in the horror and dark fantasy genres. He lives in Massachusetts with his family.