A Hundred Candles for L. Sprague de Camp

[beamjockey]

drzarron remembered before I did: today is the birthday of L. Sprague de Camp (1907-2000), author of science fiction, fantasy, history, literary biography, science, and engineering books. Among other things.

Here's to you, Mr. de Camp!

Comments

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

I should claim brilliance but it was maiac and her excellent "Interesting Stuff About..." daily posts that brought the momentous birthday to my attention.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

So you didn't notice me agitating on Usenet to remember this birthday, or catch the panel Steven Silver put together at Windycon?

Did Loscon do anything?

[gmcdavid.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. I have a large shelf of de Camp's books. I recall reading Lest Darkness Fall in high school, so I have been a fan of his for most of my life.

[von-krag.livejournal.com]

He, Fritz Lieber & Tolkien got me reading fantasy. My life is much richer for their gifts.