Clark Ashton Smith

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Clark Ashton Smith


Born
in Long Valley, California, The United States
January 13, 1893

Died
August 14, 1961

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Clark Ashton Smith was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. It is for these stories, and his literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937, that he is mainly remembered today. With Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, also a friend and correspondent, Smith remains one of the most famous contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales.

His writings are posted at his official website.
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“Bow down, I am the emperor of dreams.”
Clark Ashton Smith, The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poems of Clark Ashton Smith

“There have been times when only a hair's-breadth has intervened betwixt myself and the seething devil-ridden world of madness; for the hideous knowledge, the horror- blackened memories which I have carried so long, were never meant to be borne by the human intellect. ”
Clark Ashton Smith

“Not as the plants and flowers of Earth, growing peacefully beneath a simple sun, were the blossoms of the planet Lophai. Coiling and uncoiling in double dawns; tossing tumultuously under vast suns of jade green and balas-ruby orange; swaying and weltering in rich twilights, in aurora-curtained nights, they resembled fields of rooted serpents that dance eternally to an other-worldly music.”
Clark Ashton Smith, Lost Worlds

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Vote for Groupread Topic(s) for Sept-Oct 2014. Recent groupreads have been single topic, but this time we'll revert back to the "two topics" for "two months" style again. Vote to steer the discussion! The top 2 topics win. Write-in suggestions always welcome (enter in the "Your Choice" field).

Swords sans Sorcery (i.e. historical heroic fiction, Harold Lamb)...topic submitted by Joseph
 
  9 votes, 29.0%

 
  8 votes, 25.8%

Forgotten Realms books
 
  5 votes, 16.1%

Warhammer Black Library works (Old World or 40,000)
 
  2 votes, 6.5%

Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique tales
 
  2 votes, 6.5%

An obscure work, title to be determined (i.e. we rediscovered Ramsey Campbell's Ryre...what else is out there?)
 
  1 vote, 3.2%

Graphic Novels & Comics (i.e., Slaine: Warrior's Dawn,The Savage Sword of Conan, Red Sonja)
 
  1 vote, 3.2%

Any book with Frank Frazetta coverart
 
  1 vote, 3.2%

Soloman Kane stories by Robert E. Howard (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 3.2%

Harold Lamb! (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 3.2%

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