''Lands Beyond'' is a study of geographical myths by
L. Sprague de Camp
Lyon Sprague de Camp (; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biog ...
and
Willy Ley
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, first published in
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by
Rinehart in 1952,
and reissued by
Barnes & Noble
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in 1993.
It has been translated into
French,
Spanish
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Portuguese
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, and
Italian
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.
It was the winner of the 1953
International Fantasy Award
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for nonfiction.
Contents
*Introduction
*Chapter I. The Land of Longing
*Chapter II. The Long Homecoming
*Chapter III. The Fabulous Feast
*Chapter IV. The Sea of Sindbad
*Chapter V. The Land of Prester John
*Chapter VI. The Mislaid Tribes
*Chapter VII. The Great Dream
*Chapter VIII. The Western Ocean
*Chapter IX. Golden Men and Amazons
*Chapter X. The Shape of the Earth
*Epilogue
*Bibliography
*Index
Reception
''
New York Times
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'' columnist
Charles Poore placed ''Lands Beyond'' on his annual list of books recommended for Christmas giving.
Kirkus Reviews
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recommended it as "a zestful geographical round-up which combines fact, legend and literature in equally interested parts".
Boucher and
McComas praised the book, saying it was "written with scholarly authority, literary grace, and an amusedly tolerant exposition of error, to make one of the season's most enjoyable items." ''
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'' reviewer
Leslie Flood described it as "fascinating". ''
Weird Tales
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'' commended ''Lands Beyond'' to its audience, saying de Camp and Ley "ably treated" their subjects "for reader enjoyment".
George O. Smith wrote that it was "a book good for the younger and more impressionable to read, because it reduces to the realm of practicality many of the fabulous mysteries of the past, thus stripping the glamorous Long-Ago of its false superiority".
["Science: Fact and Fiction", '']Space Science Fiction
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'', November 1952, p.104
References
External links
book review by Mark Olson
1952 non-fiction books
Science books
20th-century history books
History books about geography
Books by L. Sprague de Camp
Mythological places
Rinehart & Company books
Geography books
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