Talk:L. Sprague de Camp/Archive 1

A short list of seminal works?
I agree with separating the full bibliography into its own article, but should we have a condensed list of seminal works here in the main article? -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 09:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * My thought is yes, we should, so I've put one in. BPK 15:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

H. S. de Camp
Is there any relation to Horace Silliman de Camp of New York who married Titanic widow Mary Farquarson Marvin in 1913? He was born about 1887 and died on July 15, 1954 in Thendara, New York. De Camp and Marvin had two children, a daughter, Julia Janet de Camp (* 1918), and a son (* 1920). OfficeBoy (talk) 10:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Word choice
"De Camp's frank and judicious approach to his subjects has been branded by some fans, particularly those of Lovecraft, as unflattering and unbalanced." I'm curious about 'judicious' in this sentence - is it meant to suggest that De Camp is not shy about making judgements? That would seem to go hand in hand with 'frank,' but judicious means one shows good judgement, not that one judges. Of course, 'judgmental' is pejorative, if the intent is merely to suggest'unshy of passing judgment.' But, there are other options, 'blunt,' 'bald,' 'trenchant' etc.

If it is meant merely to suggest that De Camp was right and some fans are special pleading for their author, then I question the good faith of the passage to begin with; at the very least that sort of sentiment should be laid out more explicitly. Contrasting judicious criticism with the branding of fans is a bit weaselly. I suspect, however, it's a mere matter of wording. 142.177.46.214 23:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The hardbound version of de Camp's biography of Lovecraft has a very rich resource in its footnotes; the paperback version was published without the footnotes.Naaman Brown (talk) 01:47, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Where's it from?
Either someone is doing a bit of very nice analysis and original research, or there are good sources. Anyone know which it is? 74.43.68.247 (talk) 18:07, 1 December 2010 (UTC)


 * The latter. I've added a few more sources to some of the non-analytic material. Will continue sourcing as time permits. BPK (talk) 20:48, 1 December 2010 (UTC)