Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
L. Sprague de Camp
Born: November 27, 1907
Died: November 6, 2000 (aged 92)
Bio: Lyon Sprague de Camp known as L. Sprague de Camp was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and biography. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors.
Known for:
- Lest Darkness Fall (1941)
- The Ancient Engineers (1963)
- Lovecraft: A Biography (1975)
- Conan and the Spider God (1980)
- The Best of L. Sprague de Camp (1978)