Sprague de Camp, though he has no story in the collection.
Howard, Fritz Leiber, Lord Dunsany, and Roger Zelazny. The crossover authors are Lin Carter, Robert E. This is not technically an “appendix n” book, but it consists mostly of appendix n authors, and the stories almost read like D&D games. So begins this collection of heroic fantasy, “or, as the genre is also called, swordplay-and-sorcery stories.” In the clearing, a hundred torches flared and tossed their feeble light, striving like so many fireflies to hold back the surrounding darkness. So begins this collection of heroic fantasy, “or, as the genre is also called, swordplay-and-sorcery stories.” This is not technically an “appendix n” book, buĪ night wind blew over the black jungle, whipping like sudden rain through the sea of treetops, dying to a faint rustle in the distance before it would start again.
I've since given up that urge, although I still pick up quite a bit of Howard related stuff.moreĪ night wind blew over the black jungle, whipping like sudden rain through the sea of treetops, dying to a faint rustle in the distance before it would start again. I bought it originally for the Howard story, which is "The Hills of the Dead." At the time I was being a "completist," trying to own everything Howard had written and in all different incarnations. I enjoyed this collection a lot but it has been many years since I read it so I don't remember all the stories in detail. Moore's "Black God's Kiss" is my favorite piece here, and the best tale in the collection to my thinking. Not all of these quite fit the heroic fantasy label that is usually associated with the collection, and certainly not all sword and sorcery. Moore, Fritz Leiber, Lord Dunsany, Roger Zelazny, Ray Capella, Lin Carter, Robert E. This De Camp edited volume contains stories by: Henry Kuttner, C. I've also reviewed that one here on goodreads as well. Turns out they are indeed from different publishers and contain different stories, but the other collection was not edited by De Camp but by Douglas Hill. Sprague De Camp, but that they were published by different publishers and contained very different stories. I originally thought both were edited by L. Moore, Fritz L There are two books by this title listed on Goodreads. There are two books by this title listed on Goodreads. I need more from the weird almost-dreamscape of Dilvish.more But, Zelazny makes it work, even doing the sentence-reversal Yoda-speak but not in a glaring way. He plays with a mythic language and styling that many authors attempt and usually make sound ridiculous. My take-away is Zelazny's Dilvish the Damned. He doesn't nail Howard's style or tone, but why should he? This is an original character, not Conan and not a Conan-clone.) (Capella, variously as Raul Garcia Capella, Ray Garcia-Capella, apparently did quite a bit of Amra work, including illustration. Now I'm curious if Amra frequently published things like this. I can see it as a sort of fan work (it was originally published in Amra magazine) but wonder what the legal ramifications were. His "Tutural" is set in Robert E Howard's Hyborean Age, the first that I've seen that treats Howard's playground as a shared setting. The Carter and Dunsany pieces stand out tonally and thematically as in the Dunsanian style and not featuring heroes or adventure as usually thought, instead telling of the foibles of Dunsany-style gods and godlings. His "Tutural" is set in Robert E Howard's Hyborean Age, the first that I've seen that treats Howard's playground as a shared setti Things you don't expect to see in an anthology: maps. Things you don't expect to see in an anthology: maps. Thunder in An anthology of heroic fantasy edited and with an introduction by L.An anthology of heroic fantasy edited and with an introduction by L.
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