Realms of Wizardry
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
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- Jandar of Callisto (1972)
- Black Legion of Callisto (1972)
- Sky Pirates of Callisto (1973)
- Mad Empress of Callisto (1975)
- Mind Wizards of Callisto (1975)
- Lankar of Callisto (1975)
- Ylana of Callisto (1977)
- Renegade of Callisto (1978)
- Under the Green Star (1972)
- When the Green Star Calls (1973)
- By the Light of the Green Star (1974)
- As the Green Star Rises (1975)
- In the Green Star's Glow (1976)
- The Flame of Iridar (1967)
- "The Martian El Dorado of Parker Wintley" (1976)
- The Valley Where Time Stood Still (1974)
- The City Outside the World (1977)
- Down to a Sunless Sea (1984)
- The Man Who Loved Mars (1973)
- The Nemesis of Evil (1975)
- Invisible Death (1975)
- The Volcano Ogre (1976)
- The Earth-Shaker (1982)
- Horror Wears Blue (1987)
- Journey to the Underground World (1979)
- Zanthodon (1980)
- Hurok of the Stone Age (1981)
- Darya of the Bronze Age (1981)
- Eric of Zanthodon (1982)
- The Wizard of Lemuria (1965/69)
- Thongor and the Dragon City (1966/70)
- Thongor Against the Gods (1967)
- Thongor in the City of Magicians (1968)
- Thongor at the End of Time (1968)
- Thongor Fights the Pirates of Tarakus (1970)
- Young Thongor (2012)
- The Sword of Thongor (Robert M. Price) (2016)
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- "Exile of Atlantis" (1967)
- King Kull (1967)
- The Warrior of World's End (1974)
- The Enchantress of World's End (1975)
- The Immortal of World's End (1976)
- The Barbarian of World's End (1977)
- The Pirate of World's End (1978)
- Giant of World's End (1969)
- Kesrick (1982)
- Dragonrouge (1984)
- Mandricardo (1987)
- Callipygia (1988)
- The Quest of Kadji (1971)
- The Wizard of Zao (1978)
- Kellory the Warlock (1984)
- Tara of the Twilight (1979)
- The Tired Tailor of Oz (2001)
- The Merry Mountaineer of Oz (2004)
- Beyond the Gates of Dream (1969)
- Lost Worlds (1980)
- The Xothic Legend Cycle: The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter (1997)
- Lin Carter's Simrana Cycle (2018)
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Flashing Swords! |
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Year's Best Fantasy |
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Weird Tales |
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Other |
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- Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (1969)
- Lovecraft: A Look Behind the "Cthulhu Mythos" (1972)
- Imaginary Worlds (1973)
- Sandalwood and Jade (1951)
- Galleon of Dream (1953)
- Letter to Judith (1959)
- Dreams from R'lyeh (1975)
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