Lost Worlds (Carter short story collection)

Lost Worlds

cover art from first edition
Author	Lin Carter
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	DAW Books
Publication date	1980
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	176
ISBN	0-87997-556-3
OCLC	7467421

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. ^[1]

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" (by Clark Ashton Smith, completed by Carter) (from Fantastic v. 24, no. 6, Oct. 1975)
  • "The Stairs in the Crypt" (by Clark Ashton Smith, completed by Carter) (from Fantastic , v. 25, no. 4, Aug. 1976)
• Mu
  • "The Thing in the Pit"
• Lemuria
  • "Thieves of Zangabal" (from The Mighty Barbarians , 1969)
  • "Keeper of the Emerald Flame" (from The Mighty Swordsmen , 1970)
• Valusia
  • "Riders Beyond the Sunrise" (by Robert E. Howard, completed by Carter) (from King Kull , Sep. 1967)
• Antillia
  • "The Twelve Wizards of Ong" (from Kingdoms of Sorcery , Jan. 1976)
• Atlantis
  • "The Seal of Zaon Sathla" (from The Magic of Atlantis , Nov. 1970)

Reception

The book was reviewed by Mark Willard in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1983. ^[1]

Notes

1. Lost Worlds title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database