Quote of the day
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
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)