The Young Magicians

Infobox Book |
name = The Young Magicians
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Cover of "The Young Magicians"
author = edited by Lin Carter
cover_artist = Sheryl Slavitt
country = United States
language = English
series = Ballantine Adult Fantasy series
genre = Fantasy short stories
publisher = Ballantine Books
release_date = 1969
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages =
isbn = NA
preceded_by = Dragons, Elves, and Heroes
followed_by = Golden Cities, Far

"The Young Magicians" is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1969 as the seventh volume of its celebrated "Ballantine Adult Fantasy series". It was the second such anthology assembled by Carter for the series, issued simultaneously with the first, "Dragons, Elves, and Heroes".

The book collects eighteen fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter.

Contents

*"Introduction: Diana's Foresters" (Lin Carter)
*"Rapunzel" (William Morris)
*"The Sword of Welleran" (Lord Dunsany)
*"In Valhalla" (E.R. Eddison)
*"The Way of Ecben" (James Branch Cabell)
*"The Quest of Iranon" (H. P. Lovecraft)
*"The Cats of Ulthar" (H. P. Lovecraft)
*"The Maze of Maal Dweb" (Clark Ashton Smith)
*"The Whelming of Oom" (Lin Carter)
*"Through the Dragon Glass" (A. Merritt)
*"The Valley of the Worm" (Robert E. Howard)
*"Heldendämmerung" (poem) (L. Sprague de Camp)
*"Cursed be the City" (Henry Kuttner)
*"Ka the Appalling" (L. Sprague de Camp)
*"Turjan of Miir" (Jack Vance)
*"Narnian Suite" (poem) (C.S. Lewis)
*"Once Upon a Time" (poem) (J.R.R. Tolkien)
*"The Dragon's Visit" (poem) (J.R.R. Tolkien)
*"Azlon" (Lin Carter)