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| caption = W. E. Terry's illustration of<br>the story in ''Imagination''
| author = [[L. Sprague de Camp]]
| author = [[L. Sprague de Camp]]
| country = [[United States]]
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| series = [[Pusadian series]]
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| genre = [[Fantasy fiction|Fantasy]] [[short story]]
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| pub_date = November, [[1951 in literature|1951]]
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| preceded_by = "[[The Eye of Tandyla]]"
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"'''The Owl and the Ape'''" is a [[fantasy]] story by American writer [[L. Sprague de Camp]], part of his [[Pusadian series]]. It was first published in the magazine ''[[Imagination (magazine)|Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy]]'' for November, 1951, and first appeared in book form in the de Camp's collection ''[[The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales]]'' ([[Twayne]], 1953). The story has also appeared in the anthology ''[[Kingdoms of Sorcery]]'' (1976).<ref name="Laughlin">{{cite book | last=Laughlin | first=Charlotte |author2=Daniel J. H. Levack | title=De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | date=1983 | page=222}}</ref><ref name="ISFDB">{{isfdb title|71424}}</ref> and the de Camp omnibus collection ''Lest Darkness Fall/Rogue Queen/The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales'' (2014).<ref name="ISFDB"/> It has also been translated into [[German language|German]].<ref name="Laughlin"/>

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'''"The Owl and the Ape"''' is a [[fantasy]] story written by [[L. Sprague de Camp]] as part of his [[Pusadian series]]. It was first published in the magazine ''[[Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy]]'' for November, 1951, and first appeared in book form in the de Camp's collection ''[[The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales]]'' ([[Twayne]], 1953). It has also been translated into [[German language|German]].


==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==
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Young Gezun of Lorsk, bound to the service of a sorcerer named Sancheth Sar, is sent by his master to bid on the Hordhum Manuscript, one of the magical effects of the retiring magician Dauskezh Van. The errand is complicated and the competition fierce, as the bidding is anonymous and his master's rival, Nikurteu Bayla, is also after the manuscript. But Gezun parries almost all of Bayla's stratagems.


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Chronologically, "The Owl and the Ape" is the third of de Camp's Pusadian tales, and the first to feature his protagonist Gezun of Lorsk. Gezun is a teenager at the time of this story.<ref name="Laughlin"/>
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Young '''Gezun of Lorsk''', bound to the service of the sorcerer '''Sancheth Sar''', is sent by his master to bid on the Hordhum Manuscript, one of the magical effects of the retiring magician '''Dauskezh Van'''. The errand is complicated and the competition fierce, as the bidding is anonymous and his master's rival '''Nikurteu Bayla''' is also after the manuscript. But Gezun, though green, is no fool, and cannily parries all of Bayla's stratagems. Or rather, ''almost'' all of them...

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Chronologically, "The Owl and the Ape" is the third of de Camp's Pusadian tales, and the first to feature his protagonist Gezun of Lorsk. Gezun is a teen-ager at the time of this story.


==Setting==
==Setting==
In common with the other Pusadian tales, "The Owl and the Ape" takes place in a prehistoric era during which a magic-based [[Atlantis|Atlantian]] civilization supposedly throve in what was then a single continent consisting of [[Eurasia]] joined with [[Africa]], and in the islands to the west. It is similar in conception to [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Hyborian Age]], by which it was inspired, but more astutely constructed, utilizing actual [[Ice Age]] geography in preference to a wholly invented one. In de Camp's scheme, the legend of this culture that came down to classic [[Greece]] as "Atlantis" was a garbled memory that conflated the mighty Tartessian Empire with the island continent of Pusad and the actual Atlantis, a barbaric mountainous region that is today the [[Atlas Mountains|Atlas mountain range]].
In common with the other Pusadian tales, "The Owl and the Ape" takes place in a prehistoric era during which a magic-based [[Atlantis|Atlantian]] civilization supposedly throve in what was then a single continent consisting of [[Eurasia]] joined with [[Africa]], and in the islands to the west. It is similar in conception to [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Hyborian Age]], by which it was inspired, but more astutely constructed, utilizing actual [[Ice age|Ice Age]] geography in preference to a wholly invented one. In de Camp's scheme, the legend of this culture that came down to classic [[Greece]] as "Atlantis" was a garbled memory that conflated the mighty Tartessian Empire with the island continent of Pusad and the actual Atlantis, a barbaric mountainous region that is today the [[Atlas Mountains|Atlas mountain range]].


==Notes==
[[Groff Conklin]] described the Pusadian series as being "in the [[Conan]] tradition in every sense of the word, though better written."<ref>"Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', June 1954, p.122</ref>
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==References==
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*{{cite book | last=Laughlin | first=Charlotte | coauthors=Daniel J. H. Levack | title=De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | date=1983 | page=222}}


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Latest revision as of 20:37, 12 March 2022

"The Owl and the Ape"
Short story by L. Sprague de Camp
W. E. Terry's illustration of
the story in Imagination
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Fantasy
Publication
Published inImagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy
Media typePrint (Magazine)
Publication dateNovember, 1951
Chronology
SeriesPusadian series
 
The Eye of Tandyla 		 
The Hungry Hercynian

"The Owl and the Ape" is a fantasy story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, part of his Pusadian series. It was first published in the magazine Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy for November, 1951, and first appeared in book form in the de Camp's collection The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales (Twayne, 1953). The story has also appeared in the anthology Kingdoms of Sorcery (1976).[1][2] and the de Camp omnibus collection Lest Darkness Fall/Rogue Queen/The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales (2014).[2] It has also been translated into German.[1]

Plot summary

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Young Gezun of Lorsk, bound to the service of a sorcerer named Sancheth Sar, is sent by his master to bid on the Hordhum Manuscript, one of the magical effects of the retiring magician Dauskezh Van. The errand is complicated and the competition fierce, as the bidding is anonymous and his master's rival, Nikurteu Bayla, is also after the manuscript. But Gezun parries almost all of Bayla's stratagems.

Chronologically, "The Owl and the Ape" is the third of de Camp's Pusadian tales, and the first to feature his protagonist Gezun of Lorsk. Gezun is a teenager at the time of this story.[1]

Setting

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In common with the other Pusadian tales, "The Owl and the Ape" takes place in a prehistoric era during which a magic-based Atlantian civilization supposedly throve in what was then a single continent consisting of Eurasia joined with Africa, and in the islands to the west. It is similar in conception to Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age, by which it was inspired, but more astutely constructed, utilizing actual Ice Age geography in preference to a wholly invented one. In de Camp's scheme, the legend of this culture that came down to classic Greece as "Atlantis" was a garbled memory that conflated the mighty Tartessian Empire with the island continent of Pusad and the actual Atlantis, a barbaric mountainous region that is today the Atlas mountain range.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. p. 222.
  2. ^ a b The Owl and the Ape title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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