Background
Gaskell was born in 1941, in Lancaster, England.
(Pocket Books, 1978. Mass market paperback. Originally pub...)
Pocket Books, 1978. Mass market paperback. Originally published in 1963, that work was later split into two volumes; this, and "The Dragon." Book 1 in the 5-book "Atlan / Cija" cycle. Set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis. The books in the series are: "The Serpent (1963); "The Dragon" (1963); "Atlan" (1965); "The City" (1966); and "Some Summer Lands"
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(Macdonald, 1985. British hardcover with dustjacket, repri...)
Macdonald, 1985. British hardcover with dustjacket, reprint. Depending on how you count, this is either the 2nd 3rd book in a series (the first was republished as two separate novels after the initial appearance). So we'll call this Book 3 in the 5-book "Atlan / Cija" cycle. Set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis. The books in the series are: "The Serpent (1963); "The Dragon" (1963); "Atlan" (1965); "The City" (1966); and "Some Summer Lands" (1977).
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(In the time-lost world of prehistory, a girl was born to ...)
In the time-lost world of prehistory, a girl was born to the Dictatress. Was she a goddess: Cija herself believed she was. For seventeen years her mother had kept her imprisoned in a tower. She released her with one object in view: as a tool to seduce Zerd, the half-man, half-serpent lord of an invading army. Cija goes off with Zerd to attempt the conquest of fabled Atlantis ... and enters upon a series of startling adventures that forces her into many roles: princess and camp follower, scullion and empress, slave, cook, and heroine warrior....
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(Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback, with Boris Val...)
Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback, with Boris Vallejo cover art. Book 4 in the 5-book "Atlan / Cija" cycle. Set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis. The books in the series are: "The Serpent (1963); "The Dragon" (1963); "Atlan" (1965); "The City" (1966); and "Some Summer Lands" (1977).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671820524/?tag=2022091-20
(Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback. 2nd book in th...)
Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback. 2nd book in the "Atlan / Cija" saga, set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis. The books in the series are: "The Serpent" (later editions split this book into two, "The Serpent" and "The Dragon"); "Atlan" (1965); "The City" (1966); and "Some Summer Lands" (1977).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671825453/?tag=2022091-20
(Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback, 1st printing. ...)
Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback, 1st printing. Book 5 in the 5-book "Atlan / Cija" cycle. Set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis. The books in the series are: "The Serpent (1963); "The Dragon" (1963); "Atlan" (1965); "The City" (1966); and "Some Summer Lands" (1977).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671820532/?tag=2022091-20
(DAW Books, Collector's No. 619. Mass market paperback, 19...)
DAW Books, Collector's No. 619. Mass market paperback, 1985. 2nd book in the "Atlan / Cija" series. Set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis. The books in the series are: "The Serpent" (later editions split this book into two, "The Serpent" and "The Dragon"); "Atlan" (1965); "The City" (1966); and "Some Summer Lands" (1977).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0886770211/?tag=2022091-20
(DAW Books, 1985. DAW Collectors No. 632. Mass market pape...)
DAW Books, 1985. DAW Collectors No. 632. Mass market paperback. Reprint, 1st thus. Depending on how you count, this is either the 2nd or 3rd book in a series (the first was republished as two separate novels after the initial appearance). So we'll call this Book 3 in the 5-book "Atlan / Cija" cycle. Set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis. The books in the series are: "The Serpent (1963); "The Dragon" (1963); "Atlan" (1965); "The City" (1966); and "Some Summer Lands" (1977).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0886770491/?tag=2022091-20
Gaskell was born in 1941, in Lancaster, England.
She wrote her first novel Strange Evil, when she was 14. lieutenant was published two years later. John Grant has described Strange Evil as "a major work of the fantastic imagination", and compared it to George MacDonald"s Lilith and David Lindsay"s A Voyage to Arcturus.
China MiƩville lists Strange Evil as one of the top 10 examples of weird fiction.
John Clute called it "an astonishingly imaginative piece of fantasy by any standards." Gaskell"s horror novel featured a sympathetic, tormented vampire. The Shiny Narrow Grin was described by Brian Stableford as one of the first "revisionist vampire novels", whose most successful exemplar was Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice.
The Shiny Narrow Grin was also listed by horror historian Robert South. Hadji in his list of "unjustedly neglected" horror novels. Her Atlan saga is set in prehistoric South America and in the mythical world of Atlantis.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, Gaskell worked as a journalist on the Daily Mail.
She later became a professional astrologer.
(In the time-lost world of prehistory, a girl was born to ...)
(DAW Books, Collector's No. 619. Mass market paperback, 19...)
(Strange Evil 238 pp. A human who lives near a magical mou...)
(Pocket Books, 1978. Mass market paperback. Originally pub...)
(Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback, with Boris Val...)
(Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback. 2nd book in th...)
(Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback, 1st printing. ...)
(Macdonald, 1985. British hardcover with dustjacket, repri...)
(DAW Books, 1985. DAW Collectors No. 632. Mass market pape...)
(Fantasy novel.)