Illustrator C.H. Burnett Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1981 Country United States of America | Cover artist C.H. Burnett Publication date 1981 Pages xvii, 327 pp Publisher Advent:Publishers OCLC 8315882 | |
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Genres Science Fiction, Poetry, Essay Similar L Sprague de Camp books, Short Stories |
Footprints on Sand: a Literary Sampler is a 1981 collection of writings by science fiction authors L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp, illustrated by C. H. Burnett, published by Advent. The collection was compiled to celebrate the de Camps' appearance as joint Guests of Honor at the June 12–14, 1981 X-Con science fiction convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was limited to 1000 copies.
The book opens with a series of tributes to the de Camps by Robert A. Heinlein, Lin Carter, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Andrew J. Offutt, Patricia Jackson, and George H. Scithers. The bulk of the work consists of various short works by the de Camps themselves representing the range of their work in fantasy, science fiction, juvenile fiction, poetry and non-fiction.