Clark Ashton Smith

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born

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

died

August 14, 1961

gender

male

website

http://www.eldritchdark.com/

genre

Weird Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry

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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.

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Books by Clark Ashton Smith

Average rating: 4.16 · 4,783 ratings · 276 reviews · 163 distinct works

	A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith, J.K. Potter (Artist), Ray Bradbury (Contributor) 4.28 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1988	My rating:
	The End of the Story (Collected Fantasies, #1) by Clark Ashton Smith, Scott Connors (Editor), Ron Hilger (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Zothique 4.29 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Emperor Of Dreams: The Lost Worlds Of Clark Ashton Smith 4.22 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Hyperborea 4.31 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Return Of The Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith 4.00 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Door to Saturn (Collected Fantasies, #2) by Clark Ashton Smith, Scott Connors (Editor), Ron Hilger (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Out Of Space And Time Volume 1 4.29 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1942 — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Vintage From Atlantis (Collected Fantasies, #3) 4.48 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Lost Worlds: Volume 1: Zothique, Averoigne and Others 4.38 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Clark Ashton Smith

Collected Fantasies (5 books)
by Clark Ashton Smith

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Quotes by 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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“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

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“Bow down, I am the emperor of dreams.”
― Clark Ashton Smith, The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poetry of Clark Ashton Smith

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