The Best of L. Sprague de Camp

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name = The Best of L. Sprague de Camp
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image_caption = first edition of "The Best of L. Sprague de Camp"
author = L. Sprague de Camp
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cover_artist = Rchard V. Corben
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction, fantasy short stories
publisher = Doubleday
release_date = 1978
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = xv, 301 pp
isbn = NA
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"The Best of L. Sprague de Camp" is a 1978 collection of writings by science fiction and fantasy author L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardback by Nelson Doubleday and in paperback by Ballantine Books the same year. It has also been translated into German.

The book contains short works of fiction and poetry by the author, together with an introduction by fellow science fiction writer Poul Anderson.

Contents

*"L. Sprague de Camp — Engineer and Sorcerer" by Poul Anderson
*"Hyperpilosity"
*"Language for Time Travelers"
*"The Command"
*"The Merman"
*"Employment"
*"The Gnarly Man"
*"Reward of Virtue" (poem)
*"Nothing in the Rules"
*"The Hardwood Pile"
*"The Reluctant Shaman"
*"The Inspector's Teeth"
*"The Guided Man"
*"The Ameba" (poem)
*"Judgment Day"
*"A Gun for Dinosaur"
*"The Emperor's Fan"
*"Two Yards of Dragon"
*"The Little Green Men" (poem)
*"Author's Afterward"

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=28 | date=1983