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'''Lyon Sprague de Camp''' ([[November 27]], [[1907]] – [[November 6]], [[2000]]) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy books, non-fiction and biography. | '''Lyon Sprague de Camp''' ([[November 27]], [[1907]] – [[November 6]], [[2000]]) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy books, non-fiction and biography. | ||
In 1963, | In 1963, de Camp sent [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] a copy of his anthology ''[[Swords and Sorcery]]''. In February 1967, de Camp visited Tolkien for an interview <ref>[[Dale Nelson|Nelson, Dale]], "Howard, Robert E. (1906-36)", in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia]]'' ([[Michael D.C. Drout]], ed.), p.287</ref>: | ||
{{quote|[Tolkien] said he found [the anthology] interesting but did not much like the stories in it [...] We sat in the garage for a couple of hours, smoking pipes, drinking beer, and talking about a variety of things. Practically anything in English literature, from Beowulf down, Tolkien had read and could talk intelligently about. He indicated that he 'rather liked' Howard's Conan stories.|''[[Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers]]'', pp.243-4}} | {{quote|[Tolkien] said he found [the anthology] interesting but did not much like the stories in it [...] We sat in the garage for a couple of hours, smoking pipes, drinking beer, and talking about a variety of things. Practically anything in English literature, from Beowulf down, Tolkien had read and could talk intelligently about. He indicated that he 'rather liked' Howard's Conan stories.|''[[Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers]]'', pp.243-4}} | ||
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Lyon Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy books, non-fiction and biography.
In 1963, de Camp sent J.R.R. Tolkien a copy of his anthology Swords and Sorcery. In February 1967, de Camp visited Tolkien for an interview [1]:
- "[Tolkien] said he found [the anthology] interesting but did not much like the stories in it [...] We sat in the garage for a couple of hours, smoking pipes, drinking beer, and talking about a variety of things. Practically anything in English literature, from Beowulf down, Tolkien had read and could talk intelligently about. He indicated that he 'rather liked' Howard's Conan stories."
- ― Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers, pp.243-4
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References
- ↑ Nelson, Dale, "Howard, Robert E. (1906-36)", in J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia (Michael D.C. Drout, ed.), p.287
