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L Sprague de Camp


(Lyon Sprague de Camp)
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Lyon Sprague de Camp, (November 27, 1907 - November 6, 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. In a writing career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred books, including both novels and notable works of nonfiction, such as biographies of other important fantasy authors.
 

Awards: WFA (1984), Nebula (1979), BFA (1973)  see all

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
 
Series
Harold Shea
   1. The Incomplete Enchanter (1941) (with Fletcher Pratt)
     aka The Incompleat Enchanter
   2. The Castle of Iron (1941) (with Fletcher Pratt)
   3. Wall of Serpents (1953) (with Fletcher Pratt)
     aka The Enchanter Compleated
   The Compleat Enchanter (1976) (with Fletcher Pratt)
   The Intrepid Enchanter (1988) (with Fletcher Pratt)
   The Complete Compleat Enchanter (1989) (with Fletcher Pratt)
   Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1991)
   4. The Enchanter Reborn (1992) (with Christopher Stasheff)
   5. The Exotic Enchanter (1995) (with Christopher Stasheff)
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Krishna
   1. The Queen of Zamba (1977)
   2. The Hand of Zei (1963)
   3. The Hostage of Zir (1977)
   4. The Tower of Zanid (1958)
   5. The Prisoner of Zhamanak (1982)
   6. The Bones of Zora (1983) (with Catherine Crook de Camp)
   7. The Swords of Zinjaban (1991) (with Catherine Crook de Camp)
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Novaria
   1. The Goblin Tower (1968)
   2. The Clocks of Iraz (1971)
   3. The Fallible Fiend (1973)
   4. The Unbeheaded King (1983)
   5. The Honorable Barbarian (1989)
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Novels
   Lest Darkness Fall (1941)
   Land of Unreason (1942) (with Fletcher Pratt)
   The Carnelian Cube (1948) (with Fletcher Pratt)
   Divide and Rule (1948)
   The Stolen Dormouse (1948)
   Genus Homo (1950) (with P Schuyler Miller)
   Rogue Queen (1951)
   The Undesired Princess (1951)
   Cosmic Manhunt (1954)
     aka A Planet Called Krishna / The Queen of Zamba
   Solomon's Stone (1957)
   An Elephant for Aristotle (1958)
   The Bronze God of Rhodes (1960)
   The Glory That Was (1960)
   The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate (1961)
   The Search for Zei (1962)
     aka The Floating Continent
   The Arrows of Hercules (1965)
   The Day of the Dinosaur (1968) (with Catherine Crook de Camp)
   The Golden Wind (1969)
   Citadels of Mystery (1972) (with Catherine Crook de Camp)
   The Virgin and the Wheels (1976)
   The Great Fetish (1978)
   The Spell of Conan (1980)
   Conan the Barbarian (1982) (with Lin Carter)
   The Blade of Conan (1982)
   The Stones of Nomuru (1988) (with Catherine Crook de Camp)
   The Undesired Princess and the Enchanted Bunny (1990) (with David Drake)
   The Venom Trees of Sunga (1992)
   None But Lucifer (2002) (with H L Gold)
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Collections
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
Conan (Lancer/Ace Books)
   1. Conan (1967) (with Lin Carter and Robert E Howard)
   2. Conan of Cimmeria (1968) (with Lin Carter and Robert E Howard)
   3. Conan the Freebooter (1968) (with Robert E Howard)
   4. Conan the Wanderer (1968) (with Lin Carter and Robert E Howard)
   5. Conan the Adventurer (1966) (with Robert E Howard)
   6. Conan the Buccaneer (1971) (with Lin Carter)
   7. Conan the Warrior (1967) (with Robert E Howard)
   8. Conan the Usurper (1967) (with Robert E Howard)
   9. Conan the Conqueror (1967) (with Robert E Howard)
   10. Conan the Avenger (1967) (with Robert E Howard and Björn Nyberg)
   11. Conan of Aquilonia (1977)
   12. Conan of the Isles (1968) (with Lin Carter)
   13. Conan the Swordsman (1978) (with Lin Carter and Björn Nyberg)
   14. Conan the Liberator (1979) (with Lin Carter)
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Books containing stories by L Sprague de Camp
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman

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Awards
1984 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement
1979 Grand Master Award
1973 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story : The Fallible Fiend

Award nominations
2016 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Roaring Trumpet
2016 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Mathematics of Magic
2014 Retro Hugo Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Hyperpilosity
2006 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Years In The Making
2001 British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Conan Chronicles: v. 1
1994 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Down in the Bottomlands: And Other Places
1982 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
1981 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
1980 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
1979 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
1979 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : The Best of L Sprague de Camp
1978 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Heretic in a Balloon
1977 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (nominee)
1971 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : The Reluctant Shaman: And Other Fantastic Tales


L Sprague de Camp recommends
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Down to the Sea (2000)
(Lost Regiment, book 9)
William R Forstchen
"A parallel world of majestic sweep and gripping intensity."
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Conan the Renegade (1986)
(Adventures of Conan)
Leonard Carpenter
"A rousing good Conan story filled with magic and adventure."
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Bronwyn's Bane (1983)
(Songs from the Seashell Archives, book 3)
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
"I found BRONWYN'S BANE delightful reading. I wish I had her fertility of imagination in thinking up amusing twists, turns and business of plot."

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