the Viagens (1953) – collection of most of the shorter works in the Viagens Interplanetarias series The Virgin of Zesh (1953) – Krishna novel noted for the early use (for science fiction) of a strong female protagonist and a possible influence on Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon The Glory That Was (1960) – a tour de force incorporating most of de Camp's major interests into one work A Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales (1963) – collection of some of the best of de Camp's early fiction, including "A Gun for Dinosaur" and "Aristotle and the Gun" The Best of L. Sprague de Camp (1978) – a mid-career review collecting de Camp's best short works Fantasy The Incomplete Enchanter (1941) (with Fletcher Pratt) – first of the de Camp/Pratt collaborations, including the earliest Harold Shea stories Land of Unreason (1942) (with Fletcher Pratt) – best of the non-series de Camp/Pratt collaborations The Undesired Princess (1951) – earliest of de Camp's major fantasies not written in collaboration with Pratt; set in an Aristotelian universe Tales from Gavagan's Bar (1953, exp. 1978) (with Fletcher Pratt) – collected edition of de Camp and Pratt's second major fantasy series The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales (1953) – collection of the earlier works in the Pusadian series, including The Tritonian Ring Tales of Conan (1955) (with Robert E. Howard) – collection containing the first of de Camp's "posthumous collaborations" with Howard, marking the beginning of his successful promotion of Howard's "Conan the Barbarian" character Conan the Adventurer (1966) (with Robert E. Howard) – collection inaugurating the paperback Conan series, which ensured the success of the character and defined it for a generation The Goblin Tower (1968) – first of the Novarian series The Fallible Fiend (1973) – offbeat entry in the Novarian series presenting a satirical look at humanity through the eyes of a demon Historical fiction In chronological order: The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate (1961) The Arrows of Hercules (1965) An Elephant for Aristotle (1958) The Bronze God of Rhodes (1960) The Golden Wind (1969) Anthologies Swords and Sorcery (1963) – pioneering sword and sorcery anthology, the first ever published Nonfiction Inventions and Their Management (1937; vt. Inventions, Patents, and Their Management (1959)) (with Alf K. Berle) – de Camp's first work of nonfiction Lands Beyond (1952) (with Willy Ley) – a comprehensive survey of geographical myths Science-Fiction Handbook (1953 (revised