A Rendezvous in Averoigne (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Clark Ashton Smith
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Various times between antiquity and the far future
- Setting: Earth and other planets
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Future, Other worlds, Earth, Vampires, Atlantis
- Locales: Earth, Fictional planets
The Plot
Clark Ashton Smith’s short stories in A Rendezvous in Averoigne display a remarkable vista of worlds that are filled with powerful wizards and hideous monsters. The collection is divided into five sections. The first, “Averoigne,” contains four stories set in a French province in the Middle Ages. The second, “Atlantis,” contains three tales of the final days of a legendary lost continent. The lost polar continent of “Hyperborea” serves as the setting for the next four tales. “Lost Worlds” contains nine stories set in a variety of fantastic...
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