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TCG Letter #568
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
L. Sprague de Camp
Date
30 August 1964
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes to Lyon Sprague de Camp, an American author of science fiction and fantasy books, he had sent Tolkien a copy of Swords and Sorcery, an anthology of heroic fantasy he has edited, with stories by Paul Anderson, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Howard, Henry Kuttner, Lord Dunsany, Clark Ashton Smith, C. L. Moore, and Fritz Leiber. Tolkien seemed unimpressed with the volume saying they do not handle nomenclature well.
See Mythlore 50 for quotes from this letter.
See Mythlore 50 for quotes from this letter.
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