Kingdoms of Sorcery

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Kingdoms of Sorcery: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy
Dust cover of Kingdoms of Sorcery: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy
Author	edited by Lin Carter
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy short stories
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1976
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	218 p.
ISBN	0-385-09975-4

Kingdoms of Sorcery: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy is a 1976 anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday.

The book collects sixteen tales and excerpts from novels from five eras of fantasy writing, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter.

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• "Magic Casements: An Introduction" (Lin Carter)
• I. The Forerunners of Modern Fantasy

• "The History of Babouc the Scythian" (Voltaire)
• "The Palace of Subterranean Fire" (William Beckford)
• "The Witch Woman" (George Macdonald)

• II. Fantasy as Saga

• "The Folk of the Mountain Door" (William Morris)
• "A Night-Piece on Ambremerine" - from Mistress of Mistresses (E. R. Eddison)
• "Dr. Meliboë the Enchanter" - from The Well of the Unicorn (Fletcher Pratt)
• "The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar" - from Swords Against Wizardry (Fritz Leiber)

• III. Fantasy as Parable

• "Shadow and Silence" (Edgar Allan Poe)
• "Fables from the Edge of Night" (Clark Ashton Smith)
• "The Tomb of the God" (Robert H. Barlow)

• IV. Fantasy as Anecdote

• "Merlyn Vs. Madame Mim" - from The Sword in the Stone (T. H. White)
• "The Owl and the Ape" (L. Sprague de Camp)
• "The Twelve Wizards of Ong" (Lin Carter)

• V. Fantasy as Epic

• "Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time" - from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
• "The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm" - from The Fellowship of the Ring (J. R. R. Tolkien)
• "The Story of the Blessing of El-Ahrairah" - from Watership Down (Richard Adams)

• "More Magic Casements. Suggestions for Further Reading" (Lin Carter)