A much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from one of the great cosmic masters of the supernatural Not just any fantasy, horror, and science fiction author could impress H. P. Lovecraft into calling him “unexcelled by any other writer, dead or living” or compel Fritz Lieber to employ the worthy term sui generis. Clark Ashton Smith—autodidact, prolific poet, amateur philosopher, bizarre sculptor, and unmatched storyteller—simply wrote like no one else, before or since. This new collection of his very best tales and poems is selected and introduced by supernatural literature scholar S. T. Joshi and allows readers to encounter Smith’s visionary brand of fantastical, phantasmagorical worlds, each one filled with invention, terror, and a superlative sense of metaphysical wonder. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies (Penguin Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Smith, Clark Ashton

United States

Penguin Classics

Book Contains the following: + About Zothique, and Clark Ashton Smith: When the World Grows Old - essay by Lin Carter+ Zothique - [Zothique] - (1951) - poem by Clark Ashton Smith+ Xeethra - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith+ Necromancy in Naat - (1936) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Empire of the Necromancers - (1932) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Master of the Crabs - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Death of Ilalotha - (1937) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Weaver in the Vault - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Witchcraft of Ulua - (1934) - shortstory by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Charnel God - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Dark Eidolon - (1935) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith+ Morthylla - (1953) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Black Abbot of Puthuum - (1936) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Tomb-Spawn - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Last Hieroglyph - (1935) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Isle of the Torturers - (1933) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Garden of Adompha - (1938) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith+ The Voyage of King Euvoran - (1933) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith+ Epilogue: The Sequence of the Zothique Tales - essay by Lin Carter

Zothique

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Ballantine

Xiccarph

<div>Even though he passed over 80 years ago, H. P. Lovecraft maintains a visceral influence over a host of contemporary writers. Inspired by the Master of the Macabre's more optimistic writings, this unique collection spotlights the weird works of nine current horror and fantasy authors, including the award-winning Michael Cisco and Livia Llewellyn plus Victor LaValle, Molly Tanzer, and Masahiko Inoue. Also includes Clark Ashton Smith's 1931 "The City of the Singing Flame" and Lovecraft's own "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" as well as an extensive Introduction by leading Lovecraftian scholar Nick Mamatas.</div>

Wonder and Glory Forever: Awe-Inspiring Lovecraftian Fiction (Dover Literature: Gothic/Horror Short Stories)

Llewellyn, Livia

LaValle, Victor

Inoue, Masahiko

Chappell, Fred

Barron, Laird

Bulkin, Nadia

Cisco, Michael

Satifka, Erica L.

Tanzer, Molly

Lovecraft., H.P

Dover Publications

<div>Readers seeking exotic locales and nonstop pulse-pounding thrills will love this collection of six classic adventure stories, beginning with The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, one of the best-known short stories, about a hunt designed for very specific prey. Other timeless tales include To Build a&nbsp;Fire by Jack London, The Caballero's Way by O. Henry, The Seed from the Sepulchre by Clark Ashton Smith, Alone in Shark Waters by John Kruse, and&nbsp;The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling.</div>

The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure: Richard Connell, Jack London, O. Henry, Clark Ashton Smith, John Kruse & Rudyard Kipling (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)

Henry, O.

Kruse, John

Connell, Richard

LONDON, JACK.

Kipling., Rudyard

From the vampire-haunted alleyways of mediaeval Averoigne to the shining spires of dying Zothique, Clark Ashton Smith weaves his literary sorcery, transporting us to forgotten realms of necromancies and nightmares, lost worlds and other dimensions. In the enchanted regions of Hyperborea, Atlantis and Xiccarph, encounter malefic magic and demonic deeds beneath the last rays of a fading sun ...For the first time ever, this volume encompasses Clark Ashton Smith's entire career as a writer. Smith virtually stopped writing stories in 1937, for reasons that have never been satisfactorily explained, but he left behind a unique legacy of fantasy fiction which is as imaginative and decadent today as when it was first published in the pulp magazines more than half a century ago.

The Emperor of Dreams : Best Fantasy Tales

Gollancz

Abominations of Yondo

Genre Fiction

Panther

This collection originally published in one volume. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1944; London: Spearman, 1971. A Weird Tales contributor.

Lost Worlds, Vol. 1: Zothique, Averoigne and Others

Science Fiction

1st 1974 Panther edition paperback good to vg book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Genius Loci and Other Tales

Lost Worlds: v. 2

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