Scribblings Explained

Scribblings
Author:	L. Sprague de Camp
Cover Artist:	M.H. Keith
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Science fiction
Publisher:	NESFA Press
Release Date:	1972
Media Type:	Print (hardback)
Pages:	95 pp

Scribblings is a 1972 collection of writings by American author L. Sprague de Camp to celebrate his appearance as Guest of Honor at Boskone IX, a convention sponsored by the New England Science Fiction Association. The Association served as publisher.^{[1] [2]}

The book contains short works of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and aphorisms. Among the stories are the complete set of de Camp's four short "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series of tall tales.

Contents

• "A Word of Explanation" (introduction)
• Probability Zero
  • "The Effects of Time Travel" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
  • "The Negative Wugug" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
  • "The Moveable Ears" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
  • "The Lusts of Professor Adams" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
• Jingles
  • "Preferences" (poem)
  • "Carnac" (poem)
  • "The Elephant" (poem)
  • "Leaves" (poem)
  • "The Trap" (poem)
  • "The Newt" (poem)
  • "African Night" (poem)
  • "A Night Club in Cairo" (poem)
  • "Xeroxing the Necromonicon" (poem)
• It Might Interest You to Know
  • "How to Hunt Dinosaurs" (essay)
  • "Pfui on Psi" (essay on psychic powers)
  • "Lost Cities" (essay)
  • "Government Bug-Hunter" (essay on Clinton Hart Merriam)
  • "Three Thirds of a Hero" (poem)
  • "Books That Never Were" (essay on lost and imaginary books)
• "Aphorisms" (aphorisms)

Notes and References

1. Book: Laughlin, Charlotte . Daniel J. H. Levack . De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography . San Francisco . Underwood/Miller . 1983 . 89–90.
2. "http://www.nesfa.org/press/Books/deCamp-0.html" - publication information at NESFA Press