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Zothique by Smith, Clark Ashton is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Zothique about?
Tales of Zothique is a collection of fantasy short stories by Clark Ashton Smith, and edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the sixteenth volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in June 1970. It was the first themed collection of Smith's works assembled by Carter for the series. The stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines in the 1930s, notably Weird Tales. The book collects one poem and all sixteen tales of the author's Zothique cycle, set on the Earth's last continent in a far distant future, with an introduction and map and epilogue by Carter.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345219381
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Horror, Fantasy Fiction
- Rating
- 4.27 / 5 (560 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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