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AbeBooks

Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
1976

Pages
  
xv, 269 pp.

Author
  
Lin Carter

Editor
  
Lin Carter

Genres
  
Fantasy, Short story

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Cover artist
  
Robert Aulicino

Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Hardcover)

Originally published
  
1976

Publisher
  
Doubleday

OCLC
  
2372325

Similar
  
Lin Carter books, Short Stories

Realms of Wizardry: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in December 1976.

The book collects sixteen tales and excerpts from novels by various fantasy authors, with an overall introduction and notes on the individual authors by Carter.

Contents

  • "Introduction: The Horns of Elfland" (Lin Carter)
  • "Lord Dunsany" (Lin Carter)
  • "The Hoard of the Gibbelins" (Lord Dunsany)
  • "The Doom That Came to Sarnath" (H. P. Lovecraft)
  • "H. P. Lovecraft" (Lin Carter)
  • "Robert Bloch" (Lin Carter)
  • "Black Lotus" (Robert Bloch)
  • "Gary Myers" (Lin Carter)
  • "The Gods of Earth" (Gary Myers)
  • "Richard Garnett" (Lin Carter)
  • "The City of Philosophers" (Richard Garnett)
  • "James Branch Cabell" (Lin Carter)
  • "Some Ladies and Jurgen" (excerpt from Jurgen) (James Branch Cabell)
  • "Donald Corley" (Lin Carter)
  • "The Book of Lullûme" (Donald Corley)
  • "H. Rider Haggard" (Lin Carter)
  • "The Descent Beneath Kôr" (excerpt from She) (H. Rider Haggard)
  • "A. Merritt" (Lin Carter)
  • "The Whelming of Cherkis (excerpt from The Metal Monster) (A. Merritt)
  • "Hannes Bok" (Lin Carter)
  • "How Orcher Broke the Koph (excerpt from The Sorcerer's Ship) (Hannes Bok)
  • "Robert E. Howard" (Lin Carter)
  • "Swords of the Purple Kingdom" (Robert E. Howard)
  • "Clifford Ball" (Lin Carter)
  • "The Goddess Awakes" (Clifford Ball)
  • "C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner" (Lin Carter)
  • "Quest of the Starstone" (C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner)
  • "Jack Vance" (Lin Carter)
  • "Liane the Wayfarer" (Jack Vance)
  • "Michael Moorcock" (Lin Carter)
  • "Master of Chaos" (Michael Moorcock)
  • "Roger Zelazny" (Lin Carter)
  • "Thelinde's Song" (Roger Zelazny)
  • "Other Realms of Wizardry: Suggestions for Further Reading" (Lin Carter)

    • References

    Realms of Wizardry Wikipedia
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