The Carnelian Cube

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name = The Carnelian Cube
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image_caption = first edition of "The Carnelian Cube"
author = L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
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cover_artist = David Kyle
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1948
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 230 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Carnelian Cube" is a fantasy novel written by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. It was first published in hardcover by Gnome Press in 1948, and in paperback by Lancer Books in 1967. It has also been translated into Italian and German.

Plot summary

The carnelian cube of the title is a small red "dream stone" confiscated by archaeologist Arthur Cleveland Finch from one of the workers on the dig he is supervising. Sleeping with it beneath his pillow he finds himself cast into a parallel world as "Finch Arthur Poet" -- who is, indeed, a poet. Finding his life endangered, he discovers he can use the stone to escape into yet another parallel world, and the novel follows his adventures through a succession of such worlds.

References

*cite book | last=Laughlin | first=Charlotte | coauthors=Daniel J. H. Levack | title=De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | pages=29 | date=1983