The Roaring Trumpet

Harold Shea is a psychoanalyst and well acquainted with the premise that the world is a reality given to us in sensation. And what if these sensations, so to speak, could be reconfigured? By experimenting—through trial and error—the hero discovers that a “phase shift” carried to its logical end can transport a person into another world. For example, into a romantic world of Scandinavian sagas…

On the eve of Ragnarok.

Created by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, the image of the amateur magician Harold Shea brought them all worldwide fame. The novel “The Roaring Trumpet” and its sequels, devoted to the adventures of this hero, opened a new genre at the time—humorous fantasy.