L. Sprague De Camp
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The son of parents both of whom died insane, Lovecraft became a powerful philosophical thinker. Here is the bizarre tale of his habits; his tragi-comic literary and marital careers; his key role in the origin of science-fiction fandom; and how he worked his nightmares and neuroses into the stories that became a legend after his death.
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"From Sicily and ancient Syracuse to the Middle East with Jerusalem and Babylon, from Anurâdhapura in Ceylon, to the great Mediterranean cultures of Carthage, Rome and Constantinople--wherever civilization flourished in the ancient world, great cities grew. In this lavishly illustrated book, L. Sprague de Camp portrays the magnificence of fourteen ancient cities at their height. With detailed maps and careful reconstruction, he outlines the plan...