Lyon Sprague De Camp
Male : Science Fiction Novelist. Married Catherine (d.1999) in 1939 and much of his work was co-written with her
Nationality : American
Place of Birth : New York
Date of Birth : 1907 Date of Death : 2000 Age : 92
Other Work : Aeronautical Engineer
Education : California Institute of Technology, Pasadena & Stevens Institute of Technology
1937-1940
Inventions and Their Management (1937 International textbook Co) - with Alf K Berle
1941-1950
The Incomplete Enchanter (1941 Holt) (1979 Sphere pb) - with Fletcher Pratt
Lest Darkness Fall (1941 Holt) (1955 Heinemann)
Land of Unreason (1942 Holt) (1972 Stacey) - with Fletcher Pratt
The Evolution of Naval Weapons (1947 Dept of US Navy)
Divide and Rule (1948 Fantasy Press, US) (1948 Fantasy Press, Reading)
The Wheels of If & Other Science Fiction (1948 Shasta)
The Carnelian Cube - A Humorous Fantasy (1948 Gnome Press) - with Fletcher Pratt
The Castle of Iron (1950 Gnome Press) (1973 Remploy) - with Fletcher Pratt
Genus Homo (1950 Fantasy Press) (1950 Fantasy Press, Reading) - with P Schuyler Miller
1951-1955
Rogue Queen (1951 US)
The Undesired Princess (1951 Fantasy Publ Co, LA)
Rogue Queen (1951 Doubleday) (1954 Pinnacle pb)
Lands Beyond (1952 Rinehart) (1954 Sidgwick & Jackson) - with Willy Ley
(Ed) Sprague De Camp's New Anthology of Science Fiction (1953 Panther)
Tales from Gavagan's Bar : 23 Stories (1953 Twayne) - with Fletcher Pratt
The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens (1953 Twayne, US)
The Tritonian Ring & Other Pusadian Tales 1953 Twayne)
Science Fiction Handbook (1953 Hermitage House, US)
lost Continents : The Atlantis Theme in History, Science & Literature (1954 Gnome Press)
Cosmic Manhunt (1954 Ace pb) (1966 Compact pb as "A Planet Called Krishna")
Tales of Conan (1955 Gnome Press) - with Robert E Howard
1956-1960
The Return of Conan (1957 Gnome) (1968 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Bjorn Nyberg
Solomon's Stone (1957 Avalon Books, NY)
The Tower of Zanid (1958 Avalon)
An Elephant for Aristotle (1958 Doubleday) (1966 Dennis Dobson)
Engines (1959 Golden Press, US)
The Glory That Was (1960 Avalon)
The Bronze Gods of Rhodes (1960 Doubleday)
Wall of Serpents (1960 Avalon Books) (1980 Sphere pb as "The Enchanter Compleated")
- with Fletcher Pratt
1961-1965
The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate (1961 Doubleday)
The Heroic Age of American Invention (1961 Doubleday)
Man and Power (1961 Golden Press)
Energy and Power (1962 Golden Press)
The Search for Zei (1962 Avalon) (1966 Compact pb as "The Floating Continent")
A Gun for Dinosaur & Other Imaginative Tales (1963 Doubleday)
The Hand of Zei (1963 Avalon)
The Ancient Engineers (1963 Doubleday) (1963 Souvenir Press)
(Ed) Swords and Sorcery (1963 Pyramid pb)
Elephant (1964 Pyramid pb)
Ancient Ruins and Archaeology (1964 Doubleday) - with Catherine C de Camp
(1965 Souvenir as "Citadels of Mystery")
(Ed) The Spell of Seven (1965 Pyramid pb)
The Arrows of Hercules (1965 Doubleday)
1966-1968
Spirits, Stars and Spells : The Profits & Perils of Magic (1966 Canaveral, US)
- with Catherine C de Camp
Conan the Adventurer (1966 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Robert E Howard
(Ed) the Fantastic Swordsmen (1967 Pyramid pb)
Conan (1967 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Robert E Howard & Lin Carter
Conan the Warrior (1967 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Robert E Howard
Conan the Usurper (1967 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Robert E Howard
The Story of Science in America (1967 Scribner) - with Catherine C de Camp
Conan the Freebooter (1968 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Robert E Howard
Conan the Wanderer (1968 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Robert E Howard & Lin Carter
Conan of the Isles (1968 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Robert E Howard & Lin Carter
The Conan Reader (1968 Mirage Press, US)
The Day of the Dinosaur (1968 Doubleday) - with Catherine C de Camp
The Great Monkey Trial (1968 Doubleday)
The Goblin Tower (1968 Pyramid pb) (1979 Phere pb)
1969-1970
The Golden Wind (1969 Doubleday)
Conan of Cimmeria (1969 Lancer pb) (1974 Sphere pb) - with Robert E Howard & Lin Carter
(Ed) The Conan Swordbook (1969 Mirage Press) - with George H Scithers
The Reluctant Shaman & Other Fantastic Tales (1970 Pyramid pb)
Demons and Dinosaurs (1970 Arkham House) - 500
(Ed) Warlocks and Warriors (1970 Putnam)
1971-1975
The Clocks of Iraz (1971 Pyramid pb) (1979 Sphere pb)
Conan the Buccaneer (1971 Lancer pb) (1975 Sphere pb) - with Lin Carter
(Ed) The Conan Grimoire (1972 Mirage Press, Baltimore) - with George H Scithers
Scribblings (1972 NESFA Press, US) - 500 Numbered copies
Great Cities of the Ancient World (1972 Doubleday)
Darwin and His Great Discovery (1972 Macmillan, US) - with Catherine C de Camp
Phantoms and Fancies (1972 Mirage Press) - 1000 numbered. Tim Kirk
(Ed) Three Thousand Years of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1972 Lothrop, US)
- with Catherine C de Camp
(Ed) Tales Beyond Time : From Fantasy to Science Fiction (1972 Lothrop, US)
- with Catherine C de Camp
The Fallible Fiend (1973 NEL pb) (1974 Remploy) (1978 Sphere pb)
Blond Barbarians and Noble Savages (1975 T-K Graphics pb, US)
Lovecraft : A Biography (1975 Doubleday) (1976 NEL)
The Miscast Barbarian : A Biography of Robert E Howard (1975 Gerry de la Rose pb, US)
1976-1978
The Virgin and the Wheels (1976 Popular Library pb)
Literary Swordsmen & Sorcerers : The Makers of Heroic Fantasy (1976 Arkham House)
The Hostage of Zir (1977 Berkley / Putnam)
Conan of Aquilonia (1977 Ace pb) (1978 Sphere pb) - with Lin Carter
The Great Fetish (1978 Doubleday)
The Best of L Sprague De Camp (1978 Doubleday)
Conan the Swordsman (1978 Bantam pb) (1979 Sphere pb) - with Lin Carter & Bjorn Nyberg
The Tritonian Ring (1978 Sphere pb)
Tales from Gavagan's Bar - Expanded Edition : 29 Stories
(1978 Owlswick Press, US) - with Fletcher Pratt. Inga Pratt & Tim Kirk
1979-1980
The Purple Pterodactyls : the Adventures of W Wilson Newbury, Ensorcelled Financier
(1979 Phantasia Press)
Conan the Liberator (1979 Bantam pb) (1980 Sphere pb) - with Lin Carter
(Ed) The Blade of Conan (1979 Ace pb)
The Treasure of Traniscos (1980 Ace pb) - with Robert E Howard
Conan and the Spider God (1980 Batnam pb) (1984 Sphere pb) (1984 Robert Hale)
(Ed) The Spell of Conan (1980 Ace pb)
The Ragged Edge of Science (1980 Owlswick Press)
1981-1990
Heroes and Hobgoblins (1981 Donald M Grant) - 1250 Numbered signed by Sprague & Tim Kirk
Footprints on Sand : A Literary Sampler (1981 Advent, US) - 1500.
- of which 500 signed by Sprague De Camp & Catherine C de Camp
The Prisoner of Zhamanak (1982 Phantasia Press)
Conan the Barbarian (1982 Bantam pb) (1982 Sphere pb) (1983 Robert Hale) - with Lin Carter
The Unbeheaded King (1983 Del Rey) (1988 Grafton pb)
The Virgin of Zesh and The Tower of Zanid (1983 Ace pb)
The Fringe of the Unknown (1983 Prometheus Press, US)
Dark Valley Destiny : The Life of Robert E Howard (1983 Bluejay Books)
- with Jane Whittington Griffin & Catherine C de Camp. 1000 signed
The Bones of Zora (1983 Phantasia Press) - with Catherine C De Camp
The Reluctant King (1985 Nelson Doubleday) - Omnibus
The Incroporated Knight (1987 Phantasia Press) - with Catherine C De Camp
The Stones of Nomuru (1988 Donning, US) (1988 Donning, UK £7.50) - with Catherine C De Camp
Intrepid Enchanter : The Complete Magical Misadventures of Harold Shea
(1988 Sphere pb) - with Fletcher Pratt
In US as "The Complete Compleat Enchanter" 1989 Baen, US) - with Fletcher Pratt
The Honourable Barbarian (1989 Del Rey)
Since 1991
Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1991 Wildside Press, US) - with Fletcher Pratt
The Swords of Zinjaban (1991 Baen US) - with Catherine C De Camp
The Pixilated Peeress (1992 del Rey) - with Catherine C De Camp
The Venom of Sunga (1992 Del Rey)
The Enchanter Reborn (1992 Baen pb) - with Christopher Stasheff
Rivers of Time : The Adventures of Reginald Rivers (1993 Baen pb, US) (1993 Baen, UK £4.99)
The Exotic Enchanter (1995 Baen, US) - with Christopher Stasheff
Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants (1995 Borgo Press pb)
The Ape-Man Within (1995 Prometheus pb)
READING
Time and Chance : Autobiography of L Sprague de Camp (1996 Donald M Grant, US $35)