Illustrator Tim Kirk Country United States Publication date 1972 Originally published 1972 Genre Poetry | Cover artist Tim Kirk Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Publisher Jack L. Chalker | |
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Phantoms and Fancies is a 1972 collection of poetry by science fiction and fantasy author L. Sprague de Camp, illustrated by Tim Kirk. It was published by Mirage Press.
The book contains most of the poems from de Camp's earlier collection, Demons and Dinosaurs, though the arrangement is different in the current collection, along with a substantial number of additional poems. Most of the poems in the collection were also incorporated into de Camp's later poetry collection, Heroes and Hobgoblins, though again with a different arrangement.
The poems "African Night," "Beholder," "Delra Beach, Florida," "Farewell to Adam," "Glamour," the nine "Jorian's Jingles," "The Ghost," "The Irish," and "To My Library" are unique to this collection.
"Acrophobia," "Heroes," "Night," "Time," and "To R.E.H." are shared with Demons and Dinosaurs only.
"A Glass of Goblanti," "A Night Club in Cairo," "Art," "Bear on a Bicycle," "Bourzi," "Carnac," "Disillusion," "Ghost Ships," "Jewels," "Leaves," "Mother and Son," "Preferences," "Tehuantepec," "Teotihuacán," "The Elephant," "The Hippopotamus," "The Home of the Gods," "The Indian Rhinoceros," "The Iron Pillar of Delhi," "The Lizards of Tula," "The Mantis," "The Newt," "The Old-Fashioned Lover," "The Olmec," "The Other Baghdad," "The Reaper," "The Saviors," "The Trap," "Thoth-Amon's Complaint," "Tiger in the Rain," and "Xeroxing the Necomonicon" are shared with Heroes and Hobgoblins only.
The remaining poems are common to all three collections.
The "Jorian" to whom the nine poems designated "Jorian's Jingles" are attributed is a character and occasional poet in de Camp's fantasy novels The Goblin Tower (1968) and The Clocks of Iraz (1971), in which most of them were originally published.