L. Sprague de Camp

Honors and Awards

YearAwardWork
1997 Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book Time and Chance: an Autobiography
1953 International Fantasy Award for Non-fiction Lands Beyond
1997 Nominated - Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book Time and Chance: an Autobiography
1997 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction Time and Chance: an Autobiography
2006 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Collection Years in the Making: the Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp
1993 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Short Story The Round-Eyed Barbarians
1971 Nominated - Locus Award for Best Anthology The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales
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Written works by L. Sprague de Camp

TitlePublishedGenre
Lest Darkness Fall 1941 Alternate history
The Great Monkey Trial 1968
Solomon's Stone 1957 Fantasy
The Bronze God of Rhodes 1960 Historical novel
An Elephant for Aristotle 1958 Historical novel
The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate 1961 Historical novel
The Golden Wind 1969 Historical novel
Energy and Power 1962 Science
Engines 1959
Elephant 1964
Man and Power 1961
Darwin and His Great Discovery 1972
The Day of the Dinosaur 1968
The Arrows of Hercules 1965 Historical novel
The Heroic Age of American Invention 1961
The Ancient Engineers 1963 Philosophy
Ancient Ruins and Archaeology 1964
The Story of Science in America 1967 Science
Spirits, Stars, and Spells 1966 History
The Ragged Edge of Science 1980
Great Cities of the Ancient World 1972 History
Lost Continents 1954
The Fringe of the Unknown 1983 Science
Lands Beyond 1952 History
Lovecraft: a Biography 1975 Biography
Dark Valley Destiny 1983 Biography
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers 1976
The Evolution of Naval Weapons 1947
The Miscast Barbarian 1975 Biography
The Undesired Princess 1951 Fantasy
The Honorable Barbarian Fantasy
The Goblin Tower Fantasy
The Clocks of Iraz Fantasy
Footprints on Sand 1981 Fantasy
The Queen of Zamba 1977 Science Fiction
Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants 1996
Land of Unreason 1942 Fantasy
The Carnelian Cube Fantasy
Time and Chance: an Autobiography 1996 Biography
Scribblings 1972 Science Fiction
The Hand of Zei 1981 Science Fiction
The Hostage of Zir 1977 Science Fiction
Inventions and Their Management 1937
The Best of L. Sprague de Camp 1978 Fantasy
A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales 1963 Science Fiction
The Wheels of If and Other Science Fiction 1948 Science Fiction
Sprague de Camp's New Anthology of Science Fiction 1953 Science Fiction
The Virgin & the Wheels 1976 Science Fiction
Demons and Dinosaurs 1970 Poetry
Phantoms and Fancies 1972 Poetry
Heroes and Hobgoblins 1981 Poetry
Aristotle and the Gun and Other Stories 2002 Fantasy
Rivers of Time 1993 Science Fiction
Years in the Making: the Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp 2005 Science Fiction
The Purple Pterodactyls 1980 Fantasy
The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales 1970 Fantasy
Tales from Gavagan's Bar 1953 Fantasy
The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales Fantasy
The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens 1953 Science Fiction
Divide and Rule 1948 Science Fiction
Blond Barbarians and Noble Savages 1975 Biography
Conan and the Spider God Sword and sorcery
Antarctic Conquest 1949
Conan the Liberator Sword and sorcery
The Ape-Man Within 1995 Science
Conan the Barbarian Sword and sorcery
The Glory That Was Science Fiction
Conan of the Isles Fantasy
Conan the Avenger Fantasy
The Return of Conan Sword and sorcery
Genus Homo 1950 Science Fiction
Conan of Aquilonia Fantasy
Science-Fiction Handbook 1953
Conan of Cimmeria Fantasy
Conan the Adventurer Fantasy
Conan the Freebooter Fantasy
Conan Fantasy
Conan the Usurper Fantasy
Conan the Wanderer Fantasy
Conan the Buccaneer Sword and sorcery
Conan the Swordsman Fantasy
Tales of Conan Fantasy
To Quebec and the Stars 1976
The Incorporated Knight Fantasy
The Pixilated Peeress Fantasy
Sagas of Conan Fantasy
The Virgin of Zesh 1976 Science Fiction
The Virgin of Zesh & The Tower of Zanid Science Fiction
The Treasure of Tranicos Fantasy
The Flame Knife Fantasy
The Conan Chronicles Fantasy
The Conan Chronicles 2 Fantasy
The Reluctant King Fantasy
The Fallible Fiend Fantasy
The Incomplete Enchanter 1941 Fantasy
The Castle of Iron 1950 Fantasy
Wall of Serpents 1960 Fantasy
The Conan Reader Sword and sorcery
The Conan Grimoire Essay
The Conan Swordbook Essay
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Places L. Sprague de Camp has lived

Map showing Places Lived by L. Sprague de Camp
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A New York City 8,336,697
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Which educational institution did L. Sprague de Camp attend?
  • A:
    L. Sprague de Camp went to school at Stevens Institute of Technology.
  • Q:
    Which popular books have been published by author, L. Sprague de Camp?
  • A:
    Well known written works include:
    - Demons and Dinosaurs
    - Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
    - Heroes and Hobgoblins
    - Phantoms and Fancies
    - The Incomplete Enchanter
    - Land of Unreason
    - The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens
  • Q:
    Where was L. Sprague de Camp born?
  • A:
    L. Sprague de Camp was born in New York.
  • Q:
    In what field of work did L. Sprague de Camp specialize?
  • A:
    L. Sprague de Camp was an accomplished writer and novelist.
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