Realms of Wizardry
![]() Dust cover of the first edition. | |
Editor | Lin Carter |
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Cover artist | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1976 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | xv, 269 |
ISBN | 0-385-11393-5 |
OCLC | 2372325 |
813/.0876 | |
LC Class | PZ1 .R255 PS648.F3 |
Preceded by | Kingdoms of Sorcery |
Realms of Wizardry: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy is an American anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in December 1976[1] as the second of two such anthologies continuing a series of nine assembled by Carter for the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.
Summary[]
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. The collection is a companion volume to Carter's earlier anthology Kingdoms of Sorcery (1976).
Contents[]
- "Introduction: The Horns of Elfland" (Lin Carter)
- I. Fantasy as Legend
- "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)
- II. Fantasy as Satire
- "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)
- III. Fantasy as Romance
- "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)
- IV. Fantasy as Adventure Story
- "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)
- V. New Directions in Fantasy
- "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)
Notes[]
- ^ Realms of Wizardry title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Categories:
- 1976 short story collections
- Fantasy anthologies
- Lin Carter anthologies
- Doubleday (publisher) books
- Fantasy short story collection stubs
- 1970s short story collection stubs
- 1970s fantasy short story stubs