This was originally written in 1962, and is therefore is a little dated. Sprague de Camp has written a book all about the different civilisations and the technologies that that invented or acquired from other neighbouring civilisations.The book is split into sections on each of the civilisations, so...
Gossipy short biographies of major early and important fantasy writers. Has the feel of essays from different sources thrown together to make "chapters" in the book (which is what it actually is). Notable for its exceptions (no Arthur Machen?) and inclusion of too many pulp era writers. Weird int...
I probably should not comment on the introduction to this book because somebody has already done a really good job at tearing it apart, though I must admit that this particular person seemed to have a bee in his bonnet regarding the fact that de Camp and Carter have gone and made a bucket load of mo...
Well this is the second collection of Conan stories that I have read though I must admit that the version that I am reading is actually three books in one, however I wanted to look at each of the books individually since they were originally published separately (and while it may appear that I am in...
This is the first proper Conan books that I have read with the previous one simply being a novelisation of the John Milius movie. I guess I enjoyed the novelisation because I love, and still love, the movie, but with this book we pretty much go back to the 1930s (in some cases) to experience the ori...
This book is pretty much exactly as advertised - if you're in the mood for some dragons, and you're a fan of fantasy fiction, there are stories here for you.They're not all excellent stories - but my rating gets raised up to 4 stars because it does have some true classics here - Anne McCaffrey's glo...
Robert E. Howard watered down with too many unnecessary adjectives and overtly archaic constructions. Not the best of the old Conan paperbacks, though it's adequate for a needed sword and sorcery fix. I like L. Sprague de Camp's work when it doesn't involve reinterpreting and editing Howard. Conan i...
All of these stories are reprints and I had already read some of them. The introduction is good and the books are in order by copyright date. The copyright dates are listed under permissions at the back of the book. Some of the older stories are dated and some suffered a bit by being the influence o...
This is one of those books that I can't remember if I have read before. Having finished it, I still can't tell. Some parts feel quite familiar, but not in a way that would be unique to this book or even this series. Still a fun bit of nostalgia and not just in terms of the straightforward adventure ...
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