The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 34 - Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp

A classic time-travel story of modern man’s confrontation with the ancient world. Martin “Mouse” Padway plays a giant game of Civ with the real world. Can he prevent the fall of Rome? www.nobleknight.com Lyon Sprague de Camp November 27, 1907 - November 6, 2000 (age 92) Wiki “In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major figure in science fiction during the genre's heyday in the 1930s and 1940s.” born in New York City sent to boarding school “to cure him of intellectual arrogance and lack of discipline;” he was bullied and developed a detached analytical style he was an aeronautical engineer, did undergraduate study at California Institute of Technology; earned B of Sci at Caltech; earned Masters in Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1933 his first job took him to Scranton, PA!! during WW2 was a researcher at the Philadelphia Naval Yard, where he worked with Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov founding member of Swordsmen and Sorcerers Guild of America (SAGA), in the 60’s, led by Lin Carter Lest Darkness Fall one of the earliest and most influential alternate history novels first published as short story in Unknown, December 1939 published as novel by Henry Holt and Company, 1941 Harry Turtledove said it sparked his interest in alternate history Extra History - Justinian & Theodora https://youtu.be/H_2E0RxVHH4?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5BuNVhOt8Ls82Cr20yo6Y_p My guest: Louis Brenton twitter - @revlouisbrenton website - louisbrenton.com Co-hosts: Jeffrey Wikstrom website - jeffwik.com email - [email protected] Geoffrey Winn twitter - @geoffreydwinn Email us with your comments! http://www.thetomeshow.com [email protected]