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The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader

Avon Books

1969
Material type
AnthologyMagazinePaperback

Publication date: February 1969

Introduction

The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader from February 1969. This anthology contains the story THE BLONDE GODDESS OF BAL-SAGOTH. This is a variant of THE GODS OF BAL-SAGOTH. Featuring Turlogh O'Brien. It was previously published in Avon Fantasy Reader #12.

Avon Fantasy Reader was a digest-size magazine (sometimes classed as a series of anthologies) that reprinted science fiction and fantasy literature by now well-known authors. It was edited by Donald A. Wollheim and published by Avon. The magazine had one spin-off, Avon Science Fiction Reader, with which it merged on its cancellation to become Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader.

Notes

Edited by Donald A. Wolheim and George Ernsberger

Edition and production details

Format
Digest
Publication date
February 1969
Pages
173
Publisher / imprint
Avon Books
Cover art
Gray Morrow
Illustrations
None

1 linked Howard work

20 contents entries

  1. "The Blonde Goddess of Bal-Sagoth "
  2. Foreword (The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader) • (1969) • essay by George Ernsberger 5 · introduction
  3. Non-REH Content
  4. The Blonde Goddess of Bal-Sagoth • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Gods of Bal-Sagoth) 11 · novelette
  5. "Shambleau" by C. L. Moore
  6. Shambleau • [Northwest Smith] • (1933) • novelette by C. L. Moore 46 · novelette
  7. "The Curse of Yig" by Zealia Brown Bishop
  8. The Curse of Yig • (1959) • short story by Zealia Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft [as by Zealia Brown Bishop] 74 · story
  9. "Ubbo-Sathla" by Clark Ashton Smith
  10. Ubbo-Sathla • [Hyperborea] • (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith 91 · story
  11. "The Painted Mirror" by Donald Wandrei
  12. The Painted Mirror • (1937) • short story by Donald Wandrei 99 · story
  13. "Amina" by Edward Lucas White
  14. Amina • (1907) • short story by Edward Lucas White 107 · story
  15. "The Black Kiss" by Robert Bloch
  16. The Black Kiss • [Michael Leigh] • (1951) • short story by Robert Bloch and Henry Kuttner [as by Robert Bloch] 117 · story
  17. "The City of the Living Dead" by Laurence Manning and Fletcher Pratt
  18. The City of the Living Dead • (1930) • novelette by Laurence Manning and Fletcher Pratt 136 · novelette
  19. "The Curse of a Thousand Kisses" by Sax Rohmer
  20. The Curse of a Thousand Kisses • (1918) • short story by Sax Rohmer 162 · story

Contributors

Gray Morrow
Cover artist

Characters / Featuring

Athelstane the SaxonBrunhildGol-gorothTurlogh O'Brien

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Clark Ashton SmithDonald A. WollheimManly Wade WellmanPulpRobert E. HowardSax Rohmer

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Howard Works source layer

Title
The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader
Publisher
Avon Books
Date
February 1969
Source file
secondavonfantasyreader.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
The 2nd Avon Fantasy Reader
Publisher
Avon Books
Date
February 1969
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved Howard Works bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; Howard Works remains the source and fallback.