tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post7293728122166646471..comments2024-03-05T14:28:49.011-05:00Comments on Tolkien and Fantasy: Roundup: TS8, More Stybiorn news, etc. etc.Douglas A. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-85279726551523800112011-07-10T18:12:54.632-04:002011-07-10T18:12:54.632-04:00I have a paperback novel by Edison Marshall entitl...I have a paperback novel by Edison Marshall entitled The Lost Land. The blurb on the cover, which shows a prehistoric valley in the Antarctic (true to the setting of the novel), reads "A Thrilling journey to a world beyond Middle Earth and Narnia". The only copyright says 1966 by the Chilton Book Company, but the imprint is Curtis Books and it is # 502-07227 (75 cents). The cover Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-32616581537236783462011-07-01T01:37:49.215-04:002011-07-01T01:37:49.215-04:00This isn't an earliest example, but it may be ...This isn't an earliest example, but it may be in the running for the weirdest. The publisher's blurb for "Parsival" by Richard Monaco (Macmillan, 1977) described it as comparable to "The Lord of the Rings, Siddhartha, or Watership Down," which I expect were the first three fantasy novels the blurb-writer could think of.David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-48272258153557618432011-06-30T13:58:00.062-04:002011-06-30T13:58:00.062-04:00One more! The Lancer paperback of Pratt's The...One more! The Lancer paperback of Pratt's The Well of the Unicorn, dated as 1968 by Lin Carter in his Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings. Lancer cover copy: "An epic of other-world adventure in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien."Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-7543558973893807042011-06-21T16:51:11.453-04:002011-06-21T16:51:11.453-04:00A friend confirms that his Ace paperback of Herber...A friend confirms that his Ace paperback of Herbert's DUNE has this endorsement from Arthur C. Clarke:<br /><br />"Dune seems to me unique among modern novels in the depth of its<br />characterization and the extraordinary detail of the world it creates.<br />I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings."<br /><br />However, his edition lacks the N-3 numbering of theWurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-51610730641806165472011-06-20T10:50:37.124-04:002011-06-20T10:50:37.124-04:00Nancy Martsch pointed out to me that Ballantine...Nancy Martsch pointed out to me that Ballantine's July 1969 issue of Morris's "Wood Beyond the World" has this on the back cover: <br /><br />----William Morris has been described as "obviously a Nineteenth Century Tolkien"---Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-42390588706939945942011-06-15T21:16:13.651-04:002011-06-15T21:16:13.651-04:00Ballantine issued its paperback of E. R. Eddison&#...Ballantine issued its paperback of E. R. Eddison's Mistress of Mistresses in August 1967, with back cover copy: "The second volume in the fantasy classic most often compared with J. R. R. Tolkien."Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-8616134777202120102011-06-14T22:07:06.543-04:002011-06-14T22:07:06.543-04:00Paperback Library's edition (1968) of L. Sprag...Paperback Library's edition (1968) of L. Sprague de Camp's Tritonian Ring promised "Thrilling sword and sorcery for the fans of Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings.'" <br /><br />I wonder if this blurb and the Conan one were written with nudges (or copy?) from de Camp. Sword-and-sorcery is really different from Tolkienian fantasy, but I don't know that de Camp quite Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-89891756468406701302011-06-14T18:07:57.845-04:002011-06-14T18:07:57.845-04:00Three books published before 1970 certainly includ...Three books published before 1970 certainly included marketing allusions to Tolkien and I'm pretty sure about a fourth.<br /><br />1.Lancer's first paperback of the Cimmerian, Conan the Adventurer, promised "adventures more imaginative than 'Lord of the Rings.'" This book came out in 1966.<br /><br />2.Ace's paperback of Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Wurmbrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345523517796356674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-74334970882726242342011-06-10T16:25:51.551-04:002011-06-10T16:25:51.551-04:00Thanks for fixing the Amazon link! The TS8 order ...Thanks for fixing the Amazon link! The TS8 order page at the WVUP website seems to be working for me, but maybe I'm confused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-4596493476117764632011-06-10T15:27:53.919-04:002011-06-10T15:27:53.919-04:00Thanks, Doug. I think I got the Amazon link corre...Thanks, Doug. I think I got the Amazon link corrected, but I still don't see any means to order TS8 at the WVUP website. All of the other volumes (save TS6 which is OP), yes. I'll post an update when I'm certain the order function is working for it. Congrats on the paperback!Douglas A. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844859516228160123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6983947031591926293.post-39671323212760232002011-06-10T15:17:07.949-04:002011-06-10T15:17:07.949-04:00I just ordered TS 8 through the WVU Press order pa...I just ordered TS 8 through the WVU Press order page (I think). So hopefully it is working now.<br /><br />Thanks for note on the paperback of Arda Reconstructed. The Amazon link seems to be broken, so I thought I would add that here: http://www.amazon.com/Arda-Reconstructed-Creation-Published-Silmarillion/dp/1611460891/ref=tmm_pap_title_0<br /><br />But for those looking for the best possibleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com