Robert Duncan, the Ambassador from Venus: a biography

Childhood's retreat

Toward the shaman

The enamord mage

The opening of the field

The nasty aesthetician

Domestic scenes

Troubadour

The master of rime.

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Textual Notes; PART ONE: CHILDHOOD'S RETREAT; 1 The Antediluvian World; 2 Native Son of the Golden West; 3 The Architecture; 4 A Part in the Fabulous; 5 The Wasteland; 6 The Fathering Dream; PART TWO: TOWARD THE SHAMAN; 7 The Little Freshman Yes; 8 A Company of Women; 9 The Dance; 10 From Romance to Ritual; 11 Queen of the Whores; 12 Enlisted; 13 Marriage; 14 Divorce; PART THREE: THE ENAMORD MAGE; 15 The End of the War; 16 The Round Table; 17 The First Poetry Festival; 18 The Venice Poem; 19 Indian Tales; 20 The Song of the Borderguard.