Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants: Essays on Literature, Film, and History by L. Sprague de Camp (Borgo Press, 1996, 978-0-89370-454-4, $19.00, 144pp, tp, co)
Non-fiction, collection of 13 essays on literature, film, and history, with an introduction by de Camp, notes, and an index.
Details taken from online listing.
- 5 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in
- 7 · Silent Specters, Spiders, and Sauropods · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Starlog August 1986
- 14 · The Con Man from Bagdad · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact mid December 1987, as “Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants”
- 22 · Three Thirds of a Hero · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Scribblings by L. Sprague de Camp, NESFA, 1972
- 31 · Lovecraft: Failed Aristocrat · L. Sprague de Camp · ex The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1975 [Ref. H. P. Lovecraft]
from the forthcoming book Lovecraft: A Biography (Doubleday, February 1975).
- 43 · Conan, Illusion, and Reality · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Ares #2, May 1980
- 53 · Thoats, Tharks,and Thews · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Starlog April 1987
- 63 · Pseudohistory · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Amra v2 #70, 1981
- 68 · Books That Never Were · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Scribblings by L. Sprague de Camp, NESFA, 1972
- 76 · The Man Who Invented R. & D. · L. Sprague de Camp · ar
- 81 · Brachiating in the Family Tree · L. Sprague de Camp · ar The Humanist March/April 1989
- 89 · Lovecraft and the Aryans · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Blond Barbarians & Noble Savages by L. Sprague de Camp, T-K Graphics, 1975
- 103 · Howard and the Celts · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Blond Barbarians & Noble Savages by L. Sprague de Camp, T-K Graphics, 1975 [Ref. Robert E. Howard]
- 115 · The Heroic Barbarian · L. Sprague de Camp · ar Blond Barbarians & Noble Savages by L. Sprague de Camp, T-K Graphics, 1975
based on “Barbarians I Have Known” (Amra v2 #59, February 1973).
- 127 · Notes · [uncredited] · ms
- 131 · Index · [uncredited] · ms
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