Scribblings

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Scribblings
first edition of Scribblings
Author	L. Sprague de Camp
Cover artist	M.H. Keith
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction short stories, poetry and essays
Publisher	NESFA Press
Publication date	1972
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	95 pp
ISBN	NA

Scribblings is a 1972 collection of writings by science fiction and fantasy author L. Sprague de Camp to celebrate his appearance as Guest of Honor at Boskone IX, a convention sponsored by the New England Science Fiction Association. The Association served as publisher.

The book contains poetry, short works of fiction and non-fiction, and aphorisms. Among the stories are the complete set of de Camp's four short "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series of tall tales.

[edit] Contents

• "Carnac" (poem)
• "Three Thirds of a Hero" (poem)
• "The Elephant" (poem)
• "African Night" (poem)
• "The Newt" (poem)
• "Government Bug Hunter" (essay on Clinton Hart Merriam)
• "Xeroxing the Necromonicon" (poem)
• "Preferences" (poem)
• "Leaves" (poem)
• "The Trap" (poem)
• "A Night Club in Cairo" (poem)
• "The Effects of Time Travel" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
• "The Moveable Ears" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
• "The Negative Wugug" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
• "The Lusts of Professor Adams" (story in the "Drinkwhiskey Institute" series)
• "Pfui on Psi" (essay on psychic powers)
• "Lost Cities" (essay)
• "Books That Never Were" (essay on lost and imaginary books)
• "Aphorisms" (aphorisms)
• "How to Hunt Dinosaurs" (essay)

[edit] References

• Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 90. 

[edit] External links

• "[1]" - publication information at NESFA Press