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The Necronomicon is a good work of imagination. It is a story created and coined by H.P Lovecraft. Although it is a great " story ", or false documentary, which ever you want to classify it as, it is the work of fiction.
That's sort of true. However, there are those that say there was a true Necronomicon, unedited called the Al Alif. This was before that Simon guy and H.P. Lovecraft got their hands on it. The one that is in public print sure has a lot of made up parts to it.
Even if it is totally fake, it does have a lot of Sumerian and other mythology in it. The Necronomicon isn't he only book to document the fabled cities of Ur. You have to be on watch when you read any book like the Necronomicon, read between the lines. Never take them word for word or you will be lost in the bias of the author.
A good point a friend also mentioned to me once. The author is dubbed the Mad Arab. Would you trust a guy with the nick name Mad Billy Bob?
Edited by Opus Magnus, 18 January 2007 - 12:55 AM.