Kingdoms of Sorcery:
An Anthology of Adult Fantasy
edited by Lin Carter
First Edition 1976
Doubleday
New York
ISBN 0385099754
Hardback in dust jacket
Cover illustration by John Cayea
xvi+220 pages
Price: $6.95
Notes
Kingdoms of Sorcery, an anthology of fantasy short fiction and extracts edited by Lin Carter.
Each story has an introduction by Lin Carter.
- Magic Casements: An Introduction – a foreword by Lin Carter
- I. The Forerunners of Modern Fantasy
- The History of Babouc the Scythian – by Voltaire
- The Palace of Subterranean Fire – by William Beckford
- The Witch Woman – by George Macdonald
- II. Fantasy as Saga
- The Folk of the Mountain Door – by William Morris
- A Night-Piece on Ambremerine – by E.R. Eddison
- Dr. Melibo? the Enchanter – by Fletcher Pratt
- The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar – by Fritz Leiber
- III. Fantasy as Parable
- Shadow and Silence – by Edgar Allan Poe
- Fables from the Edge of Night – by Clark Ashton Smith
- The Tomb of the God – by Robert H. Barlow
- IV. Fantasy as Anecdote
- Merlyn vs. Madame Mim – by T.H. White
- The Owl and the Ape – by L. Sprague de Camp
- The Twelve Wizards of Ong – by Lin Carter
- V. Fantasy as Epic
- Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time – by C.S. Lewis
- The Bridge of Khazad-D?m – by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Story of the Blessing of El-Ahrairah – by Richard Adams
- More Magic Casements: Suggestions for Further Reading – an afterword by Lin Carter
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