Country United States Series Flashing Swords! Media type Print (Hardcover) Publisher Nelson Doubleday | Language English Publication date 1976 Originally published 1976 Preceded by Flashing Swords! 2 Genres Fantasy, Short story | |
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Followed by Flashing Swords! 4: Barbarians and Black Magicians Similar Lin Carter books, Flashing Swords! books, Short Stories |
Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in 1976 as a selection in its Science Fiction Book Club, and in paperback by Dell Books in August 1976. The first German edition was issued by Pabel in November 1978.
Contents
The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a somewhat informal literary group of fantasy authors active from the 1960s to the 1980s, of which Carter was also a member and guiding force, together with a general introduction and introductions to the individual stories by the editor.
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Reception
The anthology was nominated for the 1977 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection.