The Book of Iod

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First edition, cover art by Earl Geier

The Book of Iod is a collection of short stories by Henry Kuttner published by Chaosium in 1995.

Plot summary

The Book of Iod is part of the Cthulhu Cycle Books series from Chaosium, and includes eleven stories by Kuttner originally published between 1936 and 1939, as well as one story by editor Robert M. Price and one by Lin Carter.[1]

Reception

Steve Faragher reviewed The Book of iod for Arcane magazine, rating it an 8 out of 10 overall.[1] Faragher comments that "Rather a fine collection of stories [...] Kuttner was a young man profoundly influenced by HP Lovecraft, who became a member of the Lovecraft circle in the year before the Grand Old Man of Horror died."[1]

Review

  • Review by Stephen Theaker (2015) in Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, #51[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Faragher, Steve (December 1995). "The Great Library". Arcane (1). Future Publishing: 82.
  2. ^ "Title: The Book of Iod".