Echoes of Valor II (Echoes of Valor #2)
Karl Edward Wagner, Ray Bradbury, Robert E. Howard, Leigh Brackett, C.L. Moore
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· 3 ratings · 288 pages · Published: 25 Oct 1989
ROBERT E. HOWARD'S "The Frost-King's Daughter," the adventure that led to his immortal Conan series;
LEIGH BRACKETT and RAY BRADBURY'S "Lorelei of the Red Mist," a nearly-forgotten collaboration by two of fantasy's all-time greats;
MANLY WADE WELLMAN;S "Hok Visits the Land of Legends," the last of Wellman's Stone Age fantasies;
and four rare Northwest Smith stories from the unmistakable pen of C.L. MOORE!
Contents:
2 • Introduction: Robert E. Howard • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
7 • The Frost King's Daughter • shortfiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of Gods of the North 1934)
16 • The Frost-Giant's Daughter • [Conan] • (1976) • shortstory by Robert E. Howard
29 • Introduction: C. L. Moore • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
36 • An Autobiographical Sketch of C. L. Moore • essay by C. L. Moore
40 • Quest of the Starstone • [Jirel of Joiry] • (1937) • novelette by C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner
73 • Nymph of Darkness • [Northwest Smith] • (1935) • shortstory by C. L. Moore and Forrest J. Ackerman
90 • The Genesis of an Invisible Venusienne • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
92 • The "Nymph" o' Maniack • (1948) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
102 • Werewoman • [Northwest Smith] • (1938) • novelette by C. L. Moore
129 • Foreword to "Song in a Minor Key" • essay by Sam Moskowitz
131 • Song in a Minor Key • [Northwest Smith] • (1940) • shortstory by C. L. Moore
137 • Introduction: Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
141 • Lorelei of the Red Mist • (1946) • novella by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury
209 • Introduction: Manly Wade Wellman • essay by Karl Edward Wagner
213 • Hok Visits the Land of Legends • [Hok] • (1942) • novella by Manly Wade Wellman
273 • Untitled Hok Fragment • [Hok] • shortfiction by Manly Wade Wellman