Strange Eons
1978 novel by Robert Bloch
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Strange Eons is a 1978 novel by American writer Robert Bloch. The book is "dedicated to HPL who dedicated himself to other outsiders and gave to them a silver key". The title is a reference to a couplet from H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Nameless City": "That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange eons, even death may die."
Title page for Strange Eons (1978) | |
| Author | Robert Bloch |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Weird fiction |
| Publisher | Whispers Press |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Publication place | United States |
Strange Eons features a painting mentioned in "Pickman's Model" and the Starry Wisdom sect from "The Haunter of the Dark".
David J. Schow noted that "since its debut, Strange Eons has suffered a disporportionate amount of abuse, mostly at the hands of embittered stylists".[1]
Publication history
- Strange Eons (hardcover, Whispers Press, 1978)
- Strange Eons (paperback, Pinnacle Books, 1979)
- Strange Eons (paperback, Valancourt Books, 2025, ISBN 9781960241559)
