L. Sprague de Camp

There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a…

— L. Sprague de Camp

“Not at all," persisted Chalmers, unaware that Shea was trying to shush him. "The people of the country have agreed to call…

— L. Sprague de Camp

Speech sounds can be analyzed into fundamental units called phonemes; these move around like protozoa in a drop of water, and, like…

— L. Sprague de Camp

In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions…

— L. Sprague de Camp

Therefore, no matter how the world makes out in the next few centuries, a large class of readers at least will not…

— L. Sprague de Camp

“You don't like the Goths?" "No! Not with the persecution we have to put up with!" "Persecution?" "Religious persecution. We won't stand…

— L. Sprague De Camp

It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.

— L. Sprague de Camp

“There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just learned that his brain child is a…

— L. Sprague de Camp

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering-that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature…

— L. Sprague de Camp