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Edited by Brian Lumley and Stanley Wiater
(a) Tor Books, USA • hc • $26.95
ISBN: 0-312-85670-9
(b) Tor Books, USA • hc (signed, slipcased edition, limited to 400 numbered and 50 lettered copies) • $50.00
ISBN 0-765-30689-1
(c) Tor Books, USA • tp (2006) • $17.95
ISBN 0-765-30440-6
Cover by Bob Eggleton
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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. This companion is illustrated with photographs from
the author's private collection and reproductions of Hugo Award-winning 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, co-editor 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 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; analyses of Lumley's short fiction and novels; and an interview with Bob Eggleton
that 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 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 stories by Brian Lumley.
| INTRODUCTION |
Stanley Wiater |
| JOHN WAYNE MEETS THE PINK PANTHER (aka BRIAN LUMLEY) |
Robert Weinberg |
| A CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT AND/OR FORMATIVE EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A WRITER |
Brian Lumley |
| LUMLEY AS LOVECRAFT |
Robert M. Price |
| THE TRANSITION OF BRIAN LUMLEY |
Robert M. Price |
| DEMOGORGON AND KHAI OF ANCIENT KHEM |
Robert M. Price |
| THE LONG, THE SHORT, AND THE TALL TALES OF BRIAN LUMLEY |
Stephen Jones |
| THE LIFE, DEATH, AND UNDEATH OF HARRY KEOGH—A NECROSCOPE TIMELINE |
Melissa Ann Singer |
| THE BRIAN LUMLEY INTERVIEW |
Stanley Wiater |
| AN INTERVIEW WITH ARTIST BOB EGGLETON |
Stanley Wiater |
| A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NOVELS AND COLLECTIONS OF BRIAN LUMLEY |
Barbara Ann Lumley |
| A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE POETRY OF BRIAN LUMLEY |
Barbara Ann Lumley |
| SOME NOTES ON OBSCURE ITEMS AND SPECIAL EDITIONS |
Barbara Ann Lumley |
| THREE "STORIES" IN FIFTY WORDS EACH |
Brian Lumley |
| CONCORDANCES |
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| NECROSCOPE |
Barbara Ann Lumley |
| NECROSCOPE II: WAMPHYRI! |
Robb Coutinho |
| NECROSCOPE III: THE SOURCE |
Golnar Dahesh and David Rigby |
| NECROSCOPE IV: DEADSPEAK |
John Durant |
| NECROSCOPE V: DEADSPAWN |
Phill Garnett |
| VAMPIRE WORLD I: BLOOD BROTHERS |
Nathan Murray |
| VAMPIRE WORLD II: THE LAST AERIE |
Stephen Dillon |
| VAMPIRE WORLD III: BLOODWARS |
Barbara Ann Lumley |
NECROSCOPE: THE LOST YEARS,
VOLUMES 1 and 2 |
Tom Shearer |
| NECROSCOPE: INVADERS |
Deborah Alton |
| NECROSCOPE: DEFILERS |
Peter McCabe |
| NECROSCOPE: AVENGERS |
Barbara Ann Lumley |
| PSYCHOMECH |
David McDougle |
| PSYCHOSPHERE |
David McDougle |
| PSYCHOMOK! |
David McDougle |
THE HOUSE OF DOORS AND
THE HOUSE OF DOORS: SECOND VISIT |
Nathan P. Murray |
| THE DREAMLAND SERIES |
W. Paul Ganley |
| THE PRIMAL LAND SERIES |
W. Paul Ganley |
| CONTRIBUTORS |
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| ABOUT THE EDITOR |
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