Lost Worlds (Carter short story collection)


Lost Worlds is a collection of fantasy short stories edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in 1980. It was reissued in hardcover and paperback by Wildside Press in May 2008, and in ebook by Gateway/Orion in May 2020.

Summary

The book collects eight stories by Carter, including three started by other writers and completed by Carter. It uses the subject of such "lost worlds" as Atlantis, Mu, Valusia, and other "sunken continents beyond memory," together with an introduction and afterword by the author.

Contents

  • Hyperborea
  • *"The Scroll of Morloc"
  • *"The Stairs in the Crypt"
  • Mu
  • *"The Thing in the Pit"
  • Lemuria
  • *"Thieves of Zangabal"
  • *"Keeper of the Emerald Flame"
  • Valusia
  • *"Riders Beyond the Sunrise"
  • Antillia
  • *"The Twelve Wizards of Ong"
  • Atlantis
  • *"The Seal of Zaon Sathla"

Reception

The book was reviewed by Mark Willard in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1983.