The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales
1970 collection of short stories by L. Sprague de Camp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales is a collection of short stories by American science fiction and fantasy author L. Sprague de Camp, first published in paperback by Pyramid Books in November 1970.[1][2] An E-book edition was published by Gollancz's SF Gateway imprint on September 29, 2011 as part of a general release of de Camp's works in electronic form.[3][4] The pieces were originally published between 1939 and 1958 in the magazines Thrilling Wonder Stories, Unknown, and Fantastic Universe. The collection has also been translated into French and German.[1]
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Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
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Cover artist | Ralph Brillhart |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Pyramid Books |
Publication date | 1970 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 190 |
The book contains short fantasies by the author, most of them with contemporary settings, although the final piece is one of his "Pusadian" tales set in an antediluvian world patterned after Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age.