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Title: Simon's pension is a little sparse so he wrote this book
Review: Why did Simon, after so many years, decide to supplement his earlier works? He's about 58 and I think he needs the money.The first half of this uninspiring tripe is "the story behind" the "Necronomicon." There's a lot about small, dicey Eastern Orthodox churches which seem to have some very slight connection to the book--I keep forgetting how.The second half is a defense of the authenticity of the work.I'd rather have seen a compact, on-point back story and then a documentary about how people have been using the "Necronomicon" over the past quarter-century. Rather than sling words with his critics, he might better have proven "it works."
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