Book description
The Weirdest Drinking Establishment in the Universe Gavagan's Bar -
presided over by Mr. Aloysius P. Cohan, bartender. Where you will meet
such not-so-regular customers as: Councilman Maguire, who brought his
own leprechaun with him from Ireland. Mrs. Vacarescu and her husband
Putzi, the were-dachshund. Mr. Murdoch, who borrowed a very small dragon
to rid his apartment of mice and lost it. and assorted witches,
magicians, devils, dryads, and the occasional demigod. Lyon Sprague de
Camp was born in 1907 and died in 2000. During a writing career that
spanned seven decades, he wrote over a hundred books in the areas of
science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, non-fiction and biography.
Although arguably best known for his continuation of Robert E. Howard's
Conan stories, de Camp was an important figure in the formative period
of modern SF, alongside the likes of Isaac Asimov and Robert A.
Heinlein, and was a winner of the Hugo, World Fantasy Life Achievement
and SFWA Grand Master awards.
