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Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic.He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin.He is best known for his work in the 1970s as editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, which introduced readers to ...
Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H.P. Lowcraft (for an H.P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin.
Lin Carter's Anton Zarnak, Supernatural Sleuth. Edited by and with intro "The Many Incarnations of Anton Zarnak" by Robert M. Price. (Marietta Publishing, 2000). Collects Carter's three stories of this occult detective character together with stories of Zarnak by other authors including Price, Joseph S. Pulver, Pierre Comtois, C.J. Henderson ...
Lin Carter has 474 books on Goodreads with 88755 ratings. Lin Carter's most popular series is Thongor
Nov 1, 1972 · Lin Carter was the ultimate fanboy of both ERB's John Carter of Mars and REH's Conan the Barbarian. In 'Under the Green Star' he manages to make an amalgam of both iconic characters. At the same time, the opening chapters provide a stellar explanation of soul-casting (astral journeying) in a way that somehow manages to improve upon ERB's John Carter series, since ERB never goes into detail ...
(1930-1988) Linwood Vrooman Carter, as an author, a critic, and the first editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series, was highly influential in the field of fantasy literature.He published numerous fantasy and science fiction novels (most seem to blend the genres), collections, and anthologies. He wrote under the names Lin Carter, H. P. Lowcraft, and Grail Undwin and he often worked closely ...
Jandar of Callisto by Lin Carter, Dell Books, 1972. The Callisto series is a sequence of eight science fiction novels by Lin Carter, of the sword and planet subgenre, first published by Dell Books from 1972-1978. They were written in homage to the Barsoom and Amtor novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
If J R R Tolkien was the single author most responsible for the existence of Fantasy as a modern publishing genre then the single editor and critic with the same claim was Lin Carter. His tireless advocacy of both modern fantasy writers and their historical forbears as the first editor on the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series was hugely influential.
Working name of US author and editor Linwood Vrooman Carter (1930-1988), most of whose work of any significance was done in the field of Heroic Fantasy, an area of concentration he went some way to define in his critical study of relevant texts and techniques, Imaginary Worlds (1973).Most of his criticism was closely linked to his strong interest in fantasy; specific studies include Tolkien: A ...
Jun 9, 2020 · Lin Carter (1930-1988) blazed a trail in fantasy literary criticism, and for that we owe him a debt. Today on what would have been his 90th birthday I celebrate his pioneering efforts as a historian and guide, thank him for treating fantastic material with respect and enthusiasm—and also offer some critique I think he might have welcomed.
