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Darrell Schweitzer

Born

August 27, 1952

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

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Darrell Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy.

Schweitzer is also a prolific writer of literary criticism and editor of collections of essays on various writers within his preferred genres.

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Darrell Schweitzer’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 43,060 ratings · 2,094 reviews · 467 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cthulhu's Reign 3.55 avg rating — 728 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mask of the Sorcerer 4.10 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tales from the Miskatonic University Library 4.05 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neil Gaiman Reader by Darrell Schweitzer (Editor), Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), JaNell Golden (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thomas Ligotti Reader 3.84 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are All Legends 4.13 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret History of Vampires 3.31 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shattered Goddess 3.48 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1982 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discovering H.P. Lovecraft by Darrell Schweitzer (Editor), Robert M. Price, Lin Carter 3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living with the Dead by Darrell Schweitzer, Tim Lebbon (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.56 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sekenre (2 books)
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Darrell Schweitzer

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Quotes by Darrell Schweitzer (?)

“If you don't know it, don't write it.”
― Darrell Schweitzer

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“Holmes would have found it useless to explain to [Watson] that cats partake of the most ancient mysteries of the dark, and so have a proper place in any night of intrigue and adventure. (pg 270)”
― Darrell Schweitzer

tags: fantasy-fiction, horror-fiction, short-fiction, weird-fiction

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Nominate topics for the July-Aug Group Read. Top two topics usually win a discussion a thread.

Tanith Lee, any book... The Wars of Vis or The Birthgrave

9 votes, 27.3%

The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard

5 votes, 15.2%

The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett

4 votes, 12.1%

The Broken Empire Series by Mark Lawrence

4 votes, 12.1%

Oron, or any in the series by David C. Smith

3 votes, 9.1%

We Are All Legends by Darrell Schweitzer

3 votes, 9.1%

Seven Sorcerers or anything in the series by John R. Fultz

3 votes, 9.1%

The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories or others by Lord Dunsany

2 votes, 6.1%

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