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Lin Carter
Carter c. 1975
Born
Linwood Vrooman Carter (1930-06-09)June 9, 1930 St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Died
February 7, 1988(1988-02-07) (aged 57) Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Occupation
Writer
editor
critic
Nationality
American
Education
Columbia University
Period
1965–1988
Genre
Fantasy, science fiction
Subject
High fantasy (as critic)
Notable works
Imaginary Worlds
Spouse
Noël Vreeland
Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin. He is best known for his work in the 1970s as editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series,[1] which introduced readers to many overlooked classics of the fantasy genre.
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and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as LinCarter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody)...
Bibliography of science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction writer LinCarter: The Thief of Thoth (1968) The Purloined Planet (1969) Outworlder (1971) The...
the husband-and-wife team of Ian and Betty Ballantine, and edited by LinCarter, it featured cover art by illustrators such as Gervasio Gallardo, Robert...
The Xothic legend cycle is a series of short stories by American writer LinCarter that are based on the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, primarily on...
publish alongside the originals, working with Björn Nyberg and especially LinCarter. These new stories were created from a mixture of already-complete Howard...
Joshi, and T. E. D. Klein as a classic in the field of the supernatural. LinCarter called it "an absolute masterpiece, probably the single greatest book...
character in a series of sword-and-sorcery novels and stories written by LinCarter, stylized after Conan the Barbarian and set in ancient Lemuria. The character...
Scribner's, 1985. ISBN 0-684-17808-7 LinCarter, ed. Realms of Wizardry p 2 Doubleday and Company Garden City, NY, 1976 LinCarter, ed. Kingdoms of Sorcery, p...
are the primary focus of a "posthumous collaboration" short story by LinCarter after Clark Ashton Smith's death, The Scroll of Morloc (First published...
Artist of the Beautiful by Nathaniel Hawthorne As the Green Star Rises by LinCarter Asgard series by Brian Stableford namely, Asgard's Secret, Asgard's Conquerors...
ISBN 0313329516, (p.401-404). LinCarter, ed. Kingdoms of Sorcery, p 121–2. Doubleday and Company Garden City, NY, 1976. Carter, Lin, ed. (January 1976). Kingdoms...
reprinted in the November 1938 issue of Weird Tales after Lovecraft's death. LinCarter described "The Nameless City" as "a trivial exercise in Poe-esque gothica"...
mentioned in the Mars series. Moreover, the Jandar of Callisto series by LinCarter and the Dray Prescot series by Alan Burt Akers owe a great deal to Burroughs's...
Scribner's, 1985. ISBN 0-684-17808-7 LinCarter, ed. Realms of Wizardry p 2 Doubleday and Company Garden City, NY, 1976 LinCarter, ed. Kingdoms of Sorcery, p...
debuted in LinCarter's short story "The Acolyte of the Flame" (1985)—although the being was first mentioned in an earlier tale by Carter, "The Horror...
heavily influenced by the style of James Branch Cabell. Fantasy historian LinCarter has noted several probable lasting influences of Cabell on Vance's work...
their own grimoires to the literary arcana), including August Derleth, LinCarter, Brian Lumley, Jonathan L. Howard, and Ramsey Campbell. He must meet the...
the reference Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers by L. Sprague de Camp, LinCarter notes that the heritage of sword and sorcery is illustrious, and can be...
as one of the Lovecraft stories "that achieve a memorable nastiness". LinCarter called "Rats" "one of the finest stories of Lovecraft's entire career...
of the Black Pharaoh" by Robert Bloch "Curse of the Black Pharaoh" by LinCarter "The Curse of Nephren-Ka" by John Cockroft "The Temple of Nephren-Ka"...
edited by LinCarter was first published in King Kull, 1967) Kull: The Fabulous Warrior King Story Originally untitled, title created by LinCarter. The original...
to LinCarter, who interested a publisher, Zebra Books, in the project. The result was a series of four paperback anthologies, edited by LinCarter, appearing...
This includes the Conan the Barbarian stories of L. Sprague de Camp and LinCarter. David Lodge's novel The British Museum Is Falling Down (1965) is a pastiche...
Middle-earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien. The award was created and sponsored by LinCarter and the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), an association...
by LinCarter and published by Ballantine Books as the forty-third volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in March, 1972. Carter intended...
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