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	A former Baptist minister, he was the editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism from 1994 until it ceased publication in 2003, and has written extensively about the Cthulhu Mythos, a "shared universe" created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. He also co-wrote a book with his wife, Carol Selby Price, Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush (1999), on the rock band Rush.		A former Baptist minister, he was the editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism from 1994 until it ceased publication in 2003, and has written extensively about the Cthulhu Mythos, a "shared universe" created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. He also co-wrote a book with his wife, Carol Selby Price, Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush (1999), on the rock band Rush.

	As editor of the journal Crypt of Cthulhu (published by Necronomicon Press) and of a series of Cthulhu Mythos anthologies, Price has been a major figure in [[H.P. Lovecraft]] scholarship and fandom for many years. In essays that introduce the anthologies and the individual stories, Price traces the origins of Lovecraft's entities, motifs, and literary style. [[The Cthulhu Cycle]], for example, saw the origins of the octopoid entity in Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Kraken" and particular passages from [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany\|Lord Dunsany]], while [[The Dunwich Cycle]] points to the influence of [[Arthur Machen]] on Lovecraft's "[[The Dunwich Horror]]".		As editor of the journal Crypt of Cthulhu (published by Necronomicon Press) and of a series of Cthulhu Mythos anthologies, Price has been a major figure in [[H.P. Lovecraft]] scholarship and fandom for many years. In essays that introduce the anthologies and the individual stories, Price traces the origins of Lovecraft's entities, motifs, and literary style. [[The Cthulhu Cycle]], for example, saw the origins of the octopoid entity in Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Kraken" and particular passages from [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany\|Lord Dunsany]], while [[The Dunwich Cycle]] points to the influence of [[Arthur Machen]] on Lovecraft's "[[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]".

	Price's religious background often informs his Mythos criticism, seeing gnostic themes in Lovecraft's fictional god [[Azathoth]] and interpreting "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]" as a kind of initiation ritual.		Price's religious background often informs his Mythos criticism, seeing gnostic themes in Lovecraft's fictional god [[Azathoth]] and interpreting "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]" as a kind of initiation ritual.

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	Robert McNair Price (born July 7, 1954) is an American theologian and writer.		Robert McNair Price (born July 7, 1954) is an American theologian and writer.

	He teaches philosophy and religion at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, is professor of biblical criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute and the author/editor of many theological and Cthulhu Mythos books.

	A former Baptist minister, he was the editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism from 1994 until it ceased publication in 2003, and has written extensively about the Cthulhu Mythos, a "shared universe" created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. He also co-wrote a book with his wife, Carol Selby Price, Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush (1999), on the rock band Rush.		A former Baptist minister, he was the editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism from 1994 until it ceased publication in 2003, and has written extensively about the Cthulhu Mythos, a "shared universe" created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. He also co-wrote a book with his wife, Carol Selby Price, Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush (1999), on the rock band Rush.
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	Most of the early Cthulhu books by [[Chaosium]] were overseen by Price; his first book was [[The Hastur Cycle]] (1993), a collection of short stories which traced the development of a single Lovecraftian element, and this was followed by Mysteries of the Worm (1993), a collection of [[Robert Bloch]]'s Mythos fiction.		Most of the early Cthulhu books by [[Chaosium]] were overseen by Price; his first book was [[The Hastur Cycle]] (1993), a collection of short stories which traced the development of a single Lovecraftian element, and this was followed by Mysteries of the Worm (1993), a collection of [[Robert Bloch]]'s Mythos fiction.

			He teaches philosophy and religion at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, is professor of biblical criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute and the author/editor of many theological and Cthulhu Mythos books.

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	A former Baptist minister, he was the editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism from 1994 until it ceased publication in 2003, and has written extensively about the Cthulhu Mythos, a "shared universe" created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. He also co-wrote a book with his wife, Carol Selby Price, Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush (1999), on the rock band Rush.		A former Baptist minister, he was the editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism from 1994 until it ceased publication in 2003, and has written extensively about the Cthulhu Mythos, a "shared universe" created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. He also co-wrote a book with his wife, Carol Selby Price, Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush (1999), on the rock band Rush.

	As editor of the journal Crypt of Cthulhu (published by Necronomicon Press) and of a series of Cthulhu Mythos anthologies, Price has been a major figure in [[H.P. Lovecraft]] scholarship and fandom for many years. In essays that introduce the anthologies and the individual stories, Price traces the origins of Lovecraft's entities, motifs, and literary style. [[The Cthulhu Cycle]], for example, saw the origins of the octopoid entity in Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Kraken" and particular passages from [[Lord Dunsany]], while [[The Dunwich Cycle]] points to the influence of [[Arthur Machen]] on Lovecraft's "[[The Dunwich Horror]]".		As editor of the journal Crypt of Cthulhu (published by Necronomicon Press) and of a series of Cthulhu Mythos anthologies, Price has been a major figure in [[H.P. Lovecraft]] scholarship and fandom for many years. In essays that introduce the anthologies and the individual stories, Price traces the origins of Lovecraft's entities, motifs, and literary style. [[The Cthulhu Cycle]], for example, saw the origins of the octopoid entity in Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Kraken" and particular passages from [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany\|Lord Dunsany]], while [[The Dunwich Cycle]] points to the influence of [[Arthur Machen]] on Lovecraft's "[[The Dunwich Horror]]".

	Price's religious background often informs his Mythos criticism, seeing gnostic themes in Lovecraft's fictional god [[Azathoth]] and interpreting "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]" as a kind of initiation ritual.		Price's religious background often informs his Mythos criticism, seeing gnostic themes in Lovecraft's fictional god [[Azathoth]] and interpreting "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]" as a kind of initiation ritual.

	Most of the early Cthulhu books by [[Chaosium]] were overseen by Price; his first book was [[The Hastur Cycle]] (1993), a collection of short stories which traced the development of a single Lovecraftian element, and this was followed by Mysteries of the Worm (1993), a collection of [[Robert Bloch]]'s Mythos fiction.		Most of the early Cthulhu books by [[Chaosium]] were overseen by Price; his first book was [[The Hastur Cycle]] (1993), a collection of short stories which traced the development of a single Lovecraftian element, and this was followed by Mysteries of the Worm (1993), a collection of [[Robert Bloch]]'s Mythos fiction.

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Robert McNair Price (born July 7, 1954) is an American theologian and writer.

He teaches philosophy and religion at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, is professor of biblical criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute and the author/editor of many theological and Cthulhu Mythos books.

A former Baptist minister, he was the editor of the Journal of Higher Criticism from 1994 until it ceased publication in 2003, and has written extensively about the Cthulhu Mythos, a "shared universe" created by the writer H. P. Lovecraft. He also co-wrote a book with his wife, Carol Selby Price, Mystic Rhythms: The Philosophical Vision of Rush (1999), on the rock band Rush.

As editor of the journal Crypt of Cthulhu (published by Necronomicon Press) and of a series of Cthulhu Mythos anthologies, Price has been a major figure in [[H.P. Lovecraft]] scholarship and fandom for many years. In essays that introduce the anthologies and the individual stories, Price traces the origins of Lovecraft's entities, motifs, and literary style. [[The Cthulhu Cycle]], for example, saw the origins of the octopoid entity in Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Kraken" and particular passages from [[Lord Dunsany]], while [[The Dunwich Cycle]] points to the influence of [[Arthur Machen]] on Lovecraft's "[[The Dunwich Horror]]".

Price's religious background often informs his Mythos criticism, seeing gnostic themes in Lovecraft's fictional god [[Azathoth]] and interpreting "[[The Shadow Over Innsmouth]]" as a kind of initiation ritual.

Most of the early Cthulhu books by [[Chaosium]] were overseen by Price; his first book was [[The Hastur Cycle]] (1993), a collection of short stories which traced the development of a single Lovecraftian element, and this was followed by Mysteries of the Worm (1993), a collection of [[Robert Bloch]]'s Mythos fiction.