Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I explained

Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I
Editor:	Lin Carter
Cover Artist:	Gervasio Gallardo
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Series:	Ballantine Adult Fantasy series
Publisher:	Ballantine Books
Release Date:	1972
Media Type:	Print (paperback)
Preceded By:	Discoveries in Fantasy
Followed By:	Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II

Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy I is an anthology of fantasy novellas, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September, 1972 as the fifty-second volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.^[1] It was the eighth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series.

Summary

The book collects four novellas by five fantasy authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter. It is a companion volume to Carter's subsequent collection Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II (1973).^[1]

Contents

• "Introduction" (Lin Carter)
• "The Wall of Serpents" (Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp)
• "The Kingdom of the Dwarfs" (Anatole France)
• "The Maker of Moons" (Robert W. Chambers)
• "The Hollow Land" (William Morris)

Reception

The book was reviewed by Everett F. Bleiler in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1983.

Notes and References

1. Carter, Lin. "Bibliography II: The Adult Fantasy Series," in , Ballantine Books, 1973.