Lin Carter

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born

in St. Petersburg, Florida, The United States

June 09, 1930

died

February 07, 1988

gender

male

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin.

Carter had a marked tendency toward self-promotion in his work, frequently citing his own writings in his nonfiction to illustrate points and almost always including at least one of his own pieces in the anthologies he edited. The most extreme instance is his novel Lankar of Callisto, which features Carter himself as the protagonist.

As an author, he was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black...more

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Lin Carter's Books

Average rating: 3.84 · 13,651 ratings · 535 reviews · 197 distinct works · Similar authors

	Tolkien: A Look Behind the Lord of the Rings 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1969 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashing Swords! #1 by Lin Carter (Editor/ contributor), Fritz Leiber (Contributor), Jack Vance (Contributor) 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria (Thongor, #1) 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1965 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Green Star (Green Star, #1) 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1972 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashing Swords! 2 by Lin Carter (Editor), L. Sprague de Camp, Michael Moorcock 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards by Lin Carter (Editor), L. Sprague de Camp, Andre Norton 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1976	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thongor Against the Gods (Thongor, #3) 3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1967 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jandar Of Callisto 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spawn of Cthulhu by Lin Carter (Editor), H.P. Lovecraft 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thongor and the Dragon City (Thongor, #2) 3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1966 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Lin Carter

Thongor (7 books)
by Lin Carter, Adrian Cole (Contributor), Robert M. Price (Contributor)
3.334792122538293 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 457 ratings

Flashing Swords! (5 books)
by Lin Carter (Editor), Roger Zelazny (Contributor), C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Diane Duane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Craig Shaw Gardner (Contributor), Tanith Lee (Contributor)
3.587112171837709 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 419 ratings

Callisto (8 books)
by Lin Carter
3.3710526315789475 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 380 ratings

Green Star (5 books)
by Lin Carter
3.5375 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 320 ratings

World's End (6 books)
by Lin Carter
3.441860465116279 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 172 ratings

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