The Web of Easter Island

The Web of Easter Island

Infobox Book
name = The Web of Easter Island
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Audrey Johnson for" The Web of Easter Island"
author = Donald Wandrei
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cover_artist = Audrey Johnson
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Fantasy, Horror novel, Science fiction novel
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1948
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 191 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Web of Easter Island" is a novel by author Donald Wandrei. It was published by Arkham House in in 1948 in an edition of 3,068 copies. It was the fourth full-length novel to be published by Arkham House.

"The Web of Easter Island" was first written in 1932 under the title "Dead Titans, Waken!". The manuscript was rejected by Harper & Brothers and was not published until it was revised and published by Arkham House. It is loosely related to the Cthulhu Mythos (it is dedicated to H. P. Lovecraft) and follows the exploits of Carter E. Graham from England to Easter Island, where ancient horror is discovered and combated.

Reprints

*London: Consul, 1961.

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=31| date=1989 | id=ISBN 1-55742-005-X
*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=31 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S. T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=48 | date=1999 | id=ISBN 0-87054-176-5
*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=67 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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