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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 · 43,315 ratings · 2,100 reviews · 470 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cthulhu's Reign 3.55 avg rating — 727 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 4.09 avg rating — 233 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 4.14 avg rating — 83 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 3.32 avg rating — 69 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 3.46 avg rating — 65 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 — 43 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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Sept-Oct Groupreads: a poll to confirm that a Egyptian Sword & Sorcery theme will work. A few non-Egyptian topics are included. Voting will steer if we have one broad theme vs. two specific books.

Conan, Vol. 8: Black Colossus or any other Stygia by Robert E. Howard

17 votes, 44.7%

Servant of the Jackal God: The Tales of Kamose, Archpriest of Anubis by Keith Taylor

7 votes, 18.4%

The Scroll of Thoth: Simon Magus and the Great Old Ones: Twelve Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Richard L. Tierney

4 votes, 10.5%

Gonji: Red Blade from the East: The Deathwind Trilogy, Book One or the Gonji series by T.C. Rypel

4 votes, 10.5%

The Mask of the Sorcerer and Sekenre: The Book of the Sorcerer by Darrell Schweitzer

3 votes, 7.9%

Gonji: Red Blade from the East: The Deathwind Trilogy, Book of the Gonji series by T.C. Rypel (write-in)

2 votes, 5.3%

Nagash the Sorcerer or any of the Nagash Warhammer series by Mike Lee or Joshua Reynolds

1 vote, 2.6%

The Axe and the Throne by M.D. Ireman

0 votes, 0.0%

38 total votes

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