The Greenbelt (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Today in 1907, in New York City, L. Sprague de Camp was born. Alternate histories, time travel, ethnocentrism (attacking it, I hasten to add), linguistics ... de Camp was a giant. The Incomplete Enchanter is one of the funniest fantasy novels ever written. Lest Darkness Fall , "The Wheels of If", and "A Gun for Dinosaur", among others, set rigorous standards...
Rough Edges (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... of Nick’s life. While in general I’m not sure that sort of thing is a good idea (L. Sprague De Camp did the same thing with the Conan stories, which as it turns out are much more effective if read in the order in which Howard wrote them, as the recent Del Rey editions have proven), the end result here is to make the stories read more like an episodic novel, and it works...
GeekDad (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... please leave a comment about them. Geek Celebrities (in alphabetical order) Robert Heinlein, L. Sprague de Camp, and Isaac Asimov (l-r) at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1944 (Photo is in public domain) Isaac Asimov (served nine months in the Army just after WWII) Robert Asprin (Army in Vietnam, 1965-6) L. Sprague de Camp (Navy, Lt. Commander, served in WWII at Philadelphia...
The World in the Satin Bag (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... League by Poul Anderson --The Continent of Lies by James Morrow --Land of Unreason by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt --A Day For Damnation by David Gerrold --Other Americas by Norman Spinrad --The Face of Chaos edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey --New Writings in SF8 edited by John Carnell --The Web of the Chozen by Jack L. Chalker --Nightwings by Robert Silverberg...
