L Sprague de Camp - Factbites

L Sprague de Camp - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: L Sprague de Camp

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	L. Sprague de Camp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sprague de Camp was the guest of honor at the 1966 World Science Fiction Convention and won the Nebula Award as a Grandmaster (1978) and the Hugo Award in 1997 for his autobiography, Time and Chance.
		Sprague de Camp (centre) with Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov
		De Camp enjoyed debunking doubtful history and claims of the supernatural, and to describe how ancient civilizations produced structures and architecture thought by some to be beyond the technologies of their time, such as the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/L._Sprague_de_Camp (1151 words)

	Fantastic Literature at antiqbook.co.uk
		FZT8003: L SPRAGUE DE CAMP - Conan of the Isles.
		FC0205/095: L SPRAGUE DE CAMP & FLETCHER PRATT- The Intrepid Enchanter.
		FD0129/72X: L SPRAGUE DE CAMP & FLETCHER PRATT- The Castle of Iron.
	www.antiqbook.co.uk /boox/fan/books3000.shtml (5710 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books News L Sprague de Camp
		Lyon Sprague de Camp who has died aged 92, was one of the last survivors of the golden age of science fiction and fantasy.
		However eclectic his work, L Sprague de Camp was best known for his fantasy and science fiction.
		De Camp also completed several of Robert E Howard's Conan the Barbarian novels, and wrote a biography of the writer; his biography of HP Lovecraft was well regarded.
	books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,6109,399396,00.html (668 words)

	Locus Online News: L. Sprague de Camp, 1907 - 2000
		Sprague de Camp wrote both SF and fantasy, and was especially known for humorous fantasy, as in the "Gavagan's Bar" stories written with Fletcher Pratt, and the series of stories about Harold Shea, also written with Fletcher Pratt, collected in several volumes from The Incomplete Enchanter (1941) through The Complete Compleat Enchanter (1989).
		Sprague de Camp's best-known novel was Lest Darkness Fall, a classic time travel story about an American who attempts to apply 20th century technology in 6th century Rome to prevent the onset of the Dark Ages.
		Golden Age SF writer L. Sprague de Camp died this morning, Monday November 6, 2000, in Plano, Texas, at the age of 92.
	www.locusmag.com /2000/News/News11a.html (292 words)

	L. Sprague de Camp
		PLANO, Texas-- L. Sprague de Camp, who penned more than 100 science fiction and fantasy books and contributed to stories about the fictional character "Conan the Barbarian," died Monday following complications from a stroke.
		de Camp was a strong influence on the science fiction genre.
		de Camp's colleagues and close friends in the literary field included renowned authors Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, who often prefaced many of his fictional works.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20001110/FN_003.htm (139 words)

	Biography of L. Sprague de Camp
		Sprague de Camp, born in New York City and educated there, in the South, and in California, received his BS in Aeronautical Engineering from Cal Tech in 1930 and earned his MS from Stevens Institute three years later.
		The de Camps' long-time friend Isaac Asimov often referred to Catherine Crook de Camp as "Sprague's lovely wife", although she considered herself "Sprague's rewrite gal" or "dragon at the gate." Her double major in English and economics from Barnard College has proved enormously valuable to the 60-year-old team of de Camp and de Camp.
		Sprague de Camp speaks several languages and has traveled world-wide to get material for his books.
	www.lspraguedecamp.com /bio.asp (525 words)

	Skeptical Inquirer: L. Sprague de Camp: Erudite Writer on Archaeology, Ancient Engineering, and Pseudoscience - and Science Fiction Too
		L. Sprague de Camp, author of more than 100 science fiction and fantasy novels plus nonfiction works on archaeology, ancient engineering, and fringe-science and pseudoscience, died November 11, 2000, in Piano, Texas, where he lived.
		De Camp, a native of New York City, was one of the leading early figures in science fiction, getting his start in the 1930s and 1940s at the same time as colleagues such as Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Lester del Rey, and Frederik Pohl.
		Although best known as a fiction writer, de Camp was a meticulous researcher who brought his interests in science, history, and archaeology and his background as an engineer (B.S. in aeronautical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1930; masters from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1933) to his nonfiction works.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2843/is_2_25/ai_71563243 (940 words)

	L. Sprague de Camp
		Sprague de Camp was one of the finest authors of SF's Golden age, and produced a vast range of excellent fantasy, historical, and non-fiction works as well.
		The first works I read by L. Sprague de Camp were not his science fiction or fantasy novels, but his historical novels (An Elephant for Aristotle stands out in my memory) and his non-fiction books, including Day of the Dinosaur (with his wife Catherine) and The Ancient Engineers.
		For some reason, his Conan novels were not shelved with the rest of the SF/fantasy titles, and I did not discover them until after I entered college.
	www.cgi101.com /~lkw/decamp.html (141 words)

	DragonCon Biography: [L. Sprague* and Catherine Crook de Camp]
		Sprague de Camp is a recipient of the Grandmaster Nebula Award for outstanding contributions to the SF field, and the World Fantasy Award (the "Howard") for Lifetime Achievement.
		Sprague's most recent publications include The Pixilated Peeress with Catherine Crook de Camp, forthcoming in August; The Swords of Zinjaban, also with Catherine; his autobiography, provisionally titled Time and Chance, and an as-yet-unsold novel, The Venom Trees of Sunga.
		Several of his books have been written in collaboration with his wife Catherine Crook de Camp: in the Krishna series, The Prisoner of Zhamanak and The Bones of Zora, and on non-fiction works such as The Day of the Dinosaur and Citadels of Mystery.
	www.dragoncon.org /people/decampl.html (272 words)

	eBay - l sprague de ..., Fiction Books, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com
		CONAN of the ISLES L. Sprague De Camp & Lin Carter
		CONAN of AQUILONIA by L. Sprague De Camp & Lin Carter
		CONAN The BUCCANEER L. Sprague De Camp & Lin Carter
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=l+sprague+de+...&krd=1 (605 words)

	L. Sprague de Camp
		Half Price Books had great fortune to acquire the personal library of the late science fiction author L. Sprague de Camp, referred to in Science Fiction Writers as "one of the most eclectically knowledgeable writers in the field." These books will be offered for sale at HPB on Northwest Highway, Dallas starting November 1.
		Although de Camp is primarily known for his output as a science fiction writer and editor, his long literary career, which began in 1939 and ran into the mid-1990s, included notable non-fiction works and several classics of historical fiction.
		De Camp was elected a Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers' Association in 1978.
	www.halfpricebooks.com /l_sprague_de_camp.html (277 words)

	SPACELIGHT: De Camp, L. Sprague & Catherine - personal data
		De Camp served as a Lt. Commander in the U.S.N.R. during the World War II, and never quite lost the military bearing.
		Since Sprague began publishing fantasy and science fiction in the 1930s in the various pulp magazines, he is properly placed as one of the Golden Age writers.
		When de Camp wrote science fiction, he was most often working in time travel themes.
	www.gwillick.com /Spacelight/deCamp.html (781 words)

	Welcome to the Official L. Sprague de Camp Website
		Sprague de Camp and his wife Catherine commissioned the construction of their official website in the summer of 1998.
		Sprague de Camp, well-known legend of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, passed away on November 6, 2000.
		Sprague is now free to join Catherine his beloved wife of sixty years who preceded him in death on April 9, 2000.
	www.lspraguedecamp.com (235 words)

	L. Sprague de Camp: The Undesired Princess
		A recurring theme in L. Sprague de Camp's novels is the juxtaposition of different types of logic and rationality.
		However, the ideas behind that philosophy, which de Camp explains well enough for the reader to understand what de Camp is trying to do and follow their own conclusions regarding how it should be interpreted, is quite complex.
		At first glance, de Camp seems to be saying that a person who can see shades of gray is superior to the Logaians with their binary world view.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/princess.html (384 words)

	. Sprague de Camp (1907-2000) - SFWA News
		The author of over 120 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books and several hundred short stories, L. Sprague de Camp also wrote many non-fiction works in history, science, and biography.
		De Camp for the first time when I was working as guest liaison at a small convention in Johnson county Kansas in the late '70s.
		Sprague began his talk that afternoon with a lecture, lecturing me on how to properly pronounce "Yngvi." He said the name several times but I never got it right, I couldn't summon the guttural twist needed to say it properly.
	www.sfwa.org /News/ldecamp.htm (568 words)

	Lyon Sprague de Camp - Funny SF/Fantasy - complete enchanter
		Lyon Sprague de Camp (1907-2000) was an american that is known for his humourous fantasy.
		Lyon Sprague de Camp has written over 120 sfandfantasy books and several hundreds of short stories.
		After World War II de Camp started to focus more on science fiction, but in the end of the 50s he wrote more fantasy again, starting with completing works about the Conan character by Robert E. Howard.
	www.edlin.org /sf/eng/humour/sprague.html (238 words)

	L. Sprague de Camp: Rogue Queen
		In Rogue Queen, L. Sprague de Camp spends the first half of the novel describing the amazing society of the Avtini, the most civilized race on the planet Ormazd.
		de Camp does not sustain this anthropological study, partly, perhaps, due to the phase in his career, and in science fiction, during which is was written.
		Through Iroedh's interest in the past, de Camp is able to plant clues that the Avtini did not always have such a stratified caste structure.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/decamp.html (351 words)

	L (yon) Sprague de Camp, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy
		Sprague de Camp was a master of that rarity, "humorous fantasy." As a young writer collaborating with Fletcher Pratt, he set forth the world-hopping adventures of Harold Shea.
		Sprague de Camp edited and contributed to various stories about the life and adventures of a swashbuckling character, "Conan", originally created by the late Robert E. Howard; and went on to produce new Conan stories in collaboration with the late Lin Carter and others.
		Sprague de Camp, who served as a Lieuteannt Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve during the Second World War, will be cremated; and his ashes, together with those of Catherine, will be laid to final rest at the Arlington National Cemetery.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /lsdecamp.htm (1202 words)

	De Camp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Catherine Crook de Camp (1907-2000), US writer, wife of L. Sprague
		Sprague de Camp (1907-2000), US science fiction and fantasy writer
		De Camp, or DeCamp, or Decamp, may mean:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/De_Camp (102 words)

	L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP - BOOK HELP WEB AUTHOR PROFILE
		One of the grandmasters of the Golden Age of science fiction, L. Sprague de Camp wrote more than 120 science fiction and fantasy books, many more short stories, and a wealth of non-fiction books in the subjects of history, science, and biography.
		Well-loved for his humorous fantasy, de Camp has won myriad awards including a Gandalf, International Fantasy Award, Forrie Award, Nebulas, Robert Bloch award, Pilgrim Award, and induction into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
		De Camp died in 2000, seven months after the death of his co-author and wife of 60 years, Catherine De Camp.
	www.bookhelpweb.com /authors/decamp/decamp.htm (253 words)

	The Barbarian Keep
		Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter (1283 A.A.)
		Conan of the Isles by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter (1310 A.A.)
		"The Curse of the Monolith" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter (1269 A.A.)
	www.barbariankeep.com /chrono89.html (916 words)

	L. Sprague de Camp Passes On
		Sprague de Camp, one of the greatest archaeological voices of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, died Monday in his adopted home of Plano, Texas, just three weeks short of his 93rd birthday.
		De Camp's work in the science fiction genre is distinguished by a concern for linguistics and historical forces -- rare for the time, when most SF writers dealt exclusively in "hard" sciences and engineering.
		Trained as an aeronautical engineer, de Camp was one of the SF writers assigned duty at the Philadelphia Naval Yard during World War II, a now-legendary group that included Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.
	www.space.com /sciencefiction/books/de_camp_obit_001107.html (388 words)

	Contents Lists
		Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter • ss *
		Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter • nv *
		Sprague de Camp & Robert E. Howard &; nv Tales of Conan, Gnome, 1955
	contento.best.vwh.net /t110.html (3348 words)

	Amazon.com: LEST DARKNESS FALL: Books: L. Sprague De Camp
		De Camp's depiction of the life, events and people of post-Imperial Italy are dead on accurate as far as I can tell, and the fictional aspect of the work is highly engaging.
		De Camp doesn't try to match Twain strong powers of irony, but focusses on the problem of staying alive in time of turmoil.
		OVERALL STRUCTURE: DeCamp is really good at his structure and surprises and pacing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345310160?v=glance (1193 words)

	Footprints on Sand by L. Sprague de Camp
		Also included are extended introductory remarks about Sprague and Catherine de Camp by Robert A. Heinlein, Lin Carter, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Andrew Offutt, Patricia Jackson, and George Scithers.
		This collection of the de Camps' work, singly and in collaboration with each other, was assembled in honor of their appearance as joint Guests of Honor at X-Con, June 1981 in Milwaukee.
		It is a selection of short stories, verse, non-fiction, and excerpts drawn from almost every facet of the de Camps' diverse writings—fantasy, science fiction, children's stories; poems fabulous, romantic, and pragmatic; notes on prehistory, the evolution of weaponry, and the development of imaginative fiction, the origins of engineering; of Atlantis, Conan, and magic.
	www.nesfa.org /press/Books/Advent/deCamp-1.htm (217 words)

	L. Sprague deCamp, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
		Sprague de Camp, in The SFWA Grand Masters Volume 1, TOR, New York, 1999.
		deCamp, L. Sprague, Tales from Gavagan's Bar Series, in The Great Science Fiction Series, edited by Frederik Pohl, Martin Harry Greenberg, and Joseph Olander, Harper & Row, New York, 1980, 420 pp.
		--The Best of L. Sprague de Camp, Nelson Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1978.
	www.hycyber.com /SF/decamp_l_sprague.html (88 words)

	Conan and the Spider God:De Camp, L. Sprague:0765340178:eCampus.com
		SFWA Grand Master L. Sprague de Camp was revered in the genre of fantasy for both his fiction and nonfiction.
		But more important, L. Sprague de Camp wrote "Dark Valley Destiny, the definitive biography of Conan's creator, Robert E. Howard, leaving little wonder as to why "Conan and the Spider God is considered one of the finest novels in the canon of Conan.
		Booklist praised his novel" The Honorable Barbarian, saying: "The action is brisk, and the worlds and characters are described with de Camp's deft, light touch.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0765340178&referrer=yah04 (169 words)

	L. Sprague de Camp, Aristotle and the Gun
		This book is a very nice presentation of L. Sprague de Camp's style, which blends fantasy and science fiction.
		Sprague de Camp, Aristotle and the Gun and Other Stories (Five Star, 2002)
		This book is a collection of six stories previously published between 1939 and 1993.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_decamp_aristotle.html (318 words)

	Hyborian Age Sources
		By Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
		Dark Valley Destiny: The Life of Robert E. Howard,
		Untitled Notes [Various People of the Hyborian Age, page two]
	www.dodgenet.com /~moonblossom/Hysources.htm (630 words)

	FOOTPRINTS ON SAND. - DE CAMP, L. SPRAGUE & CATHERINE CROOK DE CAMP,
		Inscribed and signed by Catherine de Camp, signed by L. Sprague de Camp.
		Tributes to de Camp, fiction, verse and essays by de Camp, includes the poem Xeroxing the Necronomicon and preface to the Necronomicon (Owlswick Press edition).
		DE CAMP, L. USA Advent Publishers, Inc. 1981 First Edition Private Press Hard Cover Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Fine/Very Good/J Very Good 327pp.
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/myt/3386.shtml (121 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: L Sprague de Camp

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)