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None But Lucifer 
first book publication of None But LuciferAuthor(s) Horace L. Gold and L. Sprague de Camp Country United States Language English Genre(s) Fantasy novel Publisher Gateways Retro Science Fiction Publication date 2002 Media type Print (Paperback) Pages 218 pp ISBN ISBN 089556128X OCLC Number 49618893 Dewey Decimal 813/.54 21 LC Classification PR9199.3.G5975 N66 2002 None But Lucifer is a fantasy novel written by Horace L. Gold and L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in the fantasy magazine Unknown in September 1939. Despite its good reception by the readership and the prominence of its authors (Gold was the founding editor of Galaxy Science Fiction magazine, and de Camp quickly became a leading light of science fiction and fantasy during those genres' so-called "golden age"), the book remained unpublished in book form for over sixty years, until finally issued as a trade paperback by Gateways Retro Science Fiction in 2002. It is also available as an electronic publication.
Plot summary
The book is a dark fantasy, a version of the Faust legend set in New York City during the Great Depression. A man named Hale makes a deal with the devil and then attempts to cheat his fate of eternal damnation. Ironically, his very success in defeating Lucifer ensures his own undoing.
References
- Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. p. 218.
External links
Works by L. Sprague de Camp Viagens Interplanetarias Krishna"Finished" (1949) · "Perpetual Motion" (1950) · The Queen of Zamba (1949) · "Calories" (1951) · The Hand of Zei (1950) · The Hostage of Zir (1977) · The Prisoner of Zhamanak (1982) · The Virgin of Zesh (1953) · The Bones of Zora (1983) · The Tower of Zanid (1958) · The Swords of Zinjaban (1991)
KukulkanThe Stones of Nomuru (1988) · The Venom Trees of Sunga (1992)
Other"The Animal-Cracker Plot" (1949) · "The Colorful Character" (1949) · "The Continent Makers" (1951) · "The Galton Whistle" (1951) · "Git Along!" (1950) · "The Inspector's Teeth" (1950) · Rogue Queen (1951) · "Summer Wear" (1950)
CollectionsHarold Shea (with Fletcher Pratt and others) de Camp/
Pratt canon"The Roaring Trumpet" (1940) · "The Mathematics of Magic" (1940) · The Castle of Iron (1941/50) · "The Wall of Serpents" (1953) · "The Green Magician" (1954) · "Sir Harold and the Gnome King" (1990) · "Sir Harold of Zodanga" (1995)
Additions
by others"Professor Harold and the Trustees" (1992) · "Sir Harold and the Monkey King" (1992) · "Knight and the Enemy" (1992) · "Arms and the Enchanter" (1992) · "Enchanter Kiev" (1995) · "Sir Harold and the Hindu King" (1995) · "Harold Shakespeare" (1995) · "Return to Xanadu" (2005)
CollectionsThe Incomplete Enchanter (1941) · Wall of Serpents (collection) (1960) · The Compleat Enchanter (1975) · The Complete Compleat Enchanter (1989) · The Enchanter Reborn (1992) · The Exotic Enchanter (1995) · The Mathematics of Magic (2007)
Pusadian series StoriesThe Tritonian Ring (1951) · "The Eye of Tandyla" (1951) · "The Owl and the Ape" (1951) · "The Hungry Hercynian" (1953) · "The Stone of the Witch Queen" (1977) · "Ka the Appalling" (1958) · "The Rug and the Bull" (1974) · "The Stronger Spell" (1953)
CollectionsNovarian series Stories"The Emperor's Fan" (1973) · The Fallible Fiend (1973) · The Goblin Tower (1968) · The Clocks of Iraz (1971) · The Unbeheaded King (1983) · The Honorable Barbarian (1989)
CollectionsThe Reluctant King (1985)
The Incorporated Knight NovelsThe Incorporated Knight (1987) · The Pixilated Peeress (1991)
Conan series (with Robert E. Howard and others) NovelsConan and the Spider God (1980) · Conan of the Isles (1968) · Conan the Barbarian (1982) · Conan the Buccaneer (1971) · Conan the Liberator (1979) · The Return of Conan (1957)
Short stories"Black Sphinx of Nebthu" (1973) · "The Treasure of Tranicos" (1953) · "Black Tears" (1968) · "The Blood-Stained God" (1955) · "The Castle of Terror" (1969) · "The City of Skulls" (1967) · "The Curse of the Monolith" (1968) · "Drums of Tombalku" (1966) · The Flame Knife (1955/81) · "The Frost Giant's Daughter" Conan (1953) · "The Gem in the Tower" (1978) · "The God in the Bowl" (1952) · "The Hall of the Dead" (1967) · "Hawks Over Shem" (1955) · "The Ivory Goddess" (1978) · "The Lair of the Ice Worm" (1969) · "Legions of the Dead" (1978) · "Moon of Blood" (1978) · "The People of the Summit" (1970/78) · "Red Moon of Zembabwei" (1974) · "The Road of the Eagles" (1955) · "Shadows in the Dark" (1978) · "Shadows in the Skull" (1975) · "The Snout in the Dark" (1969) · "The Star of Khorala" (1978) · "The Thing in the Crypt" (1967) · "The Witch of the Mists" (1972) · "Wolves Beyond the Border" (1967)
CollectionsConan (1967) · The Conan Chronicles (1989) · The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990) · Conan of Aquilonia (1977) · Conan of Cimmeria (1969) · Conan the Adventurer (1966) · Conan the Avenger (1968) · Conan the Freebooter (1968) · Conan the Swordsman (1978) · Conan the Usurper (1967) · Conan the Wanderer (1968) · Sagas of Conan (2004) · Tales of Conan (1955) · The Treasure of Tranicos (1980)
Other speculative fiction NovelsThe Carnelian Cube (1948) · Genus Homo (1950) · The Glory That Was (1960) · The Great Fetish (1978) · Land of Unreason (1942) · Lest Darkness Fall (1941) · None But Lucifer (1939) · Solomon's Stone (1942)
Short stories"Aristotle and the Gun" (1958) · "A Gun for Dinosaur" (1956) · "Judgment Day" (1955) · "The Wheels of If" (1940)
CollectionsAristotle and the Gun (2002) · The Best of L. Sprague de Camp (1978) · Divide and Rule (1948) · Footprints on Sand (1981) · A Gun for Dinsaur (1963) · The Purple Pterodactyls (1980) · The Reluctant Shaman (1970) · Rivers of Time (1993) · Scribblings (1972) · Sprague de Camp's New Anthology (1953) · Tales from Gavagan's Bar (1953/78) · The Undesired Princess (1951) · The Virgin & the Wheels (1976) · The Wheels of If (1948) · Years in the Making (2005)
Historical fiction NovelsThe Dragon of the Ishtar Gate (1961) · The Arrows of Hercules (1965) · An Elephant for Aristotle (1958) · The Bronze God of Rhodes (1960) · The Golden Wind (1969)
Fiction edited AnthologiesThe Fantastic Swordsmen (1967) · The Spell of Seven (1965) · Swords and Sorcery (1963) · Tales Beyond Time (1973) · 3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1972) · Warlocks and Warriors (1970)
Single authorConan the Conqueror (1967) · Conan the Warrior (1967) · The Wolf Leader (1950)
Nonfiction edited Multi-authorThe Blade of Conan (1979) · The Conan Grimoire (1972) · The Conan Swordbook (1969) · The Spell of Conan (1980)
Single authorTo Quebec and the Stars (1976)
Poetry Demons and Dinosaurs (1970) · Heroes and Hobgoblins (1981) · Phantoms and Fancies (1972)
Categories:- 1939 novels
- American fantasy novels
- Novels by L. Sprague de Camp
- Works originally published in Unknown (magazine)
- Novels set in New York City
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