APOSTLE OF LETTERS: A Critical Evaluation of the Life and Works of Lin Carter... Edited, with an Introduction by Stephen J. Servello... This book includes 13 articles and 2 Interviews with Carter himself... Authors include: Robert M. Price, Morgan Holmes, Phillip A. Ellis, J.G. Huckenpohler, Benjamin Szumskyj, James Stoddard, Michelle Robertson, Howard Andrew Jones, Gary Romeo, Dan Clore, G.W. Thomas, Andy Beau, Darrell Schweitzer, with an Afterword by Ron Hanna and stunning Cover Art by Jeff Doten... Subjects include: A Look Behind the Martian Stories, Thongor of Lemuria, The Best Short Stories, the Cthulhu Mythos fiction, the Heroic Blade, the Lin Carter Style, Phallocentrism in Modern Fantasy, the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series and many others.... This is the Definitive Collection of everything concerning one of Science Fiction and Fantasy's greatest contributors!
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By Robert Neri Jr
Jan 24, 2010
Interesting as I was very curious about Lin Carter since he seems to be so derrided as a pastiche author (came across him through the post Howard Conan novels and thought him a MONSTER) and generally believed to be not very original (which this work pretty much confirmed). The essays within didn't seem apologetic nor overtly championing him as a great misunderstood writer but gave me a better picture of an author that may have been overly enthusiastic about others' original ideas and probably wrote more for a paycheck than just pure passion. The only real gripe I have about this book is the 3rd essay (I Have Seen Yith and Yuggoth: Lin Carter's Dreams From R'lyeh) which was way too analytical of his poetry in technical terms which made it just bland and tortuous to read. The rest however was an entertaining read.
"I got to get a copy of this.." Because it would give me some insight where G.W. Thomas was coming from when publishing adventure and other stories in RAGE MACHINE Magazine. Money's been tight but cool to see a book like this is in market. Good luck Ron with getting it out there.
