The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
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The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith is a transcription of a notebook that was kept by author Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1979 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,588 copies. The book was transcribed from Smith's notebook by Donald Sidney-Fryer and Robert A. ('Rah') Hoffman. Appended to the transcription are two memoirs of Smith by George F. Haas.
Contents
The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith contains the following:
- "Foreword", by Marvin R. Hiemstra
- The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
- "A Note on the Text"
- "Explanation of Editorial Devices"
- "Index by Title"
- "The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith"
- "Excerpts from The Black Book"
- "Appendix of Finished Poems"
- "Song of the Necromancer"
- "Dominium in Excelsis"
- "Shapes in the Sunset"
- "Don Quixote on Market Street"
- "Soliloquy in an Ebon Tower"
- "The Isle of Saturn"
- "The Centaur"
- "Ye Shall Return"
- "Thebaid"
- "Appendix of Published Epigrams and Pensées"
- Two Memoirs of Smith by George F. Haas
- "As I Remember Klarkash-ton"
- "Memories of Klarkash-ton"
See also
Sources
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 122. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 53.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 144–145. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 125–126. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
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Works of Clark Ashton Smith
- "The Black Abbot of Puthuum"
- "The Charnel God"
- "The Dark Eidolon"
- "The Death of Ilalotha"
- "The Empire of the Necromancers"
- "The Isle of the Torturers"
- "The Last Hieroglyph"
- "A Night in Malnéant"
- "The Ninth Skeleton"
- "The Return of the Sorcerer"
- "Sadastor"
- "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros"
- "The Testament of Athammaus"
- "The Voyage of King Euvoran"
- "The Weaver in the Vault"
- "The Witchcraft of Ulua"
- "Xeethra"
- Out of Space and Time
- Lost Worlds
- Genius Loci and Other Tales
- The Dark Chateau
- Spells and Philtres
- The Abominations of Yondo
- Tales of Science and Sorcery
- Poems in Prose
- Other Dimensions
- Zothique
- Hyperborea
- Xiccarph
- Poseidonis
- Selected Poems
- The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
- A Rendezvous in Averoigne
- The Emperor of Dreams
- Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith
- Averoigne
- Hyperborea
- Zothique
- Poseidonis
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Cykranosh
- Philip Hastane
- Tsathoggua