Lyon Sprague de Camp (/ˌspreɪɡdəˈkæmp/; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature...
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science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction and nonfiction writer L. Sprague de Camp: Krishna "Finished" (1949 - collected in The Continent Makers and...
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De Camp, or DeCamp, or Decamp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Vincent De Camp (1777-1839), British stage actor L. Sprague de Camp...
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such later writers as Poul Anderson, Leonard Carpenter, Lin Carter, L. Sprague de Camp, Roland J. Green, John C. Hocking, Robert Jordan, Sean A. Moore, Björn...
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University's Accounting Hall of Fame. Sprague was the maternal grandfather of science fiction author L. Sprague de Camp. "SIMPLE SPELLERS START WITH 300 PRUNED...
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Harold Shea (category Series by L. Sprague de Camp)
stories by the collaborative team of L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, as well as later stories by de Camp alone, Christopher Stasheff, Holly Lisle...
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fiction is discussed in detail in Lost Continents (1954, 1970) by L. Sprague de Camp. Geologists state that the existence of Mu and the lost continent...
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The Best of L. Sprague de Camp is a collection of writings by American science fiction and fantasy author L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardback...
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and the American Civil War and for fiction written with L. Sprague de Camp. According to de Camp, Pratt was born near Tonawanda, New York. The son of Robert...
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Conan of Cimmeria (category Fantasy short story collections by L. Sprague de Camp)
collection of eight fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Lin Carter and featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan...
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Conan the Barbarian (1982 novel) (category Novels by L. Sprague de Camp)
Barbarian is a 1982 fantasy novel written by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter and Catherine Crook de Camp featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and...
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The Great Monkey Trial (category Books by L. Sprague de Camp)
The Great Monkey Trial is a book on the Scopes Trial by L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1968. The book is a non-fiction...
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Land of Oz (section L. Sprague de Camp's Oz)
direction, which makes more than enough space for all additional people. L. Sprague de Camp, like Heinlein, brings his own characters to Oz in his book Sir Harold...
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copyright of the Conan stories passed through several hands. Eventually L. Sprague de Camp was entrusted with management of the fiction line and, beginning with...
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Robert E. Howard's Conan stories and influenced the writing careers of L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, and other authors. Clark was born in Fairbanks, Alaska...
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The Atlantis Theme in History, Science, and Literature (1954) by L. Sprague de Camp. Blavatsky claimed that Australia was a remnant inland region of Lemuria...
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The Conan Chronicles (category Fantasy short story collections by L. Sprague de Camp)
of three fantasy collections by American writers Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero...
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A Gun for Dinosaur (category Short stories by L. Sprague de Camp)
is a classic time travel science fiction story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp as part of his Rivers of Time series. It tells the story of four men...
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dedicated the book "To Sprague and Catherine": L. Sprague de Camp (his friend and science fiction author) and his wife Catherine Crook de Camp. Assignment in...
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The Wall of Serpents (category Short stories by L. Sprague de Camp)
a fantasy novella by American science fiction and fantasy authors L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. The fourth story in their Harold Shea series,...
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Wall of Serpents (category Fantasy short story collections by L. Sprague de Camp)
fantasy short stories by American science fiction and fantasy authors L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, the third volume in their Harold Shea series....
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The Treasure of Tranicos (collection) (category Fantasy short story collections by L. Sprague de Camp)
writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian; the essays by de Camp are on the title story...
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The Castle of Iron (category Novels by L. Sprague de Camp)
Castle of Iron is a fantasy literature novella by American authors L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, and of the novel into which it was later expanded...
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Björn Nyberg (category L. Sprague de Camp)
L. Sprague de Camp) "The People of the Summit" (1970) (revised 1978, with L. Sprague de Camp) "The Star of Khorala" (1978) (with L. Sprague de Camp)...
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Conan the Swordsman (category Fantasy short story collections by L. Sprague de Camp)
collection of seven fantasy short stories and associated pieces by writers L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter and Björn Nyberg featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and...
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sorcery" from 1953, where it appears in a headline of a review of an L. Sprague de Camp novel. In the 6 April 1961 issue of the fantasy fanzine Ancalagon...
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The Road of the Eagles (category Conan the Barbarian stories by L. Sprague de Camp)
by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, based on a story by Robert E. Howard by the same name. Usually credited to Howard and de Camp, it features Conan...
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Conan the Buccaneer (category Novels by L. Sprague de Camp)
Conan the Buccaneer is a 1971 fantasy novel by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan...
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Conan the Freebooter (category Fantasy short story collections by L. Sprague de Camp)
five fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most...
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scientific explanation for the existence of werewolves. Similarly, L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's Harold Shea series, about a modern American who...
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