Thread: Slate article: Lester Del Rey - The Man Who Invented Fantasy
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Old 10-02-2023, 01:52 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Calenorn View Post
Hmmm. I bet the date in the third paragraph should be 1974, not 1994.
No, 1994 seems correct. This is the author talking about buying fantasy books when they were younger. From there they go backwards in time to talk about the founding of Del Rey.

Besides, A Spell for Chameleon came out in 1974, so the author couldn't have been picking up Xanth novels in 1974.
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