New Worlds for Old
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| New Worlds for Old | |
 Cover of New Worlds for Old |
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| Author | edited by Lin Carter |
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| Cover artist | David Johnston |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ballantine Adult Fantasy series |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy short stories |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Publication date | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-345-02365-X |
| Preceded by | Golden Cities, Far |
| Followed by | The Spawn of Cthulhu |
For the 1908 study of socialism by H.G. Wells, see New Worlds for Old (H. G. Wells).
For the 1963 science fiction anthology edited by August Derleth, see New Worlds for Old (Derleth).
New Worlds for Old is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September 1971 as the thirty-fifth volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. It was the fourth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series.
The book collects fifteen fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter.
[edit] Contents
- "Introduction: Makers of Worlds" (Lin Carter)
- "The Third Episode of Vathek" (William Beckford; translated by Clark Ashton Smith)
- "Silence: a Fable" (Edgar Allan Poe)
- "The Romance of Photgen and Nycteris" (George MacDonald)
- "The Sphinx" (Oscar Wilde)
- "The Fall of Babbulkund" (Lord Dunsany)
- "The Green Meadow" (H. P. Lovecraft)
- "The Feast in the House of the Worm" (Gary Myers)
- "Zingazar" (Lin Carter)
- "A Wine of Wizardry" (George Sterling)
- "The Garden of Fear" (Robert E. Howard)
- "Jirel Meets Magic" (C. L. Moore)
- "Duar the Accursed" (Clifford Ball)
- "The Hashish Eater, or, the Apocalypse of Evil" (poem) (Clark Ashton Smith)
- "The Party at Lady Cusp-Canine's" (Mervyn Peake)
- "The Sword of Power (from Khymyrium)" (Lin Carter)
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