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About the Book
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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- Created 2008年4月30日
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| 2019年10月31日 | Edited by vagabond016302 | Description (from the original book's cover) |
| 2019年1月10日 | Edited by Clean Up Bot | import existing book |
| 2010年8月12日 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| 2010年4月24日 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
| 2008年4月30日 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record. |