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Zothique clark ashton smith ballantine adult fantasy series. As a poet, smith is grouped with the west coast romantics alongside joaquin miller, sterling, and nora may french and remembered as the last of the great romantics. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of george sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of swinburne. Highly imaginative, his genrespanning visions of worlds beyond. Media in category clark ashton smith the following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total.
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