Scribblings

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name = Scribblings
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image_caption = first edition of "Scribblings"
author = L. Sprague de Camp
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cover_artist = M.H. Keith
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction short stories, poetry and essays
publisher = NESFA Press
release_date = 1972
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 95 pp
isbn = NA
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"Scribblings" is a 1972 collection of writings by science fiction and fantasy author L. Sprague de Camp to celebrate his appearance as Guest of Honor at Boskone IX, a convention sponsored by the New England Science Fiction Association. The Association served as publisher.

The book contains poetry, short works of fiction and non-fiction, and aphorisms. Among the stories are the complete set of de Camp's four short "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series of tall tales.

Contents

*"Carnac" (poem)
*"Three Thirds of a Hero" (poem)
*"The Elephant" (poem)
*"African Night" (poem)
*"The Newt" (poem)
*"Government Bug Hunter" (essay on Clinton Hart Merriam)
*"Xeroxing the Necromonicon" (poem)
*"Preferences" (poem)
*"Leaves" (poem)
*"The Trap" (poem)
*"A Night Club in Cairo" (poem)
*"The Effects of Time Travel" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
*"The Moveable Ears" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
*"The Negative Wugug" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
*"The Lusts of Professor Adams" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
*"Pfui on Psi" (essay on psychic powers)
*"Lost Cities" (essay)
*"Books That Never Were" (essay on lost and imaginary books)
*"Aphorisms" (aphorisms)
*"How to Hunt Dinosaurs" (essay)

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=90 | date=1983

External links

* " [http://www.nesfa.org/press/Books/deCamp-0.html] " - publication information at NESFA Press