Lost Worlds (Carter short story collection) explained

Lost Worlds
Author:	Lin Carter
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Publisher:	DAW Books
Release Date:	1980
Media Type:	Print (paperback)
Pages:	176
Isbn:	0-87997-556-3
Oclc:	7467421

Lost Worlds is a collectionfantasy short stories edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in 1980. It was reissued in hardcover and paperback by Wildside Press in May 2008, and in ebook by Gateway/Orion in May 2020. The book collects eight stories by Carter, including three started by other writers and completed by Carter. It uses the subject of such "lost worlds" as Atlantis, Mu, Valusia, and other "sunken continents beyond memory," together with an introduction and afterword by the author.

Contents

• "The Scroll of Morloc" (by Clark Ashton Smith, completed by Carter)
• "The Stairs in the Crypt" (by Clark Ashton Smith, completed by Carter)
• "The Thing in the Pit"
• "Thieves of Zangabal"
• "Keeper of the Emerald Flame"
• "Riders Beyond the Sunrise" (by Robert E. Howard, completed by Caerter)
• "The Twelve Wizards of Ong"
• "The Seal of Zaon Sathla"

Reception

The book was reviewed by Mark Willard in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1983.