Poseidonis (collection)

Short story collection by Clark Ashton Smith

Poseidonis

Cover of Poseidonis

Editor| Lin Carter
Author| Clark Ashton Smith
Cover artist| Gervasio Gallardo
Language| English
Series| Ballantine Adult Fantasy series
Genre| Fantasy
Publisher| Ballantine Books

Publication date

| 1973
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (paperback)
Pages| 210
ISBN| 0-345-03353-1
OCLC| 3371683
Preceded by| Xiccarph

Poseidonis is a collection of fantasy short stories by Clark Ashton Smith, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifty-ninth volume of its Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in July 1973. It was the fourth collection of Smith's works assembled by Carter for the series. The stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines in the 1930s and 1940s, notably Weird Tales.[1]

## Summary

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The book collects several prose poems, poems and tales, including stories from the author's Poseidonis cycle, set on a remnant of the lost continent of Atlantis, and others set in Lemuria or other realms.

## Contents

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* "The Magic of Atlantis: An Introduction", by Lin Carter
* Poseidonis

* "Editor's Note"
* "The Muse of Atlantis" (prose poem)
* "The Last Incantation"
* "The Death of Malygris"
* "Tolometh" (poem)
* "The Double Shadow"
* "A Voyage to Sfanomoë"
* "A Vintage from Atlantis"
* "Atlantis: a poem" (poem)

* Lemuria

* "Editor's Note"
* "In Lemuria" (poem)
* "An Offering to the Moon"
* "The Uncharted Isle"
* "Lemurienne" (poem)

* Ptolemides

* "Editor's Note"
* "The Epiphany of Death"

* Other Realms

* "Editor's Note"
* "In Cocaigne" (prose poem)
* "Symposium of the Gorgon"
* "The Venus of Azombeii"
* "The Isle of Saturn" (poem)
* "The Root of Ampoi"
* "The Invisible City"
* "Amithaine" (poem)
* "The Willow Landscape"
* "The Shadows" (prose poem)

## Reception

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The collection was reviewed (in French) by Daniel Walther in Fiction no, 322, 1981.[1]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Poseidonis title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Works of Clark Ashton Smith

Bibliography
Deities

Short stories|

* "The Black Abbot of Puthuum"
* "The Charnel God"
* "The Dark Eidolon"
* "The Death of Ilalotha"
* "The Empire of the Necromancers"
* "The Isle of the Torturers"
* "The Last Hieroglyph"
* "A Night in Malnéant"
* "The Ninth Skeleton"
* "The Return of the Sorcerer"
* "Sadastor"
* "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros"
* "The Testament of Athammaus"
* "The Voyage of King Euvoran"
* "The Weaver in the Vault"
* "The Witchcraft of Ulua"
* "Xeethra"

Collections|

* Out of Space and Time
* Lost Worlds
* Genius Loci and Other Tales
* The Dark Chateau
* Spells and Philtres
* The Abominations of Yondo
* Tales of Science and Sorcery
* Poems in Prose
* Other Dimensions
* Zothique
* Hyperborea
* Xiccarph
* Poseidonis
* Selected Poems
* The Black Book of Clark Ashton Smith
* A Rendezvous in Averoigne
* The Emperor of Dreams
* Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith

Settings|

* Averoigne
* Hyperborea
* Zothique
* Poseidonis

Related|

* Cthulhu Mythos
* Cykranosh
* Philip Hastane
* Tsathoggua

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