The Young Magicians
1969 anthology edited by Lin Carter
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| Editor | Lin Carter |
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| Cover artist | Sheryl Slavitt |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ballantine Adult Fantasy series |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1969 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 280 |
| Preceded by | Dragons, Elves, and Heroes |
| Followed by | Golden Cities, Far |
The Young Magicians is an American anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1969[1] as the seventh volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.[2] It was the second such anthology assembled by Carter for the series, issued simultaneously with the first, Dragons, Elves, and Heroes.[1] The book has been translated into German.[1]
Summary
The book collects eighteen modern fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter. The pieces range in date from the 19th to 20th centuries. The collection is a companion volume to Carter's later New Worlds for Old (1971), which also collects modern fantasies.[1][2]
Contents
- "Introduction: Diana's Foresters" (Lin Carter)
- "Rapunzel" (William Morris)
- "The Sword of Welleran" (Lord Dunsany)
- "In Valhalla" (E. R. Eddison)
- "The Way of Ecben" (James Branch Cabell)
- "The Quest of Iranon" (H. P. Lovecraft)
- "The Cats of Ulthar" (H. P. Lovecraft)
- "The Maze of Maal Dweb" (Clark Ashton Smith)
- "The Whelming of Oom" (Lin Carter) (A Lord Dunsany pastiche).
- "Through the Dragon Glass" (A. Merritt)
- "The Valley of the Worm" (Robert E. Howard)
- "Heldendämmerung" (poem) (L. Sprague de Camp)
- "Cursed be the City" (Henry Kuttner)
- "Ka the Appalling" (L. Sprague de Camp)
- "Turjan of Miir" (Jack Vance)
- "Narnian Suite" (poem) (C.S. Lewis)
- "Once Upon a Time" (poem) (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- "The Dragon's Visit" (poem) (J.R.R. Tolkien)
- "Azlon" (from Khymyrium) (Lin Carter)
Reception
The book was reviewed by Tony Lewis in Locus no. 44, December 17, 1969, Paul Walker in Science Fiction Review, April 1970, Robert A. W. Lowndes in Bizarre Fantasy Tales no. 2, March 1971, Klaus Leicht (in Magira no. 31, 1978, and Helmut Pesch, also in Magira no. 31, 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e The Young Magicians title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ a b Carter, Lin. "Bibliography II: The Adult Fantasy Series," in Imaginary Worlds: the Art of Fantasy, Ballantine Books, 1973.
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Works by Lin Carter
- Jandar of Callisto (1972)
- Black Legion of Callisto (1972)
- Sky Pirates of Callisto (1973)
- Mad Empress of Callisto (1975)
- Mind Wizards of Callisto (1975)
- Lankar of Callisto (1975)
- Ylana of Callisto (1977)
- Renegade of Callisto (1978)
- Under the Green Star (1972)
- When the Green Star Calls (1973)
- By the Light of the Green Star (1974)
- As the Green Star Rises (1975)
- In the Green Star's Glow (1976)
- The Flame of Iridar (1967)
- "The Martian El Dorado of Parker Wintley" (1976)
- The Valley Where Time Stood Still (1974)
- The City Outside the World (1977)
- Down to a Sunless Sea (1984)
- The Man Who Loved Mars (1973)
- The Nemesis of Evil (1975)
- Invisible Death (1975)
- The Volcano Ogre (1976)
- The Earth-Shaker (1982)
- Horror Wears Blue (1987)
- Journey to the Underground World (1979)
- Zanthodon (1980)
- Hurok of the Stone Age (1981)
- Darya of the Bronze Age (1981)
- Eric of Zanthodon (1982)
- The Wizard of Lemuria (1965/69)
- Thongor and the Dragon City (1966/70)
- Thongor Against the Gods (1967)
- Thongor in the City of Magicians (1968)
- Thongor at the End of Time (1968)
- Thongor Fights the Pirates of Tarakus (1970)
- Young Thongor (2012)
- The Sword of Thongor (Robert M. Price) (2016)
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- "Exile of Atlantis" (1967)
- King Kull (1967)
- The Warrior of World's End (1974)
- The Enchantress of World's End (1975)
- The Immortal of World's End (1976)
- The Barbarian of World's End (1977)
- The Pirate of World's End (1978)
- Giant of World's End (1969)
- Kesrick (1982)
- Dragonrouge (1984)
- Mandricardo (1987)
- Callipygia (1988)
- The Quest of Kadji (1971)
- The Wizard of Zao (1978)
- Kellory the Warlock (1984)
- Tara of the Twilight (1979)
- The Tired Tailor of Oz (2001)
- The Merry Mountaineer of Oz (2004)
- Beyond the Gates of Dream (1969)
- Lost Worlds (1980)
- The Xothic Legend Cycle: The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter (1997)
- Lin Carter's Simrana Cycle (2018)
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| Flashing Swords! |
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| Other |
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- Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (1969)
- Lovecraft: A Look Behind the "Cthulhu Mythos" (1972)
- Imaginary Worlds (1973)
- Sandalwood and Jade (1951)
- Galleon of Dream (1953)
- Letter to Judith (1959)
- Dreams from R'lyeh (1975)
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