The Mind Parasites

The Mind Parasites

Infobox Book
name = The Mind Parasites
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for "The Mind Parasites"
author = Colin Wilson
illustrator =
cover_artist = Frank Utpatel
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Horror novel, Science fiction novel
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1967
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xxi, 222 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Mind Parasites" is a science fiction horror novel by author Colin Wilson. It was published by Arkham House in 1967 in an edition of 3,045 copies. It was Wilson's first and only book published by Arkham House.

The novel was published earlier in 1967 by Arthur Barker (London), but with a different introduction.

The book is based on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.

Plot summary

The story is about Professor Gilert Austin's conflict with the Tsathogguans, invisible mind parasites that menace the most brilliant people on earth.

Reprints

*New York: Bantam, 1968.
*St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1969.
*Berkely, CA: Oneiric Press, 1972.

References

*cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=86-87| 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=44 | date=1998
*cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=99 | 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=80 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4


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