A Rendezvous in Averoigne
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A Rendezvous in Averoigne is a collection of science fiction
, fantasy and horror
stories by author Clark Ashton Smith
. It was released in 1988
by Arkham House
in an edition of 5,025 copies. The collection contains stories from Smith's major story cycles of Averoigne
, Hyperborea
, Poseidonis
, Xiccarph
, and Zothique
.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, fantasy and horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
stories by author Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne...
. It was released in 1988
1988 in literature
The year 1988 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye*J.G. Ballard - Memories of the Space Age*Iain M...
by Arkham House
Arkham House
Arkham House is a publishing house specializing in weird fiction founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to preserve in hardcover the best fiction of H.P. Lovecraft. The company's name is derived from Lovecraft's fictional New England city, Arkham. Arkham House...
in an edition of 5,025 copies. The collection contains stories from Smith's major story cycles of Averoigne
Averoigne
Averoigne is a fictional counterpart of a historical province in France, detailed in a series of short stories by the American writer Clark Ashton Smith. Smith based Averoigne on the actual province of Auvergne.- History :...
, Hyperborea
Hyperborean cycle
The Hyperborean cycle is a series of short stories by Clark Ashton Smith that take place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea . Various elements in Smith's cycle have been borrowed by H. P. Lovecraft, most notably the "toad-god" Tsathoggua...
, Poseidonis
Poseidonis
Poseidonis is an imagined last remnant of the lost continent of Atlantis, detailed in a series of short stories by Clark Ashton Smith. Smith based Poseidonis on Theosophical scriptures about Atlantis, and his concept of "the last isle of foundering Atlantis" is echoed by the Isle of Meneltarma in...
, Xiccarph
Xiccarph
Xiccarph is a collection of fantasy short stories by Clark Ashton Smith, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the forty-first volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in February 1972. It was the third themed collection of Smith's works...
, and Zothique
Zothique
Zothique is an imagined future continent featured in a series of short stories by Clark Ashton Smith. Zothique is also the title of the cycle of tales which take place there. In terms of number and extent, the Zothique cycle is the largest collection of stories written by Smith...
.
Contents
A Rendezvous in Averoigne contains the following stories:- "Introduction", by Ray BradburyRay BradburyRay Douglas Bradbury is an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man , Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th...
- Averoigne
- "The Holines of Azédarac"
- "The Colossus of Ylourgne"
- "The End of the Story"
- "A Rendezvous in Averoigne"
- Atlantis
- "The Last Incantation"
- "The Death of Malygris"
- "A Voyage to Sfanomoë"
- Hyperborea
- "The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan"
- "The Seven Geases"
- "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros"
- "The Coming of the White Worm"
- Lost Worlds
- "The City of the Singing Flame"
- "The Dweller in the Gulf"
- "The Chain of Aforgomon"
- "Genius Loci"
- "The Maze of Maal Dweb"
- "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis"
- "The Uncharted Isle"
- "The Planet of the Dead"
- "Master of the Asteroid"
- Zothique
- "The Empire of the Necromancers"
- "The Charnel God"
- "Xeethra"
- "The Dark Eidolon"
- "The Death of Ilalotha"
- "The Last Hieroglyph"
- "Necromancy in Naat"
- "The Garden of Adompha"
- "The Isle of the Torturers"
- "Morthylla"