The Carnelian Cube
1948
First Published
3.15
Average Rating
222
Number of Pages
The carnelian cube of the title is a small red "dream stone" confiscated by archaeologist Arthur Cleveland Finch from one of the workers on the dig he is supervising. Sleeping with it beneath his pillow he finds himself cast into a parallel world as "Finch Arthur Poet" — who is, indeed, a poet. Finding his life endangered, he discovers he can use the stone to escape into yet another parallel world, and the novel follows his adventures through a succession of such worlds.
Avg Rating
3.15
Number of Ratings
52
5 STARS
4%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
42%
2 STARS
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Author
L. Sprague de Camp
Author · 69 books
Lyon Sprague de Camp, (Pseudonym: Lyman R. Lyon) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and biographer. In a writing career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred books, including novels and notable works of nonfiction, such as biographies of other important fantasy authors. He was widely regarded as an imaginative and innovative writer and was an important figure in the heyday of science fiction, from the late 1930s through the late 1940s.
