Kingdoms of Sorcery
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
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
- "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
- ^ Kingdoms of Sorcery 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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