The Sorcerer's Labyrinth: Fictions, Dreams, and Chimeras
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The Sorcerer's Labyrinth: Fictions, Dreams, and Chimeras
19.99 €
On the last continent of Earth, under a decrepit but still oppressive sun, necromancy thrives, the god of death rules the living, mummies rebel against those who brought them to life, and the vengeance of a sorcerer is nothing compared to the vengeance of the gods. On the prehistoric continent of Earth, a mysterious white sibyl foretells catastrophes, and in the thickness of the glaciers lurk cruel demons. In medieval France, a gourmand monster comes from a comet, an ancient statue leads monks astray, and a witch doctor and a wise sorceress get their work cut out for them. On modern Earth, a collector of the strange is irrevocably immersed in times that predate the primitive, a traveler burns in an alien fire that appeared from deep antiquity, and an overly self-critical writer is avenged by the demons of unfinished stories ... Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) - one of the three pillars of "weird fiction" of the 1930s (along with Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, and, of course, the creator of "The Cthulhu Mythos" Howard Phillips Lovecraft, in whose stories Smith's fictions now and then visit), a follower of Edgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce. He melted fiction in the last fire of Romantic poetry and reached new limits of true horror - this is how the world learned what infinite horizons both fantasy and horror can open before us, and Smith owes much to Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, and Stephen King. This collection presents works from 1932-1935, Smith's heyday as a storyteller, as well as his less numerous later texts; most of the stories here are published in new translations.
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