Lin Carter's Simrana Cycle
Lin Carter's Simrana Cycle is a collection of fantasy short stories by American writer Lin Carter, selected and edited by Robert M. Price. It was first published in hardcover, trade paperback and ebook by Celaeno Press in February 2018. Summary The collection gathers together all twelve of Carter's tales set in his Lord Dunsany-inspired "dreamworld" of Simrana, some previously published and a few previously unpublished, including two newly completed by Robert M. Price and Glynn Owen Barrass. One story, previously published in two versions, "The Gods of Neol Shendis" and "The Gods of Nion Parma," is included in both forms. Appended are nine "Dunsanian" stories written as tributes to Carter and Simrana by Darrell Schweitzer, Gary Myers, Adrian Cole, Charles Garofalo, and Robert M. Price, along with some of the original stories that inspired Carter, eight by Lord Dunsany himself and one by Henry Kuttner. Contents "Introduction" (from Lin Carter: A Look Behind his Imaginary Worlds, 1991) "The Gods of Nion Parma" (from Warlocks and Warriors, 1970) "The Whelming of Oom" (from The Young Magicians, 1969) "Zingazar" (from New Worlds for Old, 1971) "How Sargoth Lay Siege to Zaremm" (from Swordsmen and Supermen, 1972) "The Laughter of Han" (from Fantasy