Necronomicon (Giger book)

{{Short description|Compendium of images by Swiss artist H. R. Giger}}

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Necronomicon was the first major published compendium of images by Swiss artist H. R. Giger. Originally published in 1977, the book was given to director Ridley Scott during the pre-production of the film Alien, who then hired Giger to produce artwork and conceptual designs for the film.{{Cite magazine |last=Thill |first=Scott |date=2010-02-05 |title=Feb. 5, 1950: It's Surreal Thing — H.R. Giger Born |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0205hr-giger-born-science-fiction-artist/ |access-date=2020-07-30 |magazine=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast}}{{Cite web |last=Domino |first=Matt |date=May 20, 2019 |title=The nightmarish works of H.R. Giger, the artist behind "Alien" |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/h-r-giger-alien-artist-artsy/index.html |access-date=2020-07-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}

The book was originally published by Sphinx Verlag and was republished in 1991 by Morpheus International with additional artwork from Giger's Alien designs.{{Cite web |last=Judge |first=Kieran |date=March 11, 2019 |title=Designing Nightmares: H.R. Giger and 'Alien' |url=https://www.thefilmagazine.com/designing-nightmares-hrgiger-alien/ |access-date=2020-07-30 |language=en-GB}} A subsequent collection of his images followed as H. R. Giger's Necronomicon 2, printed in 1985 by Edition C of Switzerland.{{Cite web |last=Sagliani |first=Devan |date=1 January 2016 |title=Remembering HR Giger - Dark Dreams |url=https://v1.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comicsandcosplay/columns/darkdreams/15200-Remembering-HR-Giger |access-date=2020-07-30 |website=Escapist Magazine |language=en}}

Giger's Necronomicon is named for H. P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire Lovecraft invented and used as a plot device in his stories.

Giger's Necronomicon was influential in the design of the 1993 video game Doom inspiring some of the disturbing environments and hellish monsters.{{Cite news |last=Hoad |first=Phil |date=27 January 2014 |title=How we made the video game Doom |url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jan/27/how-we-made-video-game-doom |access-date=2020-07-30 |work=The Guardian |language=en}}