The Compleat Enchanter
10 best books like The Compleat Enchanter (L. Sprague de Camp): Bronze Gods, Hiero's Journey, Lord of Light, The High Crusade, Something Rotten, The Chronicles of Amber, Three Hearts and Three Lions, Witch World, Swords and Deviltry, The Moon Pool
Hy Breasil is grimmer than it used to be.
Before the Architect closed the door, there were regular crossings, and a great war decimated both humans and Ferishers. The native fae who refused to treat with the invaders faded; their bodies withered and died, stranding them as hungry, angry spirits...
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| ISBN | 0345308417 |
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| ISBN | 0060567236 |
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| ISBN | 0743475283 |
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| ISBN | 1857987268 |
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| ISBN | 0575074981 |
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| ISBN | 0441897088 |
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| ISBN | 1595820795 |
For the first time-the story of how the greatest heroes in fantastic literature first met.
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| ISBN | 0819567078 |
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Swords Against Darkness IΙΙ
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| ISBN | 0890833397 |
9 • Foreword (Swords Against Darkness III) • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
14 • The Pit of Wings • [Ryre] • shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
34 • The Sword of Spartacus • [Simon of Gitta] • novelette by Richard L. Tierney
58 • Servitude • (1976) • shortstory by Wayne Hooks
72...
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| ISBN | 0441011160 |
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| ISBN | 0345438353 |
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| ISBN | 0441873022 |
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The Lurker at the Threshold
| Author | H.P. Lovecraft |
| ISBN | 0786711884 |
He is not to open the door which leads to the strange time and place, nor to invite Him Who lurks at the threshold ..." went the warning in the old family manuscript that Ambrose Dewart discovered when he returned to his ancestral home in the deep woods of rural Massachusetts. Dewart's investigations into...
| Author | Michael Moorcock |
| ISBN | 0441787541 |
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| ISBN | 0575077662 |
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| Author | Andrew J. Offutt |
| ISBN | 0890832390 |
Edited and introduced by Andrew J. Offutt.
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| ISBN | 0575075171 |
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| ISBN | 0441545238 |
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| ISBN | 1565041933 |
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| ISBN | 0345341414 |
An alien fortress had crashlanded on Earth. But the most recent arrival from the galaxy's more sinister side had been brought down deliberately. Now it sat silently overlooking Monument City, as though daring someone to penetrate its dark mysteries.
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| ISBN | 0583113443 |
Mighty Elric... Mightier Sword!
Elric-
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Elric-
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Elric-
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The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
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| ISBN | 0871404532 |
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| ISBN | 1846771188 |
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| ISBN | 0786937645 |
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| ISBN | 0399172920 |
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| ISBN | 1400064945 |
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| ISBN | 1500333662 |
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