L. Sprague de Camp

Lyon Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy books, non-fiction and biography.

[edit] de Camp and Tolkien

In July 1964, de Camp sent J.R.R. Tolkien a copy of his anthology Swords and Sorcery.^[1] Tolkien sent a letter to de Camp in August 1964, expressing his opinion about the stories.^[2] In February 1967, de Camp and Alan E. Nourse visited Tolkien for an interview:^[3][4]

"[Tolkien] said he found [the anthology] interesting but did not much like the stories in it [...] We sat in the garage for a couple of hours, smoking pipes, drinking beer, and talking about a variety of things. Practically anything in English literature, from Beowulf down, Tolkien had read and could talk intelligently about. He indicated that he 'rather liked' Howard's Conan stories."

― Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers, pp. 243-4

[edit] Bibliography, selected

[edit] Books

• 1963: Swords & Sorcery (editor)
• 1976: Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers

[edit] Articles

• 1972: Andúril 1 (April 1972)
  • Letter to the editor (pp. 8-9)
• 1973: Locus #149 (14 September 1973)
  • [brief article about his meeting with Tolkien]
• 1976: Fantastic (November, Vol. 25, No. 5)
  • "White Wizard in Tweeds"
• 1987: Mythlore 50
  • Letter to the editor

[edit] See also

• Critique of "Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweler"
• L. Sprague de Camp 30 August 1964 (letter)

[edit] External links

• L. Sprague de Camp at Wikipedia

[edit] References

1. ↑ "Swords & Sorcery (Seller ID 000971)" , Tolkien Bookshelf (accessed 09 January 2012)
2. ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 622
3. ↑ Dale Nelson, "Howard, Robert E. (1906-36)", in J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia (Michael D.C. Drout, ed.), p.287
4. ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 688