The Victorian era saw the first great flowering of the detective story. Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.S. LeFanu, and a host of others pioneered a genre of fiction that remains among the most popular today. Now, in
Contents:9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 13 · The Treasure of Tranicos [“The Black Stranger”] · na Fantasy Magazine Mar ’53 119 · Wolves Beyond the Border · ss * 173 · The Phoenix on the Sword · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales
Thongor, swordsman and adventurer, faces his greatest challenge in this thrilling action-packed novel of the rough-hewn civilizations of the Earth's first continent, the Lost Lemuria. Amid untracked jungles, the fearsome heritage of the not-so-long-gone A
The hunt for a beautiful princess--and a king's treasure--brings Conan to the edge of the world, and the devil-ridden lands of the Nameless Isle. Awaiting him will be his fiercest battle: the cold steel of his sword against the hell-fed powers of the sorc
Without doubt Lord Dunsany was one of the most influential writers of fantasy fiction in twentieth century. His fiction is an acknowledged influence on entire generations of writers, ranging from H.P. Lovecraft to James Branch Cabell, from Clark Ashton Sm
On Earth, life held for him only the fate of a recluse--confined to daydreams and the lore of ancient wonders but apparently destined never to share them--until he found the formula that let him cross space to the world of the Green Star. There, appearing
Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings is a study of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien written by Lin Carter. It was 1st published in paper by Ballantine in 3/69 & went thru numerous additional printings. It was among the earliest full-length critical
The Doom That Came to SarnathIn a city of gems and riches-beyond the dreams of mortal men-a race of conquerors celebrates its triumph and reaps the horror of its glory...The Other GodsA prophet wise in the ways of the gods learns that too much knowledge c
