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“Triumphant collection from SF's best-educated humanist.” The Washington PostA science fiction collection by one of the all-time greats of science fiction, L. Sprague de Camp. These stories and poems exemplify de Camp’s unique outlook on life and mankind and are told with a quiet but sharp irony that became his…
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I’m always eager to peruse used book shops and vintage book dealer tables at genre conventions. I never fail to leave without a stack of classic gems. One recent find was the The Best of L. Sprague de Camp.
Known in his time as a humorist in the fields of SF and fantasy, de Camp was also a historian, scientist, and engineer, all of which informed his fiction.
I find most short story collections to be uneven in quality and there were a few here that didn’t grab me, but most were clever, delightful, and thought provoking tales that…
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