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This is pure old fashioned sci-fi pulp. It's a lot of fun, but very silly. Plot Summary: A man wakes up to find he's been turned into a robot (although bearing in mind this was written in 30's, the word Robot isn't used). After finding a friend, in the same predicament, they take a tour through th...
I gave this the best shot I could, and though each book contained in this omnibus is brief, it never stopped feeling like a chore.I wanted to read this because I have a great respect for the authors who expanded the genres of fantasy and science fiction past childhood reading, and L. Sprague de Camp...
One of the first fantasy novels that went beyond swords and dragons and actually dealt with people. One of my first reads as a teen in fantasy novels, and still a favourite.
This completely unique Fantasy novel is set in an alternate 18th century Europe in which magical power is possessed only by women and power is acquired only with the loss of virginity. Lots of complex political conspiracies go on and everyone seems to be trying to use everyone else for the advancem...
I generally think of De Camp as the hack who bowdlerized Robert E. Howard, making everyone think that the Conan the Barbarian stories were far dumber than they ever were. And I generally think of Fletcher Pratt as the writer of Invaders From Rigel, a book I bought for its hilarious cover and found t...