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Warlocks and Warriors

L. Sprague de Camp (Editor),

Ray Capella

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Nov 25, 2015 Derek rated it liked it

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Things you don't expect to see in an anthology: maps. About one per title. I have never seen the like.

This one takes some risks. The Carter and Dunsany pieces stand out tonally and thematically as in the Dunsanian style and not featuring heroes or adventure as usually thought, instead telling of the foibles of Dunsany-style gods and godlings.

In addition, Ray Capella. His "Tutural" is set in Robert E Howard's Hyborean Age, the first that I've seen that treats Howard's playground as a shared setti ...more

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Dec 31, 2008 Charles rated it really liked it

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There are two books by this title listed on Goodreads. I originally thought both were edited by L. Sprague De Camp, but that they were published by different publishers and contained very different stories. Turns out they are indeed from different publishers and contain different stories, but the other collection was not edited by De Camp but by Douglas Hill. I've also reviewed that one here on goodreads as well.

This De Camp edited volume contains stories by: Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Fritz L ...more

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