The Brian Lumley Companion

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.

From Booklist

Prolific British horror writer Lumley collaborates with an American scholar of his work on this informative volume. Contents include extensive biographical material, an interview, essays on major themes in his work (especially the influence of H. P. Lovecraft and Lumley's own Lovecraft pastiches), detailed bibliographies, and dictionaries (mislabeled "concordances") of the major concepts and characters in his major works. Clearly confirmed by this mass of largely new information are two things faithful Lumley readers are already aware of: his growing sense of the ridiculous and his burgeoning folkloric and mythological expertise. It is also made clear that much of his published work has never crossed the Atlantic or, if it did, dropped out of print rather quickly. Lumley hasn't reached the heights of either originality or critical acclaim, but his consistent provision of honest entertainment for nearly 40 years makes him deserving of a volume like this. Roland GreenCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

From the Back Cover

Brian LumleyStanley WiaterThe Brian Lumley CompanionFeaturing contributions from:Bob EggletonW. Paul GanleyStephen JonesBrian LumleyRobert M. PriceRobert G. WeinbergStanley WiaterAnd 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 ChronicleIncluded in The Brian Lumley Companion:The Brian Lumley Interview, conducted by Stanley WiaterA Chronology, or Timeline of Important Events in the Author’s Life and Career by Brian LumleyDemogorgon and Khai of Ancient Khem by Robert M. PriceAn Interview with Bob Eggleton, conducted by Stanley WiaterJohn Wayne Meets the Pink Panther (aka Brian Lumley) by Robert WeinbergThe Life, Death, and Undeath of Harry Keogh by Melissa Ann SingerThe Long, the Short, and the Tall Tales of Brian Lumley by Stephen JonesLumley as Lovecraft by Robert M. PriceAnd 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 Titus 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.

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