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As it is Written
Dust-jacket from the first editionAuthor(s) Clark Ashton Smith (pseudonym for De Lysle Ferrée Cass) Illustrator R.J. Krupowicz Cover artist R.J. Krupowicz Country United States Language English Genre(s) Fantasy novel Publisher Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. Publication date 1982 Media type Print (Hardback) Pages 125 pp ISBN ISBN 0-937986-44-5 OCLC Number 9063610 As it is Written is a fantasy novel by De Lysle Ferrée Cass inadvertently published under the pseudonym "Clark Ashton Smith". It was first published in 1982 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,200 copies, all of which were signed by the illustrator. The book includes an introduction by Will Murray and an afterword by Donald Sidney-Fryer. The novel was discovered in the files of The Thrill Book magazine by Murray and Daryl S. Herrick. They mistakenly believed the novel to be the work of Clark Ashton Smith using Cass as a pseudonym. Murray showed the manuscript to Donald M. Grant and Sidney-Fryer who both agreed it to be the work of Smith. It was only after Grant published the novel that the error was discovered.
Plot introduction
The novel concerns the adventures of Datu Buang who discovers a lost city and battles with ape-like creatures.
References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 328329.
- Murray, Will (1892). "Introduction". As it is Written. West Kingston, R.I.: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.. pp. 9–21. ISBN 0-937986-44-5.
Categories:- 1982 novels
- American fantasy novels
- Works published under a pseudonym
- 1980s novel stubs
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