The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith explained

The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
Author:	Clark Ashton Smith
Illustrator:	Andrew Smith
Cover Artist:	Andrew Smith
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Subject:	Notebook, memoir
Publisher:	Arkham House
Release Date:	1979
Media Type:	Print (Paperback)
Pages:	xv, 141
Isbn:	0-87054-087-4
Dewey:	813/.52
Congress:	PS3537.M335 B5
Oclc:	6303502

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:

1. "Foreword", by Marvin R. Hiemstra
2. 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"
3. Two Memoirs of Smith by George F. Haas
   • "As I Remember Klarkash-ton"
   • "Memories of Klarkash-ton"

See also

• Clark Ashton Smith bibliography

Sources

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