Jump to content

Lin Carter

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jplatt39 (talk | contribs) at 18:59, 16 November 2004 (Added some books. Not a complete list. Anybody?). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Lin Carter (June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was an American science fiction/fantasy author and editor. After serving in Korea, he attended Columbia University. He was a copywriter for some years before writing full-time.

Carter is known for his Jandar of Callisto book series that was an homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars, and his sword and sorcery Thongor the Barbarian series. With L. Sprague de Camp, he compiled several books of Robert E. Howard's Conan tales; finishing and extending many of them, and also writing pastiche novels and short stories.

Carter was also a fantasy anthologist of note (the Flashing Swords series), and, as an editor for Ballantine Books, brought several obscure yet important books of fantasy back into print, including works by Lord Dunsany, James Branch Cabell, William Morris, and Evangeline Walton. He smoked and drank heavily and, consequently, died of throat cancer in 1988.

Novels: 

       Jandar of Callisto, 1972
       The Wizard of Lemuria, 1965
       Thongor of Lemuria, 1966
       Black Star, 1976
       Black Legions of Callisto

Anthology: 

        Flashing Swords #1, 1973
        The Young Magicians
        Dragons, Elves and Heroes

This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lin_Carter&oldid=8569995"