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Lovecraft1890-1937  \n\n| PETERSEN’S  \u003Cbr>Field Guide  \u003Cbr>To  \u003Cbr>Cthulhu  \u003Cbr>Monsters  \u003Cbr>A Field Observer's Handbook  \u003Cbr>Of Preternatural Entities  \u003Cbr>Sandy Petersen  \u003Cbr>conception and text  \u003Cbr>Tom Sullivan  \u003Cbr>27 original paintings,most other drawings  \u003Cbr>Lynn Willis  \u003Cbr>project,additional text,editorial,layout,production  \u003Cbr>Chaosium Inc.  \u003Cbr>1988  \u003Cbr>The FIELD GUIDE is published by Chaosium Inc.·PETERSEN'S FIELD GUIDE TO CTHULHU MONSTERS is copyright @1988  \u003Cbr>by Chaosium Inc.;all rights reserved.● Similarities between characters in the FIELD GUIDE and persons living or dead are strictly  \u003Cbr>coincidental.·Brian Lumley first created the Chthonians.●HP.Lovecraft's works are copyright ◎1963,1964,1965 by August  \u003Cbr>Derleth and are quoted for purposes ofillustration.·Incidental monster silhouettes are by Lisa A.Free or Tom Sullivan,and are  \u003Cbr>copyright by them.Ron Leming drew the illustration ofHP.Lovecraft and the sketches on p.25.●Except in this publication and  \u003Cbr>related adverising,artwork original to the FIELD GUIDE remains the property of he artist;all rights reserved.·The reproduction  \u003Cbr>of material within this book for the purposes of personal or corporate profit,by photographic,electronic,or other methods of  \u003Cbr>retrieval,is prohibited.·Address questions and comments concerning this book as well as requests for free catalogs of Chaosium  \u003Cbr>games and supplements to Chaosium Inc.,P.O.Box 6302,Albany,California 94706-0302,USA.·ISBN 0-933635-48-6  \u003Cbr>Chaosium Publication 5105.·Printed in Singapore by Singapore National Printers Lid through Palace Press.   |\n| --- |\n\nTo  \nROBERT BLOCH,these nightmares in return.  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nThough we now praise such studies,students of preternatural lifeforms once were castigatedand persecuted.For generations,'‘pracktikal metaphysiques'were threatened merely forstriving after the truth.Those pioneers faced hair-raising danger—not only from the thingsthey studied,but also from the hand of their fellow man.  \nThe present volume presents information to the public in what is believed to be aneasily assimilable form.All concerned hope that knowledge of these strange creatures canbecome more widespread,increasing support for urgently-needed research efforts.  \nTHESE PAGES DISCUSS 27 TERRORS of the hyper-geometrical realms,those which most  \nconcern us Earth-bound mortals.  \nEach two-page entry has an identical apparatus:a general discussion,notes on habitat,distribution,and life and habits,and hints for distinguishing one entity from others in thisbook.There is a height chart,and a diagram of some special point of interest about the entity.  \nSince many preternatural creatures do not photograph well or cannot be photographedat all,an accurate painting illustrates each monster.  \nAn easy-to-use scientific key helps tell one monster from another.Near 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