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WHO/WHAT IS A NECROSCOPE?
Years ago this definition was used in the original Necroscope® printing in the UK by Grafton. (The jacket with the nasty half flesh/halfbone skull and red spine.) Why this definition never appeared in the US editions I don't know it would have certainly answered the question to all the US readers who wanted to know then and still want to know now.
Here is Brian Lumley's definition of a Necroscope® as taken from the inside of above mentioned book. The following material is copyright Brian Lumley (2021 to infinity and beyond). It is not to be used in any other publication without express permission from Brian Lumley ... which won't happen as Necroscope® is a registered trademark of Brian Lumley.
DEFINITIONS:Tele- (Gk. tele: 'far'.) A telescope is an optical instrument which enlarges images of distant objects. For example: the surface of the Moon may be viewed as from only a few hundred miles away.
Micro- (Gk. mikros: 'small') A microscope is an optical instrument which makes small objects visibleto the human eye. Through a microscope, a drop of water is seen to contain countless unsuspected micro-organisms.
Necro- (Gk. nekros: 'a corpse') A Necroscope is a human instrument which permits access to the minds of the dead. Harry Keogh is a Necroscope® he knows the thoughts of corpses in their graves. The main difference between these instruments is this: the first two perform purely physical, one-way functions. They are incapable of changing anything. The Moon cannot look back through the telescope the amoeba does not know it is under microscopic scrutiny. That's Harry Keogh's big problem: his talent seems to work both ways. The dead know -- and theywon't lie still for it!
