Lin Carter bibliography


Bibliography of science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction writer Lin Carter:

Science fiction

Tales of the Near Stars

The History of the Great Imperium

Hautley Quicksilver

The Mysteries of Mars

Callisto

  1. Jandar of Callisto
  2. Black Legion of Callisto
Callisto Volume 1
  1. Sky Pirates of Callisto
  2. Mad Empress of Callisto
  3. Mind Wizards of Callisto
  4. Lankar of Callisto
  5. Ylana of Callisto
  6. ''Renegade of Callisto''

The Green Star

  1. Under the Green Star
  2. When the Green Star Calls
  3. By the Light of the Green Star
  4. As the Green Star Rises
  5. ''In the Green Star's Glow''

Zarkon-Lord of the Unknown

  1. The Nemesis of Evil
  2. Invisible Death
  3. The Volcano Ogre
  4. The Earth-Shaker
  5. ''Horror Wears Blue''

Zanthodon

  1. Journey to the Underground World
  2. Zanthodon
  3. Hurok of the Stone Age
  4. Darya of the Bronze Age
  5. Eric of Zanthodon
''The Zanthodon MEGAPACK''

Other novels

Fantasy

Thongor of Valkarth

  1. Young Thongor, by Lin Carter, Robert M. Price, and Adrian Cole
  2. The Wizard of Lemuria. In his introduction to the revised edition, "A Word from the Author", Carter reveals that the revisions consist of restoring certain passages cut by the editor from the first edition, conforming certain portions of the book to details described in later books of the series, and adding a few thousand words of new material.
  3. Thongor of Lemuria
  4. Thongor Against the Gods
  5. Thongor in the City of Magicians
  6. Thongor at the End of Time
  7. Thongor Fights the Pirates of Tarakus
  8. The Sword of Thongor, by Robert M. Price with some material by Carter
  9. Thongor Conquers the Underground World, by Lin Carter and Robert M. Price
Note: Carter's literary executor Robert M. Price has written eleven Thongor stories, some based on titles or outlines by Carter, most included in The Sword of Thongor, and the remaining one in The Mighty Warriors. Three are also available online: "," "" and "."
In 1978 an attempt was made to put a Thongor movie in production for release in 1979. It was titled Thongor in the Valley of Demons; however the movie was never produced.

Conan

The Chronicles of Kylix

Gondwane (World's End)

Terra Magica

  1. Kesrick
  2. Dragonrouge
  3. Mandricardo
  4. ''Callipygia''

Tara of the Twilight

Oz

Published posthumously by Tails of the Cowardly Lion and Friends
  • The Tired Tailor of Oz
  • ''The Merry Mountaineer of Oz''

"Posthumous collaborations" with Clark Ashton Smith

  • "The Descent into the Abyss" in Carter's anthology Weird Tales #2. Also in Robert M. Price. The Book of Eibon. The story is a sort of rewrite of Smith's "The Seven Geases".
  • "The Feaster from the Stars". In Crypt of Cthulhu No 26. Also in Robert M. Price The Book of Eibon. Based on a plot idea by Smith found by Carter in Smith's holograph notes.
  • "The Light from the Pole" in Carter Weird Tales #1. Also in Robert M. Price The Book of Eibon. Based on Smith's Commoriom myth-cycle, utilising an early draft of Smith's "The Coming of the White Worm".
  • "The Secret in the Parchment". In Crypt of Cthulhu No 54. Also in Robert M. Price The Book of Eibon. Mingles material derived from Arthur Machen with Smith's Eibonic cyle.
  • "The Scroll of Morloc". Fantastic. Also in Carter's anthologies Year's Best Fantasy Stories No 2, pp. 143–157; and Lost Worlds, pp. 11–17. Also in Robert M. Price The Book of Eibon.
  • "The Stairs in the Crypt". Fantastic 25, No 4, pp. 82–89. Also in Carter's anthologies Year's Best Fantasy Stories No 3, pp. 129–40; and Lost Worlds, pp. 18–26and in Robert M. Price The Book of Eibon.The title comes from one of the stories said to have been written by Robert Blake in Lovecraft's "The Haunter of the Dark". Carter also pays tribute to such Cthulhu Mythos stories as Henry Kuttner's "The Salem Horror" and E. Hoffmann Price's collaboration with Lovecraft, "Through the Gates of the Silver Key".
  • "The Utmost Abomination" Weird Tales Autumn or Fall 1973; also in Mike Ashley, Weird Legacies, pp. 81–91 and in Robert M. Price The Book of Eibon.
  • "The Vengeance of Yig" in Carter's anthology Weird Tales #4, pp. 275ff.
  • "The Winfield Inheritance" in Carter's anthology Weird Tales No 3, pp. 275–311.
  • "Zoth-Ommog" in Edward Berglund The Disciples of Cthulhu Cthulhu Mythos anthology, pp. 141–193. Note: a sequel to this tale has been written by Leigh Blackmore.

Pastiches of H. P. Lovecraft

  • "Acolyte of the Flame". In Crypt of Cthulhu No 36. Reprint in The Book of Eibon, edited by Robert M. Price. The latter notes that both the Crypt and Chaosium versions are the "later" version of the story, and that an earlier version exists.
  • " The Burrowers Beneath". In Cthulhu Cultus No 6 Title taken from one of the stories said to have been written by Robert Blake in Lovecraft's The Haunter of the Dark. Not to be confused with Brian Lumley's novel The Burrowers Beneath nor with the Robert Price story in Price's anthology The Book of Eibon.
  • "The City of Pillars". First published in Carter's own magazine Kadath. To be reprinted in Crypt of Cthulhu. Purportedly a translation from The Necronomicon.
  • "The Descent into the Abyss". In Carter's anthology Weird Tales #2. Also in The Book of Eibon, edited by Robert M. Price.
  • "The Doom of Yakthoob". In The Arkham Collector No 10. Purportedly a translation from The Necronomicon.
  • "The Double Tower" in Year's Best Fantasy Stories #1. Also in The Book of Eibon, edited by Robert M. Price.
  • "Dreams in the House of Weir". In Carter, Weird Tales #4.
  • "In the Vale of Pnath" in Gerald Page Nameless Places.. Based primarily on "Out of the Aeons" and "Bothon".
  • "Shaggai". In Dark Things, edited by August Derleth. The title is taken from one of the stories said to have been written by Robert Blake in Lovecraft's "The Haunter of the Dark". Purportedly a chapter from the Book of Eibon.
  • "Something in the Moonlight" in Weird Tales #1, edited by Carter himself.
  • "The Stone from Mnar: A Fragment from the Necronomicon".Appeared in "Crypt of Cthulhu" #36 and reprinted as purportedly, part of the first 5 sections of the Necronomicon, in Crypt of Cthulhu #70
  • "The Thing Under Memphis". In Crypt of Cthulhu 3, No -, 3-5.
  • "Them From Outside". In "Crypt of Cthulhu" #23 as "Concerning Them from Outside" and reprinted in Crypt of Cthulhu #70 as purportedly, part of the first 5 sections of the Necronomicon.
  • "The Thing in the Pit". In Carter's Lost Worlds..
See also Xothic legend cycle. For further info see Robert M. Price "The Statement of Lin Carter", Crypt of Cthulhu 1, No 2, 11-19.

Pastiches of Lord Dunsany

Ikranos dreamlands cycle
  • "The Poet" in The Gorgon, v. 2, no. 4, November 1948.
  • "The Kings of Yu-Istam" in Scientifantasy, v. 1, no. 3, Spring 1949.
  • "The Castle beyond the World" in The Fanscient, no. 10, Winter 1950.
  • "King of the Golden City" in Nekromantikon, v. 1, no. 4, Winter 1950/51.
  • "The Quest of Glorian the Troubadour".
  • "The Castle in the Clouds".
  • "Crysarion of Ith".
  • "The Gate of Dreams".
  • "The Crystal Key".
  • "The Gods of Neol-Shendis" in Amra, v. 2, no. 41, July 1966.
  • "Shanizar of the Sea".
  • "Shanizar and the City of Glass".
  • "Aviathar and the Sword of Swords".

Simrana dreamlands cycle

  • "The Gods of Niom Parma" in Warlocks and Warriors .
  • "The Whelming of Oom" in The Young Magicians.
  • "Zingazar" in New Worlds for Old.
  • "How Sargoth Lay Siege to Zaremm" in Swordsmen and Supermen.
  • "The Laughter of Han" in Fantasy Tales, v. 5, no. 9, Spring 1982.
  • "The Benevolence of Yib" in Crypt of Cthulhu, no. 51, Hallowmas 1987.
  • "How Ghuth Would Have Hunted the Silth" in Crypt of Cthulhu, no. 54, 1988.
  • "The Thievery of Yish" in Fantasy Tales, v. 10, no. 1, Autumn 1988.
  • "How Doom Came Down at Last on Adrazoon" in Crypt of Cthulhu, no. 57, 1988.
  • "How Shand Became King of Thieves"
  • "Dzimadazoul"

Other novels

  • Lost World of Time
  • ''The Black Star''

Collections

Poetry

Hobby games

Non-fiction

Anthologies edited

Ballantine Adult Fantasy series

"Ballantine Adult Fantasy" was inaugurated in April 1969, in words on the front cover of The Mezentian Gate by E. R. Eddison, and in May, with the logo on The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt, cataloged as #1. Some later volumes also carried the unicorn's head Adult Fantasy logo without numerical assignment to the series.

Flashing Swords!

Weird Tales

The Year's Best Fantasy Stories

Other anthologies