''Realms of Wizardry: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy'' is an American
anthology
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of
fantasy stories, edited by American writer
Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by
Doubleday in December 1976
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
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:*"
The Doom That Came to Sarnath" (
H. P. Lovecraft)
:*"H. P. Lovecraft" (Lin Carter)
:*"Robert Bloch" (Lin Carter)
:*"Black Lotus" (
Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...
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:*"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
James Donald Corley (1886–1955) was an American author of short stories, illustrator and architect. He is chiefly remembered for his three self-illustrated books, which included a number of classic fantasy short stories.
Life and caree ...
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*III. Fantasy as Romance
:*"H. Rider Haggard" (Lin Carter)
:*"The Descent Beneath Kôr" (excerpt from ''
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H. Rider Haggard
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:*"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
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:*"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
Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
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*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
1976 anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
Lin Carter anthologies
Doubleday (publisher) books
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