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Lyon Sprague de Camp ( / ˌspreɪɡdəˈkæmp /; [3] November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, both novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors.
Nov 6, 2000 · Lyon Sprague de Camp, (Pseudonym: Lyman R. Lyon) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and biographer. In a writing career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred books, including novels and notable works of nonfiction, such as biographies of other important fantasy authors.
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L. Sprague de Camp has 691 books on Goodreads with 124797 ratings. L. Sprague de Camp’s most popular book is Lest Darkness Fall.
de Camp, L Sprague. Entry updated 1 April 2024. Tagged: Author, Critic, Editor. (1907-2000) US author, married from 1939 until her death early in 2000 to Catherine Adelaide Crook (see Catherine Crook de Camp ), who collaborated on a number of his books, sometimes without printed credit, though always freely acknowledged by de Camp; though she ...
The Castle of Iron (1950) (L. Sprague DeCamp and Fletcher Pratt), a novel-length expansion of the original story. Wall of Serpents (1960) (L. Sprague DeCamp and Fletcher Pratt), includes: "The Wall of Serpents" and "The Green Magician".
Lest Darkness Fall is a 1939 alternate history science fiction novel by the American author L. Sprague de Camp. Lest Darkness Fall is similar in concept to Mark Twain 's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, but the treatment is very different.
Lest Darkness Fall (1941) and The Incompleat Enchanter (1941), written with Fletcher Pratt, fused fantasy with alternate history. Among later novels were completions ... From: de Camp, L. Sprague in The Oxford Companion to English Literature ». Subjects: Literature.
