 Dust cover of the first edition. | |
| Editor | Lin Carter |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | John Cayea |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1976 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | xv, 218 |
| ISBN | 0-385-09975-4 |
| OCLC | 1733365 |
| LC Class | PZ1 .K5824 PR1309.F3 |
| Preceded by | Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II |
| Followed by | Realms of Wizardry |
Kingdoms of Sorcery: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in January 1976[1] as the first of two such anthologies continuing a series of nine assembled by Carter for the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.
Summary[edit]
The book collects sixteen tales and excerpts from novels from five varieties of fantasy writing, with an overall introduction and notes on the individual authors by Carter. The collection is a companion volume to Carter's later anthology Realms of Wizardry (1976).
Contents[edit]
- "Magic Casements: An Introduction" (Lin Carter)
- I. The Forerunners of Modern Fantasy
- "The History of Babouc the Scythian" (Voltaire)
- "The Palace of Subterranean Fire" - from Vathek (William Beckford)
- "The Witch Woman" - from Lilith (George Macdonald)
- II. Fantasy as Saga
- "The Folk of the Mountain Door" (William Morris)
- "A Night-Piece on Ambremerine" - from Mistress of Mistresses (E. R. Eddison)
- "Dr. Meliboë the Enchanter" - from The Well of the Unicorn (Fletcher Pratt)
- "The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar" - from Swords Against Wizardry (Fritz Leiber)
- III. Fantasy as Parable
- "Shadow and Silence" (Edgar Allan Poe)
- "Fables from the Edge of Night" (Clark Ashton Smith)
- "The Tomb of the God" (Robert H. Barlow)
- IV. Fantasy as Anecdote
- "Merlyn Vs. Madame Mim" - from The Sword in the Stone (T. H. White)
- "The Owl and the Ape" (L. Sprague de Camp)
- "The Twelve Wizards of Ong" (Lin Carter)
- V. Fantasy as Epic
- "Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time" - from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
- "The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm" - from The Fellowship of the Ring (J. R. R. Tolkien)
- "The Story of the Blessing of El-Ahrairah" - from Watership Down (Richard Adams)
- "More Magic Casements. Suggestions for Further Reading" (Lin Carter)
References[edit]
- ^ Kingdoms of Sorcery title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database