How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World
How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World

Author: Thomas J. Craughwell

Publisher: Fair Winds

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781616734329

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Veteran author Thomas J. Craughwell reveals the fascinating tales of how the barbarian rampages across Europe, North Africa, and Asia -- killing, plundering, and destroying whole kingdoms and empires -- actually created the modern nations of England, France, Russia, and China.

The Wizard of Zao
The Wizard of Zao

Author: Lin Carter

Publisher: Wildside Press

Published: 2024-08-04

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13:

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The Wizard of Zao is a fantasy novel by Lin Carter, first published in 1978. The story is set in a mythical world and follows the adventures of a wizard named Zao and his companions. Zao embarks on a quest involving ancient powers and mystical realms, with Carter's signature blend of humor and adventure. The book is part of Carter's larger body of work known for drawing inspiration from classic fantasy tropes and his homage to authors like Robert E. Howard, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Lord Dunsany.

The Enchantress of World's End
The Enchantress of World's End

Author: Lin Carter

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1473220513

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Gondwane . . . In the last days of Earth, the continents drifted together again after aeons of separation, and that was Gondwane. Gondwane . . . When all the kingdoms of all the peoples of Earth had come and gone and new ones arose, it was on Gondwane they created their ephemeral glories. On Gondwane, amid the turmoil of the last wars and the last quests and the last efforts of scientists and alchemists, there arose one final hero, the mighty Ganelon Silvermane.

Future and Fantastic Worlds
Future and Fantastic Worlds

Author: Sheldon Jaffery

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1557420025

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Future and Fantastic Worlds embodies an unusual approach to the field of bibliographic research, including over 700 annotations of every DAW book published through mid-1987, with indexes by author, artist, and title, providing a massive guide to modern SF writers and their works, with much background data. Interspersed throughout the book are numerous wry, irreverent, and amusing observations offered by the late and highly respected researcher in this extremely valuable genre tool.

Young Thongor
Young Thongor

Author: Lin Carter

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2012-05-18

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1434443965

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Lin Carter's greatest creation, the barbarian swordsman Thongor of Lemuria, returns in his first new book in more than 40 years! "Young Thongor" collects Carter's short stories about Thongor's earliest adventures. Drawing on Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars, Lin Carter has created an enduring new character sure to please all who treasure sword & sorcery in the classic vein.