Clark Ashton Smith
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Selected carefully by well-respected editor Robert Weinberg and with an introduction by award-winning author Gene Wolfe, The Return of the Sorcerer: The Best of Clark Ashton Smith offers both readers and scholars a definitive collection of short fiction and short novels, by an overlooked master of fantasy, horror and science-fiction
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Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter, and author of fantasy, horror, and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne. As a poet, Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics (alongside Ambrose Bierce, Joaquin Miller, Sterling, Nora May French, and others) and remembered as 'The Last...
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This is Clark Ashton Smith's first book of poetry, available in a number of other editions. This particular edition shoves all the lines to the far left of the pages thus wasting much paper. The poems are only slightly science fiction, but mostly deal with ideas of death, entropy, demons, and a dark vision of the universe.
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Clark Ashton Smith - widely regarded as the third of the "Big Three" to emerge from the early days of the pulp magazine Weird Tales (after H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard) - published dozens of weird fantasy tales. "The Abominations of Yondo" is one of his finest.
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ENTER THE HAUNTED LAND OF AVEROIGNE Collected into one volume are all of Weird Tales author Clark Ashton Smith's short stories of Averoigne, the sinister, monster-haunted province of medieval France. Werewolves and satyrs stalk the dark forests, witches and necromancers lurk in the swamps, and gargoyles and giants terrorize the cathedral city of Vynes in the heart of Averoigne. Even the holy Abbey of Périgon is defiled by cursed statues and demons...
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The Golden Age of Weird Fiction MEGAPACK™ series celebrates Clark Ashton Smith with 17 of his classic fantasy & horror stories from WEIRD TALES and other sources! Included here are:
THE ABOMINATIONS OF YONDO
THE THIRD EPISODE OF VATHEK
THIRTEEN PHANTASMS
THE CHARNEL GOD
THE COLOSSUS OF YLOURGNE
THE CHAIN OF AFORGOMON
THE BLACK ABBOT OF PUTHUUM
THE VOYAGE OF KING EUVORAN
THE MAZE OF THE ENCHANTER
THE DOUBLE SHADOW
A NIGHT IN MALNEANT
THE...
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¿CÓMO PUEDES DETENER A UN GIGANTE VIOLENTO?En la provincia medieval maldita de Averoigne, un odioso hechicero crea un gigante no muerto como herramienta para su venganza. Usando un árbol entero como garrote, el titán deja un camino de muerte y destrucción en su camino hacia la ciudad capital Vynes. Ningún arma puede matarlo, ningún muro puede detenerlo, y la única esperanza de la gente del pueblo es el joven mago blanco, Gaspard du Nord. Pero,...
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Long before the association with "Weird Tales" magazine and H.P. Lovecraft that led to his enduring fame, Clark Ashton Smith was a well-regarded regional poet whose tastes ran to the romantic and the fantastic. This collection of poems - originally published in 1918 - presents some of his best early work.
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Clark Ashton Smith was a prodigy, who wrote Arabian Nights novels in his mid-teens and was heralded as a major voice in American poetry by the time he was nineteen. In one frantic burst in the middle 1930s, he wrote nearly a hundred strange, wondrous, and grotesque stories, most of which were published in Weird Tales, Strange Tales, Wonder Stories, and other pulps, but he was by no means a conventional pulp writer. Think of the visions his stories...
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It was late in the afternoon, and we were seated on the veranda of my friend's bungalow in the Begum suburb at Hyderabad. Our conversation had turned to ghosts, on which subject I was, at the time, rather skeptical, and Nicholson, after relating a number of blood-curdling stories, had finished by remarking that a nearby house, which was said to be haunted, would give me an excellent chance to put the matter to the test.
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Though owing much to Poe, C.A. Smith far surpasses his predecessor of the fantastic in his natural sense of poetry's music and the often visionary qualities of his imagery. I'd say, as far as poetry is concerned, he also surpassed his contemporary, Lovecraft, though the works of both share a darkly cosmic scope. As the title denotes, these selections also include prose poems whose strange beauty rivals even the works of Baudelaire; which also marks...
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Athammaus fue en su tiempo verdugo real de la ciudad de Commoriom, antigua capital de Hyperborea y abandonada tiempo atrás debido a la profecía de su destrucción por parte de la sibila blanca. Sin embargo, nuestro protagonista relata los verdaderos acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar y de los que fue protagonista tras la aprehensión del mayor bandido de la zona: Knygathin Zhaum, que propiciaron el motivo del éxodo de la población.
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The pulp horror classic by Clark Ashton Smith, now in the public domain, comes to life again under the narration of storyteller Will Hahn. An acolyte steeped in wizardly lore assists his master to uncover an ancient tablet and decipher its dread secrets. Hear the result of their forbidden researches in this frightful tale of Things Man Was Not Meant to Know. Cover design by Katharina Kolata, Independent Bookworm, using art by grandfailure, Depositphoto....
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El hijo de un emigrado inglés, después de la muerte de su padre, realiza un viaje a su Inglaterra natal para recorrer los parajes donde se desarrolló su infancia. Un día, cuando ya anochecía y perdido en medio de una espesa niebla, encuentra una siniestra y solitaria mansión donde solicita poder pasar la noche. Dicha mansión resulta ser Tremoth Hall, la casa de Sir John Tremoth, un antigo camarada de su difunto padre, el cual le contó en el...
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In "The Colossus of Ylourgne," a mysterious object of colossal proportions instills fear and intrigue among the townspeople. Its shadow falls upon the tranquil village, concealing dark secrets. When a daring individual sets out to uncover the truth, they become entangled in ancient spells, a fight for survival, and extraordinary magic. Will they dare to confront the mighty Colossus and save their town? Discover for yourself by delving into this captivating...
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El Gusano Blanco viaja sobre un gigantesco iceberg llamado Yikith, el cual puede maniobrar como si se tratase de una nave. Desde su colosal ciudadela, el Gusano Blanco contempla los mares y asola grandes extensiones deshabitadas y yermas debido al frío insensato que produce su presencia. Sus víctimas son prolijamente congeladas, y ni siquiera exponiendo sus cadáveres al fuego se logra derretir el hielo antiguo que este dios abominable ha colocado...
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La sibila blanca, uno de los grandes cuentos de Clark Ashton Smith, pertenece al Ciclo Hiperbóreo -también conocido como Ciclo de Hiperbórea-, básicamente una serie de relatosque nos sitúan en la misteriosa isla de Hiperbórea, pero en una era antediluviana, es decir, en aquel período prehistórico oscuro, casi olvidado, que resuena vagamente en la mitología.
19) Ubbo / Sathia
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Este relato pertenece al ciclo Hyperbóreo del autor, ciclo en el que se relatan historias sobre aquel continente prehistórico poblado por hechiceros y misteriosas criaturas. Ubbo-Sathla es una principales contribuciones de Clark Ashton Smith a los Mitos de Cthulhu, siendo aquel una deidad incluso más antigua que el propio Cthulhu. Esta deidad, sumamente antigua y poderosa, posee el poder de crear vida, y también de destruirla. Según el Libro...
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This chilling tale from pulp master Clark Ashton Smith comes to life with the storytelling of narrator Will Hahn. An innocent youth serving the king of a corrupt nation gains the attention of the sorcerous and attractive princess, whom it is sin to serve but doom to deny. Can his saintly uncle truly protect him from his hermitage two days' ride away? The text of this tale is drawn from The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, edited by Scott...