A review by lordenglishssbm
The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith Volume 4: The Maze of the Enchanter: The Collected Fantasies, Vol. 4 by Clark Ashton Smith

4.0

The Zothique stories are a cut above the rest, and I will say that the tonal similarities between the stories cause them to blend together somewhat, but Smith's peaks are remarkable, and even if his prose somtimes reads like he's flipping between a dictionary and a thesaurus, it's always controlled and precise enough for him to get away with it. I don't know if I'd say this is the best way to read his stories, because there are a few clunkers in this collection, but it is a good time and I really do appreciate that his entire ouvre is collected in these books.