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Imaginary Worlds

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Like Lin Carter's other ... “Look behind” volumes (on J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P.Lovecraft), this book examines the background and creation of the imaginary worlds of some of the most famous writers to appear in the field of Adult Fantasy...

IMAGINARY WORLDS is a book about fantasy, about the men who write it, and how it is written. It is a joyful excursion by a man who himself loves fantasy, into the origins and the magicks of such writers as Dunsany, Eddison, Cabell: it examines the rise of fantasy in the American pulp magazines and delights in the sturdy health of 'sword and sorcery': it looks with pleasure on the works of some modern masters and knowledgeably explores the techniques of world-making.

It is, in short, a happy exploration of worlds, and men, and writers, and writings, by an author whose enthusiasm for his subject is boundless -- and is thus a joyful guide for fantasy lovers everywhere.

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Ballantine Books
Pages
278

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Imaginary Worlds
1973, Ballantine Books
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Imaginary worlds: the art of fantasy.
1973, Ballantine Books
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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
278

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9397050M
Internet Archive
imaginaryworlds00linc
ISBN 10
0345033094
ISBN 13
9780345033093
OCLC/WorldCat
834447
Library Thing
398501
Goodreads
1348835

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